PB4L meeting

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We shared our class spaces this afternoon during a staff walk through focusing on the questions:
  • Talk to us about your class matrix and how it supports learning and relationships in your class.
  • How does you physical environment support positive behaviour?
This was a good opportunity to share some great ideas and reinforced that we all do things differently and have much to learn from one another.

I was thinking that when I am in other classes (release teaching, responding to behaviours) I need to be referring to class matrices/expectations more often.

Going forward to next term, being in class with Alida, we will need to have a big Mana Atua focus and be sensitive about keeping what the classroom has already created and adapting it to fit us.  Alida and I will need to be communicating well and collaborating on our Mana Atua so children know we have the same expectations for their behaviour.  This will also provide consistency and support students feeling safe.  Visual timetables and prompts will be important for students and for us.  




Comments

  1. Alida3 September 2019 at 16:43

    I agree...if we are on the same page we can pass the same message to the students. Looking forward to work with you again Gretchen.

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  2. Gaylene3 September 2019 at 21:02

    Yes it was a timely reminder for me to rise again with the positives to grow. The posters are a good prompt and I have found working with Alida she continually adapts to meet students needs and is consistent in routines so students feel safe. Same page Same message... All the best

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