Reflection for 2022 including externals

 Here is the external results:

There are 27 students in this class, 20 out of 27 sat for for external examination. Out of 20 students 18 passed their externals with one Excellence endorsement, five Merit Endorsements and twelve Achieve endorsements.  Three passed all three externals(with 26 credits), three  passed two externals (with 22 credits)and twelve passed one externals(with 18 credits). I really impressed with their outstanding results.

 There are eight Maori learners in this class and five of them passed their external, one with Merit endorsement and four with Achieved endorsement too.

Reflection on internals.

 My learners have completed their internals and awaiting for the external results to finalise their results.

They have completed 4 internals worth of 14 credits 24/27 have gained their Numeracy. 22/27 have gained 14+ credits which is impressive despite if both lockdowns. 

Burst and bubbles/ 2022

 Here is my burst and bubbles. And I had the privilege to share this at Tamaki College staff PLD too.

My inquiry focus is based on how do I capitalize on the whanaungatanga and the sense of wellbeing that already exists among the learners of my  year11 Mathematics class(Akomanga Kaihanga) to empower their learning?

This goal provides a strong pathway into year12 using literacy strategies , skill practice, 

confidence building and well being techniques.

 

 My personal goal is that as an Assistant HOD, I want to Increase students’ Mathematics achievement in year 12 and Year 13. This goal will make a powerful contribution towards Numeracy,  school goals, Department goals, and Manaiakalani goals.

To build up a rich picture of my learners I used student voice, topic test and PAT results.

This is a mixed ability year11 Akomanga Kahinga class consisting of 27 students: 9 Tongans,3 South east Asian, 2 Samoans,8 Maori and 5 Cook island Maori.

From the PAT results ranging from stannine 7 to 1,there is clear diversity shown here in terms of mathematics and literacy skills.

 

This course consists of 4 internals and 3 externals.I divided them into 3 groups, First group of seven students  sat for 3 externals( which is the first time at Tamaki College), second group of 13 sat for two external and the third group 7 students sat internal only. 

The hardest thing is to teach how to teach all three externals and 4 internals during class time ia a mixed ability class.  In order to balance,I taught one external class during after school. 

I made the following changes: 

Planning by term,Promoting culturally responsive pedagogy by translating into their languages, TAPASA framework, Learners to lead, Literacy strategies from Dr Janni, working with Matt Goodwin, Collaborating with Whanau weekly, peer teaching groups, study classes and Wellbeing weekly check ins.

As I step into term1 Lockdown hit, my tweaks were  Google jamboard, Miro online board, tracking sheet, DOC hub lessons using apple pencil, to rewind.These strategies helped us to overcome the second lockdown too.

Overall I would rate the changes in student learning as impressive so far because no loss during both lock downs as I did extra support  for those who are working in the goldilock zone due to COVID. 

Qualitative shift- positive attitude, questioning skills, critique each other and shift in their growth mindset.

Quantitative shift-  

Due to covid,learners are eligible for learning recognition credits. According to that calculation, to date 16 have gained 16 credits, 7 have gained 13 credits and the rest of their work is under progress.24 out 27 have gained Numeracy.

Externals-20/20 sat their MCAT and 19/20  sat their Graph and 7/7 sat their Geometry .

My Next steps are that  I am waiting for external results  to finalise. I also wish to  collaborate with other teachers and share my findings with colleagues/dpt. Feel free to view my blog, Thank you.

Ethnicity	Total	Numeracy	Ext(1)	Ext(2)	Ext(3)
Maori	16	Y	✔	✔	✔
Samoan	16	Y	✔	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔	✔
Maori	16	Y	✔	✔
Maori	16	Y	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔
Cook Island Maori	16	Y	✔	✔
Cook Island Maori	16	Y	✔	✔
Maori	16	Y	✔	✔
Maori	16	Y	✔	✔
South East Asian	16	Y	✔	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔
Tongan	16	Y	✔	✔
Cook Island Maori	13	Y
Maori	13	Y	✔	✔	✔
Maori	13	Y
South East Asian	13	Y	✔	✔	✔
Cook Island Maori	13	Y	✔	✔
Tongan	13	Y		✔
South East Asian	13	y	✔	WD	WD
Tongan	8
Maori
Cook Island Maori
Samoan

week 3 reflection

 Here is the reflection for week3 and two lessons lesson before examinations. My learners have been practising past papers  receptively   to sharpen their accuracy skills and tackle the wordy questions without fear.

My learners enjoy learning by doing    chunk-check- chew strategy,  peer teaching, group teaching, video lessons, underlining the key words and Google jam board. 

Last minute exam tips:Budget time,Read the hardest question first,Conceptualise the answer before you write, Draw diagram where possible,Set out the logic of your workings, Be careful with your units, check the work at the end.

Trem 4 plan

 

Here is the year planner. This term my main focus is preparing for external as the examination on the November 10th (9 school days left from tomorrow) . 

This term, I have divided them into three groups. The first group will be  sitting for two externals, the second group is working on externals and the third is an internal focus group. Since the time very short I have decided to focus on 1.3 Tables and Graphs external in class, 1.6 Geometrical reasoning externals online after school and internals who have missed/catch ups after the examinations if needed.

Daily  monitoring will be continued as the time is crucial and  the count down indicated on the board to complete their task on time.