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Humanities News - Year 10 Student Bailey Blakaway has been writing poetry

August 01, 2019

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Arotahi News - Lily's mission: to get young people to vote

Image: courtesy www.times-age.co.nz Senior student Lily Lewis has developed an Arotahi project about encouraging young people to join in on the electoral process. Times-Age journalist Erin Kavanagh-Hall writes that Lily says, 'if you want to help change the world for the better, voting is a good place to start'. Read more online

Humanities News - The radio marathon is all go for 2019

Last year, senior student Seni Iasona initiated the 24 Hours for Mental Health Radio Marathon. The idea was to raise awareness about mental health in our community and to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation. This year, Alex Dahlberg is ready to take on the challenge of staying awake for 24 hours to continue this important public awareness campaign. Mark Friday 18 October in your calendar and support this event.

Student Agency - An exciting opportunity for our young people

Recently a group of Masterton teachers were able to learn from Dr Jean Annan, who shared his expertise on student agency. The following extracts are from his presentation to the Whakaoriori Kahui Ako in this month. There are exciting new opportunities for young people who are active in learning, engage in relevant learning tasks and connect with others across the globe. Promoting student agency requires that teachers, students and others who support students’ learning become active agents in the teaching and learning process. Agency involves using power thoughtfully, collaborating and helping one another learn rather than meeting immediate personal needs at the expense of others. Agentic teaching and learning comprise negotiations between students and students, students and teachers and among students, teachers and family. This presentation has reported several teacher practices and student perceptions associated with agentic interactions. Taking age...

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Humanities News - Year 10 Student Bailey Blakaway has been writing poetry

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