Monday, 27 February 2017

Staff Meetings

28.2.17


  • Managing Minor behaviours- Read 'Responding to Minor problem behaviours' PB4L and as a group we summarised and role played using teacher signals/non-verbal clues when minor behaviours arise. 

  • Key info when responding to these behaviours: Calm and immediate, Consistent, Specific yet brief and quiet and private for the student.
  • OTJ slideshow by Donna - 3 sources used Observations, Assessment Tools and learning conversations, Involves drawing on and applying the evidence gathered up to a particular point in time, Moderation is key and will be happening more often at team meetings.

21.2.17

  • Consistency in planning schoolwide (new maths plan to discuss from Zoe)
  • Counting collections NZ Maths and Video from Teaching Channel - Great way to teach number sense and my students really enjoyed this last year. Week 5 we will have some fun with counting collections in Room 2.
  • Gavin's research 'Angry Boys' was shared and summarised.  Some key points that hit home for me:  
-There is always more going on in these children's lives than we know (iceberg)
-Their brains have not developed the same so function differently to stress and emotion
-Trauma and neglect affect the brain development (especially young) of children
-Building strong trusting relationships with these children is vital
-Predicting behaviours before they happen
-Structure and routine traps these children into compliance

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

First 4 Weeks 2017


  • I have built some great reciprocal relationships with my students and are continuing to do so.
  • Whanau are openly coming into the class to chat with me about questions and concerns and really enjoying the communication via emails and the blog.
  • The reading programme is running well and all kids PM benchmarked today on CRT. Writing routine begun and groups have begun this week for this. Maths has begun with number sense each morning (100 days) and statistics.  

Term 1 goals:
  • Build strong relationships with my students and their families.
  • Build strong routines 
  • Teach our specific virtues, Respect, Responsibility, Resilence, Courage and Caring....what do these look like at Pukete School?  (PB4L)
  • Continue to upskill my Te Reo in my own time to pass onto my students.

  • From my last PRT report T4 2016:
Goals for 2017:
-To continue to develop a structured circle time into our routine and integrate this with oral language, talk moves and social coaching.
-To continue to grow my maths resources and professional knowledge (especially strategy teaching).

Monday, 6 February 2017

Staff Meeting 7/02/2017


Classroom matrix designing with students. Look here for Pukete version.

http://www.pbisworld.com/
-Behaviours, what they look like and our strategies around these in our classrooms.