Pasifica Academy

 My learners completed their Mentoring program at Pacifica Academy last week. They found it extremely useful to collaborate with other school learners and Mentors. This program helps them excel in external examinations and smoothly transition into Auckland University.

Here are some study notes given to them to revise Probability concepts.

Subject Selection and Future Pathways Evening

Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within the school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice.


Tamaki College will be offering Subject Selection Pathways evening on 28th of  August from 4pm to 6pm at the rec center where students and parents have the opportunity to connect with their tertiary providers, teachers, tutor, and dean. This enables them to make the best decisions based on how their course affects their future. I managed to make the above documents to promote Mathematics to our Department.

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Ex students visit to My Inquiry class

Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within the school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice.


Today two of my old students, both Ex-students Paul Pamaka ( Electrical engineer, Downer) and Emma brown (PhD candidate, Auckland university) visited my class to promote self-efficacy, self-directed learning and immitate university environment.

 The visit was very productive as students learned more about the career and the many types of engineering that are offered. Students were particularly interested in biomedical and civil engineering. They agreed to come back next term to empower and strengthen further.

Paul Pamaka and Emma Brown

Powhiri Pacifica Pathway PILOT Project for Diploma in engineering (NZDE):

Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within the school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice.

In the last week of term on the 5th July our school, along with Sir Edmond Hillary College, attended the Powhiri ceremony at MIT Marae. This was for the beginning of the Pacifica Pathway Pilot Project for the Diploma in Engineering block one (8th to 12th of July). 

The Mathematics department and the school are extremely excited for this opportunity into a pathway for engineering. The learners get the opportunity to get a taste of the tertiary environment, whilst still being at school with no cost. We are grateful to our Principal Soana Pamaka for bringing this initiative into our department. 

This programme will be rich in learning and collaboration. We hope that this initiative can be spanned out to other year groups in the future, and we are able to build stronger relationships with other schools too. 

Dr. Neel Pandit Head of Engineering MIT Addressing the students                                                             

Our school Matua, Tautoko Witika addressing the students.

How does this fit into my Inquiry:
It enables my learners to try out a variety of pathways for next year to consider as careers. It also gives learners a plan B if their first option does not work out.

Woman in Engineering

Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within the school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice.

Enginuity programme.
One of my colleagues and I took a group of year13 Calculus girls to University of Auckland to Enginuity programme.

What is Enginuity programme?

Once a year high schools girls get a chance to visit University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering to explore the possibilities of a career as an engineer.
During the day learners got put into groups according to their interest in future study and did various workshop activities and demos. Learners found it useful to experiment with creativity and the problem-solving processes engineers use in real life. These conducted by Professional engineers, lecturers, and current students.

Here is the programme:

Preliminary session:

Highlights :

Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Why should students(year13) need to see university environment when they are at school?

This is because Learners must understand the difference between high school and university life to make a smooth transition and this one of my key factors of the causal chain.
Our girls found it really useful to collaborate with current students and came up with double folded motivation.

Havea Pamaka to promote engineering studies at tertiary level:

#1.  Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within the school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice


  

Visit by Havea Pamaka to promote engineering studies at tertiary level:

My learners and I attended South Pacifica Engineering Expo introduced by
 Havea Pamaka( Civil Engineer) and he promised he will come to work with my
learners and is  going to send other ex-students.

Havea Pamaka came to Tamaki College last Friday, 31st of May, He showed
a video about engineering specialization, his project on civil engineering and
university life and especially how to adapt from school environment to tertiary
environment. Learners were very keen to see different types of engineers and
he suggested bringing Paul Pamaka to talk about Electrical engineering and
Emma Brown to talk about Chemical engineering.

Next step: Bring the ex-students suggested by Havea to their experience,

My Inquiry Learner' visit to engineering expo

#1.  Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice

  Engineering Career Expo (South Pacifica Professional Engineering Excellence)

·         Two of my Colleagues Mr Vincent  Lee, Mr Johan Koch, and I took my year13 calculus students and year12 students to an Engineering Career Expo yesterday.  Students had an opportunity to learn about the engineering industry through South Pacific Professional Engineering Excellence.  The focus was to explore what a career in engineering could look like and dig deeper into Engineering.
        www.FACEBOOK.COM/SPPEEX.

·         What is engineering?        Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge to solving problems in the real world. While science (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.) allows us to gain an understanding of the World and the Universe, Engineering enables this understanding coming to life through problem solving, designing and building things.

     

·         I am thrilled that two of my old students, both Ex-students of Tamaki College, Havea  Pamaka (Site Engineer - Infrastructure Projects, Downer) and Emma Brown (Engineering PHD candidate), also spoke to our learners about their success. They have promised to visit the school to empower and inspire our learners . I also came to know about this event form Havea Pamaka, 

We also met with the other ex-student.who is a 

Bio medical Engineering student at Auckland university

·         It was emphasised by each provider that calculus was the key to success in engineering and other 

       science related courses at university.

·         The trip was very productive as students learned more about the career and the many types of 

        engineering that are offered. Students were particularly interested in biomedical and environmental engineering. I hope to bring in the ex-students to motivate these students further. Student found it overwhelming to see success from Polynesians and Maori too. Students are going to continue make a relationship with Tertiary providers and past students to find a meaningful pathway.

·         My colleagues and I also found the day extremely useful in understanding engineering in the 21^st century and this knowledge can be shared to other students also.

• Whanau Voice: I had a chance to talk to whanau while they dropped students off at school that morning. It was a good opportunity to update them about their progress.

·         Next Step:

o    Inviting ex-students to speak