Hui

HUI REPORT TO LEVIN NORTH SCHOOL BOT MINUTES OF HUI HELD 20/10/10

PRESENT: Julie Hepburn, Hoani Perigo, Marie McPake, Tina Millard, Louise Nikora, Angela Conway, Jennifer O’Donnell, Gaywyn Shippam, Carwyn Millard, Neil Anderson, Bruce Clark, Sarah Mullen, Melanie Marshall Karakia - Bruce Clark (Kaiako) Carwyn welcomed everyone to the meeting – each member introduced themselves and spoke about their link with the school

What has been happening? Mr Clark taken up the role of Kaiako. He shared with everyone some of the work he had been doing with the children and the boys' mentoring programme. The boys' mentoring programme began in term one with a healthy eating (burger) night and a kite-making competition. Difficulty over finding suitable fishing times and the unavailability of the school hall has led to the programme petering out over the year. It is hoped an event can be planned for term four. Sessions with the Kaiako: students have learned basic Maori words and phrases, alongside the arts of plaiting, tying & binding, weaving and the designs inside a wharenui. Resources are being sought for the teaching of carving next year; amongst the events on a wish list for next year are a hui and a marae visit. Displays of work produced by students were shared. Miss Hepburn acknowledged the great work being done by Mr Clark in his new role as Kaiako Kapahaka group: discussed. Mr Perigo is currently following up on a couple of possibilities. Some taiaha lessons were taken by Matua George.

Assessment Information shared with the Hui: NUMERACY Mr Perigo presented a report on Numeracy Achievement. He answered questions as he worked through his report.





**READING ACHIEVEMENT DATA** Mr Anderson shared data on reading data and Maori participation.


 * % AT OR ABOVE ||  **YEAR 1**  ||  **YEAR 2**  ||  **YEAR 3**  ||  **YEAR 4**  ||  **YEAR 5**  ||  **YEAR 6**  ||
 * **OVERALL** ||  66  ||  70  ||  66  ||  64  ||  80  ||  74  ||
 * **MAORI** ||  55  ||  55  ||  69  ||  53  ||  81  ||  75  ||
 * **BOYS** ||  59  ||  60  ||  75  ||  52  ||  74  ||  70  ||
 * **MAORI BOYS** ||  50  ||  42  ||  78  ||  45  ||  75  ||  75  ||
 * **GIRLS** ||  71  ||  79  ||  57  ||  79  ||  81  ||  81  ||
 * **MAORI GIRLS** ||  60  ||  70  ||  57  ||  67  ||  83  || 75 ||





**__REVIEW OF GOALS FOR 2009 - 2010__**


 * 1) Hold a successful hangi in conjunction with the gala, including educating students on protocols of the hangi r NOT ACHIEVED – no Gala this year so will not be one this year.


 * 1) Develop tikanga Maori aspect – e.g. kawa, poi, ti rakau, taiaha, te reo kori a ACHIEVED Kaiako working well.


 * 1) Try to develop a meaningful marae link for Levin North School community 4 WORK IN PROGRESS


 * 1) 2010 powhiri – get our community along to the powhiri – staff to find links to the community a ACHIEVED Mr Perigo reported some positive results in this respect


 * 1) Have another boys’ mentoring event on the 1st Friday in Term 4, with some further events to follow a ACHIEVED


 * 1) Develop kaiako role and bring in community support for particular aspects of the programme a ACHIEVED A group came in to help with weaving – difficulty is maintaining that level of support


 * 1) Re-establish a kapa haka group (one initially) r NOT ACHIEVED. As noted previously 8 ONGOING


 * 1) Find ways to enhance engagement with Maori community in light of the new curriculum 8 ONGOING


 * 1) Report on hui (and curriculum development) to our Maori community and make a practice of doing this more often 8 ONGOING The appointment of a Board member to this role has helped and will continue to be a big help.

Query about homework – various teachers responded to this query in terms of what happens for that particular year level. Anyone wanting work or extra work is encouraged to go and see the teacher.

**__GOALS FOR 2010 /2011__** 1. Kapahaka – get this up and running 2. Taiaha- investigate ways of getting it off the ground 3. Finding ways to get parents –involved with school – activities that kids can be doing at home - lift improvement / before school - readiness for school –develop oral language. 4. Quotes /snippets in the newsletter to support parents 5. Note in the newsletter re homework – parents come in and see the teacher – education for parents – to be done at the beginning of the year. 6. Boys mentoring –aim for one a term 7. Hangi –aim to have one 8. Marae Link – establish this with the end result being a marae visit 9. Kaiako –continue with this, introduce carving

Carwyn thanked everyone for their attendance and input. Formal part of hui ended with karakia