Enhancing Writing Toolkit

Here is a link to our Enhancing Writing Tool.  Currently it focuses on teachers as they are one of the main drivers to enhance writing practice in classroom practice.

This tool is a collection of resources that support teachers

Visiting a Whaea Heather in Christchurch

My hubby has been a total rock to me this year with my MIT journey, so earlier on this term, when he got a call from one of his suppliers asking him to attend a course in Christchurch we decided we would both go down.  I asked for a few days leave without pay, and we booked tickets, however as it worked out, my baby sitting options were a little short on the ground so it was decided that while our boys would go and stay with Uncle David, and get themselves off to school each morning, we would take our daughter with us.  

One of the things I had already decided to do while down in Christchuch was to visit Heather, one or my MIT buddies this year and see both her and her class in action.  This was such a magic experience, and actually as it turned out our daughter LOVED being in a Te Reo immersion classroom, and made lots of new friends.  She also had great fun sharing our learning via our classroom blog, with her new friends and the whole class in total.  Two of the most memorable parts of this experience was having half her class singing along and commenting on our class video's.  The other memorable part was seeing the Te Reo games Heather played with her class as both a brain break and a reinforcement of their learning.

MIT Presentation day 1 Nov 18.

This was the day that we had all been preparing for.  I was lucky to be able to fly down the night before the presentation and stay with Anne.  This was such a special time.  Not only did she have an amazing house but it was also amazing to be able to work on my presentation late into the night and work though my nerves.

Although I am fairly use to presenting the level of effort and work I have put into this project this year made this presentation feel much more nerve racking.

Here is the videos that were taken on the day.  They don't really match up 100% with my slides but I understand that we will be able to take time at our next MIT day to work through our presentations to share.