Aorangi+School

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 * Miletone 3, 2011 - **

**Students to become successful digital citizens** || **National Goal 2** **Principals to lead the integration of e-learning in their schools (strategic and operational)** || **National Goal 3** **Teachers to integrate e-learning** **effectively into their practice creating an innovative and exciting learning environment for all students.** || **National Goal 4** **Family and whânau to actively participate in their child’s learning.** || **National Goal 5** **The sector by sharing online** **professional** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**reflections to inform** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**colleagues of the challenges** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**and opportunities afforded** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**by e-learning** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Akona are using e-learning and SOLO** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Taxonomies to** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**support and enhance their achievement.** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cluster Goal 2** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Principals will coordinate the development of e-learning for ALL Akona.** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cluster Goal 3** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Increase teacher knowledge and** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**expertise that will work towards** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**raising student achievement through** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**elearning and SOLO Taxonomy.** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cluster Goal 4** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">// **Communicate changes in pedagogy** // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">// **and use of elearning and SOLO Taxonomy to the school community** // **.** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cluster Goal 5** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">// **Inter-school and across school** // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**collaboration** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**within the cluster extends professional** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**learning and enhances pedagogical** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**practice and culminates in a series of** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**e-presentations for a national audience.** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Teachers use SOLO Taxonomy and e-learning <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">tools to enhance learning and understand <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">next step learning. || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Success Criteria <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Cluster schools will have a current <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">strategic plan (s) that includes a <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">reviewable ICT annual plan. || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Success Criteria <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Teaching professionals have performance management goals linked to increased capabilities to improve students’ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">learning and achievement <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">through e-learning and/or SOLO <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Taxonomy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Teachers can demonstrate how they link <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Maori and Pasifika dimensions to schoolwide, long term and weekly <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">contexts and identify resources that lend themselves to the particular needs and learning styles of these students. || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Success Criteria <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">There are good information flows <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">between home and school through <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> well-attended community events, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">cluster sharing sessions (term3), <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">newsletters and the use of Web 2.0 tools. || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Success Criteria <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Teachers are using e-learning and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">SOLO taxonomy to support and enhance <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">student achievement. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> Paula relating to using Digital Images in the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">classroom. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> learning workshops at a variety of schools see http://paulaspages.wikispaces.com/Workshop+Booking <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">http://paulaspages.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> programme to capture student reflections related to literacy and report writing. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[] [] [] []
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 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**National Goal**
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cluster Goal 1**
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**S**uccess Criteria
 * **What we did:** || **What we did:** || **What we did:** || **What we did:** || **What we did:** ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers attended school ICT PD with
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers attended Cross Cluster hands on
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers using shared cluster online space <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">see
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Senior learners taking up the opportunity to use digital camera at Totara Christian Camp.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> Learners using Easi Speak microphones across the school to enrich their learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Senior teacher upskilled in use of Keynote
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers have shared their knowledge on using Skype. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Principal took part in an audio conference (TKI - Mako Rikihana).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Principal had one on one session with facilitator to discuss schoolwide direction and implementation of strategic plan.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Principal has put in applications for funding grants to increase ICT's across the school.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Ultranet (Learning Management System) has been purchased and will be will be introduced to Senior Management and ICT Lead teacher this term.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Cluster Principal's revisited Cluster Goals and Success Criteria and Cluster Alignment Document was created. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers provided with one on one sessions with facilitator to work on individual goal setting.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers encouraged to try and utilise an increasing range of ICT tools to enhance their classroom practise.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers utilising a wide and varied range of websites mainly relating to Topic.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Lead teachers have individually <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 17px;">signed up as members of the VLN <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;"> and the school has its own VLN <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;"> page. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 17px;">document St Mary’s School has <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 17px;"> provided our sample. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Safe search engines (eg [|www.kidrex.org] ) have been introduced to staff.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">2 staff members attended the Learning at Schools conference.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers took part in an online audio conference (TKI - accessing online Maori Resources and personalising TKI home page.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers share back PD experiences (eg NZ Maths online) || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">BOT Newsletter was sent out to gather parents feedback relating to data gathering and reporting.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Survey sent out to families wanting feedback on what equipment they would like to see their child using at school as part of their learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">For the purpose of this Milestone
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**How was it effective?:** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**How was it effective?:** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**How was it effective?:** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**How was it effective?:** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**How was it effective?:** ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Senior Teacher transfered new learning from PD <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">session to learners. Learners used keynote programme to Instant Alpha images.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">After one on one session with facilitator teacher able to lead learning on Keynote programme in class and enable students to experiment with new tools.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Junior classes have Skyped the Principal. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Cluster goals and reporting expectations now clearer.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers have clear direction with ICT infused goals linked to their apprasial system. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">the VLN in regards to setting up <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> accounts. || =**Visual Evidence**=
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Students using safe search engines in library suite.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Authentic examples of the use of SOLO can be seen on classroom walls and in learners books.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">1 staff member shared back after the learning at Schools conference.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Resources were shared and distributed from the Learning at Schools Conference. || * A limited number of surveys have been handed in so far and results are being recorded. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">This is an area of ongoing development.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">There were initial frustrations joining


 * Student learning opportunities**


 * Authentic examples of SOLO**

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 * Students infusing the use of ICT hardware to enhance everyday learning opportunities.**

Learners recorded their camp experiences digitally. ||
 * PRINCIPAL'S REPORT**


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since Milestone 2 we have worked with the new facilitator, Paula Jamieson, to upskill teachers on using ICT tools to facilitate student learning through their participation in ICT workshops and also during the days that Paula is in school.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A new Lead Teacher has been appointed and is attending workshops, Lead Teacher Days and working with the facilitator to meet cluster goals.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Two staff members attended the Learning@Schools conference. Since then, professional development has been provided to staff on TKI by a teacher and also by a teleconference tutorial with Te Mako Orzecki from TKI.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Board of Trustees has consulted with the parent community on ICT tools they would like to see being used by their children at school. An application for funding to purchase new computers and ICT equipment is in the process of being written.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Learning Management System, Ultranet has been purchased and will be introduced to key staff on 24 June. The ICT Lead Teacher will use Ultranet with her class and parent group before introducing it to all staff in term three.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Principal met with the ICT facilitator and cluster Principals to review the cluster goals and expectations for reporting.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All teachers have set individual PD goals on the use of ICT to facilitate learning and are working with other colleagues and the facilitator to develop their own knowledge and understanding. These goals will be reviewed as part of the appraisal process.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We have introduced Skype to classrooms so that students can communicate with selected people/schools. The New Entrant class has skyped the local kindergarten to plan a visit.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SOLO taxonomy continues to be used in teaching and learning programmes and also as part of our assessment of the key competencies and cornerstone values.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The ICT Strategic Plan will be reviewed this year and the ICT committee will be working towards redirecting the focus of the plan from infrastructure and systems to an emphasis on teaching and learning programmes.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An area we will be looking at this year is involving our community in the use of ICT to facilitate learning through access to the LMS and also inviting parents to PD on how and why we use the equipment that we have in our school.

Milestone 2, 2010 //the New Zealand Curriculum / Te Marautanga// //Aotearoa.// || National Goal 2 //Increase capability of teachers and principals to improve students' learning and achievement through e-learning.// ||  National Goal 3 //Strengthen professional learning communities and increased collaboration within and across schools.// ||  National Goal 4  //Increase e-learning leadership and ICT strategic planning capability of principals and teachers.// ||  National Goal 5  //Increase the school community’s understanding of the educational contribution of e-learning.// || > media type="youtube" key="JddPhR_i6dk?fs=1" height="111" width="143" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * National Goal 1 //Integration of ICT to give effect to//
 * // All teachers know how to integrate ICT into their curriculum or teaching plans and do so creatively and effectively. // || // All staff confidently and competently utilise a range of ICTs to provide rich opportunities for creative and independent learning // || // Schools actively engage in PLCs and e-PLCs to build capacity and enhance effective pedagogical practices. // || // All schools develop and maintain a current ICT/e-learning strategic plan. // || // The BoT and community are informed about and engaged in e-leaning. // ||
 * * School wide use of SOLO taxonomy to plan integrated units has resulted in students becoming engaged in relevant, meaningful learning contexts.
 * [[file:School Gardens]]
 * Use of HOT maps has encouraged the use of digital learning tools for learning, in contrast to using them purely as a presentation tool.
 * Risk taking by teachers has enabled students to explore a wider range of digital tools in order to lead their own learning and the learning of other students.
 * Apple computers have been purchased for students and leased for teachers to use dual platforms to facilitate learning.media type="youtube" key="sJew_CNJwBA?fs=1" height="112" width="144" || * I.C.T is embedded into each term's thematic study, e.g: The School Garden. Digital Learning Paths (digistore) are used to support teaching and learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy units are linked to integrated units and include infusion of 's.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Junior students have used the easi-speak microphones to self monitor and improve reading fluency and oral language.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Digital cameras have been used by students to record their experiences of significant school events and E.O.T.C experiences.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Images have been presented in photostory, keynote, KidPix and talking books.




 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Digistore has been used widely to enrich student learning.
 * Aorangi School was the one of two schools, along with Otonga School, to be cabled for ultra-fast broadband. The SNUP was signed off in July of 2010. || * Collaboration has occured at syndicate level.
 * A professional learning community has been established in the junior syndicate to share I.C.T work, discuss issues and solve problems.
 * In the senior school, collaboration has focussed on using digistore and moviemaker.
 * Collaboration across the whole school has been promoted professional sharing of specific work examples from teacher's practice.
 * Across school collaboration has occurred by inviting Robyn Hurliman, D.P at Owhata School to share the work done during her e-fellowship. Room8owhata.wikispaces.com
 * Across school collaboration has occurred on an individual basis with a teacher liaising with a teacher at another school on the use of a class blog to showcase literacy in the classroom. || * The Principal and D.P attended the Learning at School and the U-Learn Conference to broaden their understanding of the e-learning opportunities availiable.
 * Attendance at these conferences has been the catalyst for enriching teacher learning at school.
 * Teachers have implemented a wider range of digital literacies in their teaching programmes.
 * The management team have reviewed a range of Learning Management Systems with a view to implementing the selected system in 2011.
 * School Reviews in Science and The Arts were undertaken using Survey Monkey.
 * The school ICT plan has been reviewed.[[file:ICT Strategic Plan .doc]] || * Regular reports have been made to the B.O.T who are strongly supportive of the use of I.C.T. These reports include progress and development of I.C.T in classrooms and of involvement in I.C.T PD.
 * Students have shared their new learning at the culmination of integrated units and literacy units, through the datashow at weekly school assembies.
 * The school website has been redesigned. website ||
 * || All teachers' planning will be inclusive of e-learning opportunities using authentic contexts. Particular consideration will be made for the needs of Maori and Pasifika students. The indigeneity and distictiveness of Maori students should be taken into consideration to foster an understanding of the cultural identity of Maori adn Pasifika students (MoE 2008b)  [[image:Water_-_whakatauki.JPG width="133" height="92" align="center"]]
 * The easi-speak microphone was used to record the leader rehearsing his tauparapara.
 * Cultural identity is reinforced through the use of the easi-speak to record student's whaikorero, review and improve fluency of te reo Maori. ||  ||   ||   ||