Life Long Learning

"...The brain the does the thinking does the learning..."

As professionals we regularly reflect on our practice in a range of ways both formally and informally. Our professional learning sessions are one of the scheduled times the whole teaching staff come together to focus on the development of our school priorities. Yesterdays session was re-visiting the reason why we believe in Student Led Conferences as part of Personalising Learning for our students. 

We believe that Student is the best person to tell their parents what they have learnt and through this rich communication between the child, parent and teacher, they are able to build their knowledge of themselves as a learner as well as inform their parents about where they are at with their learning and what their next steps are. 

These constructive partnerships, focussed on learning, that develop over time between the student, their whanau, and their teachers empower families to continue these conversations at home. This type of communication increases the motivation to learn as well as  extending and enriching the learning happening at school.