C1 Positive affects of whanau engagement in student learning

Ka Hikatea states, "Ako, the principle of reciprocity where the learning is two way and that students and whanau can not be separated." I am aligned with this principle because I believe that learning is far from a one way street. I believe that all learners can teach and learn from each other.

In this evidence I have engaged our whanau to help students design and build furniture for our classroom and the wider school. Through our concept of structures the students decided to build some new furniture because our own new furniture was taking too long to arrive.

Below is a letter from a priority student's parent detailing the positive affect this project had on their whanau.

Letter explaining the impact on the whanau

Click here to see the class blog posts relating to this learning engagement with whanau.

This video shows how a Dad and son took action together to make a tool for the rest of the class to use. They then made this video to show how to use it.




We used the design cycle and then the students engaged their whanau to help them build the projects.

Student and Grandad working alongside each other. 

The completed book shelf.