WORKSTREAMS
2025
Transition
Transition is our new workstream for 2025 and will weave across all other workstreams. Transition means lots of things to different people and the first steps for this workstream will be to narrow down the focus of what we as a Kāhui ako would like to achieve. We will be listening to schools about where support is needed in regards to transition, ideas of how we can collaborate and how we can improve the outcomes of our tamariki as they move through and accros our kura.
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Literacy
In 2025 the Literacy Workstream will be running 4 full day workshops for WST. The sessions will include
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Science of Learning and how it applies to the Science of Reading
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Chris Braid to lead literacy workshops with a reading comprehension focus
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Professional readings and sharing
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Teachers will implement evidence-based reading comprehension strategies such as background knowledge activation, explicit vocabulary instruction, and structured comprehension strategies (e.g., summarizing, questioning, inferring).
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A systematic and explicit approach to literacy instruction is embedded across the Kāhui Ako, ensuring students develop strong decoding and comprehension skills.
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Mathematics
In 2025 the Mathematics workstream will be running 4 full day workshops for WST. The sessions will include
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Science of Learning and how it applies to the context of Mathematics
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Julia Tong to lead mathematics and statistics workshops with a mathematics disposition and data analysis focus
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Professional readings and sharing
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Teachers implementing high-impact math teaching strategies such as explicit instruction and scaffolding problem-solving processes.
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A focus on conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and mathematical reasoning which will ensure students build deep and transferable knowledge.
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Local Curriculum
What - The Local Curriculum Workstream is looking to collaborate with principals and WSTs on a number of exciting projects.
Why - To maintain positive relations with Rangitāne o Manawatū and local experts, and to build on our knowledge to create resources for our kura.
How
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Develop unit of work that focuses on how the railways influenced the development of Palmerston North
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He Whare Mātauranga
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Pūrākau - Whāngaimokopuna
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Commemoration/Celebration of local and national events of significance.
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Embed literacy and mathematics
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