Support whānau to help their children learn at home
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Establishing reciprocal relationships with parents and whānau to support learning’
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Explain ways to help
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Project coordinators for Mutukaroa – A home-school learning partnership meet with parents at home, work, or school to explain assessments, provide resources, and discuss how they can support their child’s learning.
Support learning at home
Support learning at home
Strategies for supporting whānau help their children with learning at home.
- Meet face-to-face to model particular strategies or make a video to model a particular strategy or approach.
- Create opportunities where students can draw on the expertise and experience of their whānau and work together on a project.
- Maintain a class blog or a weekly email to whānau, where you share the class focus and encourage them to share resources and ideas.
- Avoid setting up situations where you are encouraging whānau to supervise homework.
Share information
Share information
e-Portfolios and three-way, student-led conferences help parents to develop a deeper understanding of how their child is progressing and how they can support their learning.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Connections and collaboration: Two strategies to accelerate reading
This eBook details Pause Prompt Praise and Reciprocal Teaching. These effective reading strategies are consistent with the principles of culturally responsive and relational pedagogies. Research documents that with use at school and home, exceptional results are achieved.
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