Life Education Trust with Nadine and Harold
On Tuesday we had the last session for the Y7/8 classes in the Life Ed Caravan. Nadine the teacher/educator, who we all know and love is an icon and treasure for children in the North.
Her comments to me where extremely positive towards our Y7/8 classes. The karaoke competition
between the classes was fierce, and Nadine told me who won, but I can’t share that. The point she
made was our senior students were highly engaged, very well-mannered and a fantastic bunch of
students, that we should be very proud of. I joked about the behaviour of the rest of the school,
and she assured me they were all a pleasure to teach and a tribute to our community.
Y7/8
The Y7/8’s focused on identity, reputation and personality. They looked in-depth into their own
identity and what that meant to them and others. They thought about their name, whanau, friends arts and sport. Nadine focused on identity aspects that are core to the students, and aspects that
flex like friends that come and go/interests that change. Reputation was what others think of
you/know of you. They spoke about four aspects that make up your personality, feel, do, think and act.
From Miss Sarah little R8
Y5/6
The focus was being part of a team and being a good leader. They looked at the difference between
a boss and a leader. So a leader is a person who influences and inspires a group of people towards
the achievement of a goal. Mr Kelly was really impressed by what the children already knew and the
way the children listened, and the thinking that was going on between them. The interaction
between the children during peer discussion was something to be proud of. The other aspect was
about being unique and accepting everybody’s qualities, differences and that each person can have
strengths in different areas.
From Mr Douglas Kelly R14
Y3/4
They focused on decisions and choices, particularly around their actions in class and in the
playground. They looked at what is a good choice and a poor choice and how we can take
responsibility for these. The children got a lot of learning out of this and we hope to see this
wonderful resource/learning experience actioned in the classroom and playground.
From Mr Daniel Cotton R1
Y0-2
The juniors focused on kindness. We are all super hero's with superpowers to make others feel
great. They were all highly engaged and loved it.
From Mrs Anne Maree Adams/Mrs Sarah Cullen
