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Hamilton Cluster meeting – date for your diary

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 her planning principles. Participants then  broke into two groups: one lot tried out planning for themselves and the other participated in a mini mantle designed to promote writing. It was very exciting to hear at the end of the meeting how every person was taking away something new to try in their classrooms. We look forward to hearing how you get on! Do share your experiences on our facebook page.

Next meeting of the Hamilton / Waikato  group is planned for Wednesday 6th May and we are all invited out to Te Kauwhata school – Thanks Vicki and team! The focus for that session will be using drama conventions for effective teaching across the curriculum… Watch this space for more information closer to the time.

 

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Hamilton’s first cluster meeting of 2015 coming up soon

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 compare different teachers’ planning approaches, and consider how to plan taking into account   the core elements that make up MoTE. Many thanks to Michelle for hosting this session.

It would be good to get a sense of numbers, so if you would like to attend, please email Michelle at mparkes@aberdeen.school.nz. And when you come, bring a plate, and a friend.

Viv

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Report from cluster meetings in Tauranga and Auckland

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 to – along with a planning resource for working in the Commission model, as shared by Kineret.

Kia Ora,

Auckland MOTE cluster had its first meeting on Friday, thanks for those who were able to come. Kineret and Hilari shared some of their work with us. We went from the silk road in China to a retirement home across the road and were inspired by the creative thinking, student voice, and community interaction that is possible through MOTE.We are looking forward to our next meeting late January 2015. Watch this space for more details. Please find the attached ‘Commission Model’ Kineret kindly shared with us. Nga mihi,Raquela

Mantle of the Expert – Commission Model (2)

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Tauranga cluster Thursday

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 4:30 for a 5pm start.

Viv will be attending and the topic will be mistakes and cautionary tales. Let’s make the most of  Vivs expertise before she moves on to the lovely Hawkes Bay.

See you there,

Stephen

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Tauranga MOTE Cluster Meeting

Hi all,

A reminder of our last Tauranga MOTE cluster gathering for 2014 to be held at Winderemere on Thursday 27th November at 4:30 for a 5pm start.

Viv will be attending and the topic will be mistakes and cautionary tales. Let’s make the most of  Vivs expertise before she moves on to the lovely Hawkes Bay.

See you there,

Stephen

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Cluster meeting in Auckland

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 – Auckland cluster meeting For: Any Educator (ECE, Primary, Secondary) interested in MOTE, drama for learning.
When: Friday 21st November. 4.30 – 6.30 pm
Where: Marist College, 31 Alberton Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland Topic: Introduce, brainstorm and share
Facilitated by: Raquela Syred and Michelle Hesketh

Please RSVP to :’raquela.storiesinaction@gmail.com’

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Mantle of the Expert, my current understanding

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 some time, I decided the best thing to do was to publish the keynote in a form that would be freely available to everyone. First step was to transcribe it from handwritten to typewritten form. Dianna Elvin generously offered to do this – thanks Dianna – and the full transcript can be found here.

Next, I thought it would be useful to look at the address in ‘bite sized chunks’ and offer commentary and interpretation. I have started this process in an occasional blog series –  you’ll find that here. 

I hope this will be an interesting and useful read whether you are a teacher, a scholars or just an interested passerby. Please join in with any comments, questions and responses…

Ka kite!

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Hamilton Cluster meeting 23rd October

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 Morrinsville on Thursday 23rd October at 4.30pm. The theme of this get together is “mistakes” – so come prepared with some stories and tips of what you’ve experienced with your Mantle or ideas you’ve heard from others.  Please bring a friend and snacks for the table.

Looking forward to seeing you all then! Rebecca.

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Next Hamilton cluster meeting

Greetings all. Just to advise that the next cluster meeting for Hamilton, which was due to be held Thursday 16th, has been postponed. New date and venue will be advised soon….

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Astronauts and lucky tokens

Here’s a very happy pic taken at last night’s Tauranga cluster meeting. We spent time exploring new conventions for building belief, based on a fun game of Astronauts…. there were flight simulators, astroid belts, doors that went ‘swoosh’ and even lucky tokens…. I guess  you had to be there! To make sure you don’t miss out on the next one, put these dates and venues in your diary now: further details to be confirmed nearer the time.

Hamilton – David St School, 16th October

Tauranga – Windermere, 27th November

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