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

August 01, 2019

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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 agency means havi

Arts News - Makoura students' artwork at Aratoi

Artwork by Xanthe Hutchby-Way Artwork by Ayla McGillicuddy Tau ke, tumeke toi mahi. The annual Breadcraft Art in Schools Exhibition is on at Aratoi, starting September 28th. The artwork from Makoura students in this post has been selected to be part of this exhibition. All the types of Art offered at Makoura will be displayed so there are digitally altered photograms, paintings, photographs, design work and prints in this selection. Artwork by Jacob Ewing Artwork by Kayleigh O'Brien Artwork by Kyle Smith Artwork by Marcus Davies-Simpson Artwork by Ryan Brighouse Artwork by Tiare Rouru-Bourne Artwork by Tremaine Rimene-Albrett Artwork by Tremaine Rimene-Albrett Artwork by Wanaka Timu Artwork by Wanaka Timu

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

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

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