Keeping Up with Mrs Faalili

 High School Week  What is it? High School Week is an initiative created and designed to support our students to be mentally prepared for high school. This is a week dedicated to resilience, movement around the school, reading timetables, completing school work and homework, ultimately being ready for learning.  Why are we doing it?  We have a duty in preparing our year 8s for high school and this is important to us. As busy and chocka as Term 4, I know that one will give time and energy into things that are important. This week will help us show our Year 8s, who are going to high school next year, a glimpse into what it is like to move from class to class, teacher to teacher. What it's like to carry bags and gear around the school. What it's like to do homework etc.  When are we doing it?  This will happen in Term 4 - week tbc. Who is involved?  With the make up of our school, we usually have our year 5-8 students participating in this. While some may say that there isn't

With my inquiry into supporting our Year 8 learners in a successful transition into high school, we do not currently have a program that effectively helps this. My intervention focusses on supporting our year 8s to transition successfully into high school next year. This intervention is called ' High School Term '. While aimed at our Year 8s, part of this will include the years 5-7 as well. This will be an opportunity for our younger students to start mentally preparing themselves for education in high school. This intervention will focus on preparing Year 8s for high school by: - Connecting with current Year 9s at Tamaki College for a Q & A session with our current Year 8s - Connecting with whānau and following up 2023 enrolments - Meeting with Year 8s weekly for 45 minutes with a focus on specific elements of high school. This will be structured but also provide our Year 8s with an opportunity to ask questions and provide suggestions for what they would like to focus