Student+voice+-+Pomaria

Welcome to Pomaria's R and Rs (reflections and ramblings!) on our Learning Journey
//March//

__Preparing for Student Voice Conference__
 * Selection of Students has been made from Year 5 and 6 however we included one extra as a 'tag along' seeing as the conference is being held at Pomaria. He is 7 years old and very articulate about his learning
 * Met this week with the Student Voice Group and took them through the 'Back Channeling' tool that we are going to use on the day - interesting challenge is the learners ability to keep up with the conversations and to record them as they happen. Needed to factor in (a) keyboard skills (b) practice in listening and summarising comments
 * Decided to hook up one laptop during the conversations so that learners and teachers can view all the conversations taking place.
 * Two other teachers will be joining our group - Mrs Norton; our Information Literacy/ICT lead teacher, and Mrs Rihari who will be documenting the whole journey via technology.
 * **Ice Breaker:** Questions and Answers - Scavenger Hunt; learners and teachers have a list of questions that they must get one answer from each PLC school to answer to, objective of this is to get to know each other better by talking to each other. At intervals the hunt will be stopped so that responses can be read and any commonalities can be shared to the group - This will probably be a Noisy One!!!

__Reflection__ We are very excited about the Student Conference as it fits in so well with 'Tohea Kia Puawai' our overaching concept this year that incorporates
 * Term 1: Learning about the learning
 * Term 2: Learning to Empower
 * Term 3: Learning to Inquire
 * Term 4: Celebrating Learning