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How has ERO ruined the ngākau approach for so many children and schools?

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Normalising school mass

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Didn't we just roll out a Maori Language week?

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Keeping balance between our foundation of special character and culture

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Tutoko matua tipene

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Local stories, Local traditions with specific links to our special character essential

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I WOULD LOVE TOO

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Whose going to Finland?

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Do the cultural values reflect the culture that is created in the classroom? Do our classrooms feel inclusive, feel loving, feel like a space where people want to be?  Do the children feel like they belong?

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How often do we look overseas or outside of our province instead of local histories, important historical events, tribal icons and sites of significance, and the narrative surrounding Māori place names.

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perhaps we can use more student agency in our te reo journey

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You cant sit behind a set of values and then act in a way that reflects the opposite

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I love the concept of  ngākau  being across the curriculum and not in isolation.

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A lot of the tick box ideas or concept from rākau seems to be driven by ERO's understanding of "cultural competencies"?

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Within rakau (checking the boxes), I feel that I lack the knowledge in te reo and sometimes it feels that I am checking the boxes by only singing, or teaching the mihi or participation in the powfiri

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The consistent use of Te Reo/Tikanga throughout the school is important. Whakatau/Powhiri used consistently become part of our 'culture'. It's just what we do!

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The goal of a culturally responsive curriculum needs to be motivated from a ngākau position.

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The rākau element talks about teaching ABOUT Māori but not through, what does teaching through our Māori concepts look like? Does it link with our R.E side. Can we teach both through Te Ao Māori and through Religion?

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Judgement without knowledge is detrimental to school culture.

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A lot of the ngākau concepts sound like PB4L and have elements that we need to consider in our classrooms before we take it further. It is a lot of relationship building and relationship mending.

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Celebrating diversity seems integral if cultural, religious and family values are to be honoured and acknowledged. Respect for one another seems  central to achieving this. Honour for our culture, families school and Catholic values appear to be  the touchstones that influence our efforts and achievements.

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Within such approaches, the mana of all parties remains intact, and the focus is on restoring relationships, achieving harmony, and ensuring accountability....

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How is the ngākau "authentically experienced" by all in a school - what does that look like?

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In my opinion, the concept of Rakau is like the visible 'surface features' that we see in the classroom, e.g. speaking basic Te Reo commands such as Kia Ora, Haere Mai. From the outside looking in this can be seen a being Token and shallow. However, for me, the Ngākau is like the 'deeper features'. The true understanding of Tikanga and the 'Why' or the reason behind why we do things. If done correctly, this is not viewed as Token. For many, this is similar to driving a car, the Rakau is the ability to drive a car, where as the Ngākau is the knowledge to drive the car well and making links between the two :-)

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Trish, Liz, Janette, Whaea Carol - We need to have PD for learning and knowing about culture and how to weave it skilfully into the classroom.

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Ngākau approach: Māori cultural content, including the use of te reo Māori, is infused within all curriculum areas and as continuously as possible over the teaching year.

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Ngaku is the authentic experience that we pass on to our tamariki. Trip to the Organomi. Teaching from the "From the heart".

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It is important to recognise that it is a journey and that for some rākau is where you start. So as a school how do we move onto the Ngākau especially for those children who are more at risk? Are we reaching them?

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I always find it an interesting discussion/thought between 'culturally responsive for Maori' vs 'culturally responsive for all'

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It is important to start from where the child is, not from where you are. See them and respect them!!! Many of our Maori cultural beliefs are about love, family, respect. Not to dissimilar from what anyone else wants. If you can honestly say you know your children, respect them and can support them to be successful in one small thing or one big thing everyday, then you are probably using a Maori Cultural Lens in your class. Add in Te Reo and Tikanga and you are 'on fire'!!!!!

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What has more power. Values displayed in Te Reo Māori or the competencies being lived by the students, staff and community?

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We see a lot of rākau decisions not only at school but in society as token and done for the sake of doing it. I find it hard to say we are using a ngākau 'approach' when the relationships aren't in place further than a surface level in a lot of relationships on see, even staff to staff. I do see the ngākau 'approach' aligning with our Catholic Values. But how often do we see people saying one thing and doing the other? Myself included (at times)

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An integrated educational experience includes ngākau as we embed Māori values through our behavior management, curriculum based lessons, social coaching, and create an overall  welcoming and respectful community at St. Joseph's school.

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Pōwhiri is an example of making this part of what we do at St Joseph's, part of who we are than a token when ERO comes or someone important.