Waikato Cluster meeting on Thursday and conference not far behind!

By Viv AitkenApril 4, 2013December 28, 2016 Articles & books, Cluster meetings, Conferences & Symposia, News cluster meeting, conferences, professional development Leave a comment

Greetings! A friendly reminder of two things: Thursday 11th April is our next cluster meeting – 4.30 pm at Hillcrest Normal School. All most welcome… The focus will be on use of Heathcote’s role conventions…. Also a reminder that if you have not already done so, now is the time to get your registration in for Te…

2 recent cluster meetings – and more coming up

By Viv AitkenFebruary 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Cluster meetings, News cluster meeting Leave a comment

Two MOTE cluster meetings were held within two days in February! The secondary skype group held a very successful chat (despite some mild technical issues) in which ideas were shared about MOTE and NCEA assessment. We were pleased to welcome some newcomers to that conversation, with participants ranging from the far North to Wellington. The…

Cluster meetings in January / February

By Viv AitkenJanuary 31, 2012January 31, 2012 Cluster meetings, News cluster meeting Leave a comment

2012 is off to a flying start. A number of teachers at primary and secondary are plotting great things in their classrooms for term 1 or term 2. The summer school paper in Tauranga is going really well, and a bunch of new teachers is coming through all enthused and ready to try the approach….

Planning for term four

By Viv AitkenOctober 25, 2011November 2, 2011 Classroom examples - Primary, Classroom examples - Secondary, Cluster meetings, News cluster meeting Leave a comment

A successful planning session was held in Hamilton last week where local teachers came together to brainstorm ideas and share advice for term four: Amongst others, we generated the following ideas: A Mantle of the expert approach to the story Jack and the Beanstalk, for year two primary students. In this case, the teacher has…

Next cluster meeting in Waikato

By Viv AitkenMay 10, 2011December 28, 2016 Cluster meetings, News cluster meeting, science Leave a comment

The Waikato cluster group will be holding its next meeting on Thursday 19th May at Hillcrest Normal School (Cambridge road, Hamilton) Start time: 4pm. The focus for this get together will be a presentation by PhD student Carrie Swanson. Carrie will be sharing the planning she has done for for a science-based MOTE written for…