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Make Connections

Don’t Make Friends with Students Make Connections

At the start of the school year do you look for common links with your students? Do you find similarities where you have a shared interest such as swimming or you live in the same part of town, or you’ve taught their older brother or sister? Finding common ground with

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Elwyn Richardson – Oruaiti Prinipal from 1941 – 1961

Connection before Curriculum

In a remote school in Northland a principal was doing things very differently. In this school, te reo Māori was used in interactions with pupils, kaumātua were regularly invited to address the students and ākonga worked on real problems drawn from their local community. The community and the natural environment

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