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Connecting with your Community

Connecting with your Community. Waitakere Area Schools Improvement Project 29 April 2011. Facilitator: Bronwyn Collard. Goal / Purpose. To explore different pathways for developing connections with your school’s community The Home School Partnership website The Reading Partnership.

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Connecting with your Community

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  1. Connecting with your Community Waitakere Area Schools Improvement Project 29 April 2011 Facilitator: Bronwyn Collard

  2. Goal / Purpose To explore different pathways for developing connections with your school’s community • The Home School Partnership website • The Reading Partnership

  3. He aha te mea nui o te ao?He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

  4. He aha te mea nui o te ao?He tangata, he tangata, he tangata! What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, people, people! These people are ‘at home’ in their own school The whole family is enrolled in a school WHANAU students, parents, families, teachers, staff

  5. Possible ways of working • Developing relationships with specific groups (e.g. a migrant community) • Fostering Oral Language Proficiency • Developing HSP through “The Reading Partnership” • Reporting to Parents • Working with MoE resources

  6. Home page HSP website http://home-schoolpartnerships.tki.org.nz/

  7. What policies & practices already exist in your school? Code practices √ in place √ √ working well √ √ √ working really well * not in place

  8. Oral Language Resources 4 statements “The One Hand Approach” 4 statements question

  9. Key Messages for Parents • You are your child's first and best teacher. • You have the skills and knowledge to help your child learn and grow. • Your wonderful language and experiences are gifts you can share. • Every moment, for a child, is a learning moment. • Taking part in the Home–School Partnership programme benefits your child, the school, and you. • It's simple, it's free, and you can do it. • You do need commitment and understanding. • Your child needs what you have to give.

  10. The Home School Partnership website Literacy Modules to select from

  11. A Reading Partnership Using first language strengths to develop literacy

  12. Supporting Your Child’s Learning (booklets /pamphlets) How would you use these resources?

  13. AKO Reciprocal teaching and learning

  14. Nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora te iwi With your food basket and my food basket, everyone will have enough. Every one of us has treasures to share Every strand is needed to weave the basket Partnerships through genuine sharing, hospitality, reaching out to others What may seem simple can often be the best treasure of all

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