#1 Transitioning between Early childhood and Primary School - why have I chosen this as my teaching inquiry.
So 2021 is here I can start my journey as a CoL leader within school What an exciting and wonderful opportunity this is to explore and learn about something you are passionate about and will be able to share that with your school whānau!! Looking back on 2020 - the year where the world was turned upside down - I discovered that there is such a massive need for teachers to be skilled in transitioning little 5 year olds from ECE or kindergarten to Primary Schools where they need to start their formal learning. The gap between the two institutions is so big and some leaners struggle to keep up or never catch up! I believe a lot of New Entrant and even Year 1 teachers will agree with me. We recently looked at the data, specifically from within the Manaiakalani cluster, and from that it is visible and clear that our students are a bit below the standard, not declining, but working and performing in line with the standard but not reaching it. My inquiry this year will mainly focus...