Entries by Viv Aitken

Lovely gathering at Maungatapu on Friday night. Among other things our korero touched on the way MOTE pedagogy sits alongside Maori educational priorities. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for having us, folks…. Next BOP cluster will be 1st November at Tauranga Waldorf School.

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Recommended – New drama books

What a good turn out at the cluster meeting last night in Hamilton. Great to see such good numbers. THANKS FOLKS…. Pic at the bottom of this message. Next meeting at Aberdeen school on 17th October – put it in the diary now! We are going to share our best “hook” ideas….. Meanwhile I promised […]

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Thursday 1st August happenings

Looking forward to seeing whoever can make it to tomorrow’s Hamilton cluster meeting at 4.30pm at Knighton School. And, for those available a little earlier at 3pm, there’s the chance to hear Gaenor Stoate presenting on her recent Master’s research. Gaenor’s study involved using Mantle of the Expert to teach devising at level 2 NCEA. […]

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Viv’s new blog

Hello all I’m just about to embark on a six week mantle adventure with five student teachers, 31 children, one visiting PhD student  and a brave teacher (Andy Peart from HNS school). If you’d like to read the blog about our adventures, please visit http://hnsmantleadventure2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/preplanning.html. Once you are on the page, you can even subscribe […]

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Next hamilton cluster meeting

Earlier today you will have received an email about the next Tauranga / Bay of Plenty cluster meeting. Here’s one confirming details of the next Hamilton meeting, which is  even sooner- 1st August. Our hosts will be the enthusiastic bunch at Knighton Normal School and the session will be  1 August 1st: 4:30pm – 5:30pm  Viv will share […]

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Heathcote Reconsidered

Here’s a brief report about the Heathcote Reconsidered conference held in Greenwich, London from 4-7 July. You might also like to check out the video clip of John O’Toole’s keynote address (given in role as Dr Phil. E. Stein). I haven’t been able to upload the clip directly, but you can see it on our […]

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Mantle idea from Pam Bowell…

On her recent flying trip to NZ, the lovely Pam Bowell shared a powerpoint all about a process drama / mantle she ran recently in a year 5 class. She has generously agreed to share it here. Lindisfarne Gospel Project But wait, there’s more….! At the Waikato cluster meeting last night, we spent an engaging […]