Teaching as Inquiry Goal: 

Making Sense of Students' and Learning

My goal is aligned with the COL Goal 1: 

To raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive
practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading
Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. and School Goal 2.

One major thought is the external folio boards. So I created a form to try and gain feedback from students on the learning and what I can offer to make their learning achievable.  The external boards examination worth 12 credits for Level 1 and 2.  !4 credits for Level 3.  A substantial amount of credits, which always seems to be somewhat difficult for students to achieve.

Some thoughts.....

Thursday 4th April

Auckland Art Gallery Trip & AUT

Thursday 4th April, 23 students took a day out to the Auckland Art Gallery & AUT to view artworks.  The trip is designed to facilitate students with the required skills for the Literacy Standards worth 4 credits for each year level.  Critical analysis was studied by students to examine the reasons why artworks are created?, the purpose/intentions of the artist etc.

AUT provided a deeper scope for students to make connections with the Pathway Careers.
It also enabled students realise that Visual Arts not only provides the mainstreamed subjects of Painting, Printmaking etc but also enables other avenues into Digital Technology with the famous Weta which produce Lord Of The Rings etc.

It was really rewarding for the students with the positive feedback gained from this worthy experience they gained.  Hopefully it will give students some basis on which they can move forward and make meaningful connections with their artworks.  

Introduction to Photoshop

On the 19th and 20th of February, myself and Cheryl took about 18 students to Yoobee School of Design for a 2 day course which enable students to gain insight into the digital technology.  The skills from Photoshop will provide students with the skills required for Digital Photography.  The two days were valuable and from 9am till 3pm, students enjoyed the course.  It was an intense two days but thoroughly enjoyed by students.  They created amazing artworks.