Term 4 Parent Chromebook Training Underway!

Welcome back everyone, my name is Yayleen Hubbard and I am the new Manaiakalani Whanau Learning Kaiarahi,  I would firstly like to say a big  thank you to all the principals and support staff of our cluster  who have made my transition into the role an easy one, and also to the lovely Courtney Brown for showing me the way so I can continue to deliver a positive learning experience for our parents.
  Well I have been very busy over the first two weeks of the term training eager parents who have, even more eager children who want to take their chrome books home so they can continue their learning beyond the classroom. It is so wonderful getting to meet all you lovely parents & caregivers and being able to help you understand how our children are now learning in this digital world.
Lets keep this momentum going, when we as parents get interested and connected to our children's learning we are giving them a big hug of encouragement, and their is nothing more satisfying for us parents than to see our children thriving in their learning and ENJOYING IT!
Keep up the great work everyone.

Manaiakalani Annual Hui

Along with school staff, Boards of Trustees and our partners and supporters it was wonderful to have our Manaiakalani Ambassadors present and contribute to our annual hui.
Below is a Google Slide to support their presentations and a short video they created on the day in response to the learning opportunities shared by all out school at the hui.

Links to the ambassadors' blogs are also included in the the Google Slide.

Supporting our learners

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Manaiakalani Ambassadors

Today our Manaiakalani Ambassadors presented for the first time to teachers visiting from schools around New Zealand. Each of our 12 Manaiakalani Schools is represented and ambassadors each shared an example of learn, create, share. Please visit their blogs to read more about their learning and leave a comment for them. Blog list below.

Nirvana tkmnirvanat.blogspot.com

Victoria stonefieldsgazette.blogspot.co.nz

Iisa pesiisas.blogspot.com

Bradley sssbradleyc.blogspot.co.nz

Miria rpsmiriam.blogspot.co.nz

Shanelle gisshanellew.blogspot.co.nz

Yvette pbsyvetteb.blogspot.com

Tokilupe spxtokilupef.blogspot.co.nz

Lennyx gbslennyxw@blogspot.co.nz

Willy pswillyl.blogspot.com

Avishek spsavisheko.blogspot.co.nz

Gloria http://pesgloriat.blogspot.co.nz

Manaiakalani "High-end Polynesian Tech"

Manaiakalani schools welcome Hōkūleʻa Worldwide Voyage to our shores.

Whānau Learning at Glenbrae School

The following is an original post from the blog of  Room 7 at Glenbrae School 

As part of Manaiakalani Education Trust, Glenbrae school supports tamariki and whānau to learn how to use their chromebooks in the best possible way. We call this our Kawa of Care and includes everything from looking after the device, being Cybersmart, and home learning. 

Last night we invited whānau to join us to learn about the Kawa of Care so that our new chromebook learners can begin to take their devices home. By taking their device home they can continue their learning journeys, anywhere and anytime! 

It was an absolute delight to see our talented tamariki, showing their whānau through our learning site, this class blog and their own personal blogs. Mothers, fathers, grandfathers all took part in using their children's chromebooks and practised writing thoughtful, positive and helpful comments on their blogs.

It was awesome for our fantastic Room 7 learners to share their learning with their families. They were very proud of their work and I was very proud of them for leading the learning in the way that they were sharing with their whānau!

Well done tamariki, and thank you to the wonderful family members who came along. We couldn't do this without you! 

Posted by Stephanie Parker

Hokule'a & Hikianalia at Pt England Beach

Thank you to all whanau who supported Mālama Honua and welcoming Hokule'a & Hikianalia to Pt England Beach last Wednesday. Our students have been sharing their learning and experiences on their blogs. These will also be shared along with video and images on the Manaiakalani website.