Mahi Kūkara Tā

 This week I created a task using google drawings.  This is the first time the tamariki are using google drawings.  I sent them the task through hapara.  Students are to create a shield of the things they love.  The idea was to empower love and kindness and also share a little about themselves.  The students were instructed to draw up their plan of their shield as a draft before working on google drawings. When they complete this task I will print them and display them on our wall, 'Ko Wai Au?'

  

He aha ngā kare ā-roto ka puta mai i a koe i te wā pāngarau?

 As a class we discussed results of the survery.  Using the group maths talk each child was able to share what they see on the screen.  Some tamariki said that they feel good about maths, and they feel confident in tau.  It was great to see that the students enjoyed the questionnaire and seemed to answer confidently and honestly.  When we went through the results they were more concerned about what they had chosen and who chose differently to them.

At the end of the activity I asked what they thought they wanted more of for pāngarau.  Some answers were whakarea; whakawehe; tango; tāpiri; rautaki.  I did remind them of the other fun side to pāngarau, which are the games we use to practice the mahi.  Then they all were excited and said that thats what they really wanted but said what they thought they had to say.

Heoi anō, ka whakamana anō te āhuatanga o te wā pāngarau, kia pakari ai ngā akoranga, me te ako kei waenganui i te tākaro.

I believe they are enjoying the group rules for talk as they seem to get more time to talk about things.

Most of the tamariki enjoy working with a friend and also resources, which what we have been working on to gain more understanding of the mahi pāngarau.

MPI 2: Know your learners as Mathematicians (2026)

Since teaching at kura, eight years, I have never been fully confident when teaching pāngarau.  It was not a subject I thought I was good at.  I have had massive support with my colleagues and resources here at Whakawātea during these years.  However I have always wanted pāngarau to be fun and challenging for the students in my classroom.  

Todays session has reminded me that I need to know and understand the pedagogy.  I need to know my students, where they are at, through assessment, and know what next.  My teaching knowledge and practice must be better to gain more confidence in my practice.  Unfortunately our kura do not assess through PAT.  

I also appreciated the resources and information about quick image and maths talk.  I am going to interact with the tasks and games before I present them to the tamariki.

I am going to try setting up the spreadsheet for the assessment, learning intentions and success criteria, so that it is all in one hub and I can track progress.  This will support a more purposeful planning, following the AKO HANGA TOHATOHA tikanga.  Planning different ways to create from the learning.  

This is one our tasks today. I need to understand more about the layout of the curriculum to work on this better.

Hopefully there will be a assessment tool that is in te reo Māori that can be implemented into kura coming with the refreshed curriculum resources. 🙏