Kia Ora Thursday of next week Viv will be running an introductory workshop for teachers in the Hawke’s Bay interested in learning more about Heathcote’s Mantle of the Expert approach. Suitable for primary through to secondary and for curious beginners to experienced practitioners, this meeting will be a low key gathering in the tradition of the […]
Kia Ora Friends…! Things have been quiet for a while but behind the scenes there are exciting changes afoot with the Mantle of the Expert website… We are about to engage a website designer to give us a new ‘look’ and improved features on the site. Thanks for your patience while we go through this process, […]
Hi team The next cluster meeting for the Waikato region, which was scheduled for 6th May has been postponed. However, keep watching this space as there are plans afoot for a session based on drama conventions to be held out at Te Kauwhata school soon…
The Hamilton cluster meeting at Aberdeen school this week was a great success. It was great to see so many in attendance – we had about 15 there including an international visitor – Joni Warner from the US – (great you could make it Joni!). Participants enjoyed hearing from Michelle (a regular Mantle user), who shared […]
Kia ora colleagues. The first cluster meeting of 2015 for the Hamilton region will be held on Thursday 26th February at 4pm at Aberdeen school, Aberdeen Drive, Dinsdale in Hamilton. This will be a session on planning in Mantle of the Expert – good for beginners or a refresher for more experienced teachers. We will share and […]
Two cluster meetings were held recently – a fresh gathering of people in Auckland (thanks Raquela and Michelle for organising this) and a re-gathering of the faithful in Tauranga (great to see such a big turnout and thank you for the lovely parting gifts). Here is Raquela’s report on what the Auckland meeting got up […]
Just making double sure everyone got this notification from Stephen – seems like some of the auto emails didn’t go out. Apologies if this is the second time you have received this! Hi all, A reminder of our last Tauranga MOTE cluster gathering for 2014 to be held at Winderemere on Thursday 27th November at […]
Excited to report that thanks to the energies of colleagues in Auckland, there will be a cluster meeting in the city of sails later this month. Here are the details. Please get along if you can – we’ve been dying to get a group off its feet in Auckland! What: Mantle of the Expert Aotearoa […]
In 2009 Dorothy Heathcote presented me with a handwritten document entitled “Mantle of the Expert – my current understanding”. This was her keynote for the Weaving our Stories conference held in Hamilton, New Zealand in that year. Her words as she handed me the document were, “I thought you might want to do something with this.” After […]
Hi all – we now have a date for the previously-postponed cluster meeting. Great theme – should be a rich discussion. Please see the following message from our host, Rebecca Board. Hi everybody! This is a message for everyone interested in the next Hamilton cluster meeting. It will be held at David Street School (45 David St) in […]