How do we ensure that learning is progressing for every student?  Perhaps the most important thing that I have learned in my 10+ years of te...

There are four questions I urge you to go and investigate in your school...  If I struggled to read and write, how much of the learning in y...

October of this year marked my 10 year anniversary at Hobsonville Point Secondary School (HPSS) where I started as a foundation staff member...

Image source : Alexander Turnbull Library Research has shown us that relationships are at the heart of learning. Yet, human relationships ar...

Where does your best professional learning happen these days?  One of the ongoing challenges with professional learning can sometimes be tha...

Since beginning my journey at Hobsonville Point Secondary School, I have come a long way in my personal journey with te reo Māori, mātaurang...

Today's post is a screenshot from one of my Google Classroom's grade books (student names removed). This year I have really focused ...

Today's photo is a screenshot from one of the documents we used in our kāhui ako this year. We encouraged all our schools to use the NIT...

I am always looking for ways to bring more te reo Māori into my classes. However, doing this in a really meaningful way when my own understa...

  A resource I have been working on this year is 'growth mindset ludo'. As students move around the board, they land on various refl...