Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu

As part of the Manaiakalani Outreach Programme Iwi Two is involved in blogging to a wider community. Each week we go on the our classes blog and look at one of our partner schools. As a class we look at the blog post.

Because we are wanting to become responsible digital citizens we talk about the type of comments we want to write. It needs to follow what is outlined by Manaiakalani. As a class we agree on the comment and I write it for the students.

Example of our commenting:

Mrs Spragg22 May 2016 at 16:33

Well done everyone! Ka pai! Iwi 2 of Yaldhurst School thought you did an amazing job speaking Te Reo. We also thought your singing was wonderful. What was the song about? Did you enjoy learning it? Thank you for letting us watch. :) Iwi 2 - Te Pihinga Class.

Reflection: It is hard to remember to do this each week, especially if I am out of the classroom. I am trying to work it into each writing session so that they are getting it modelled to them. I would like to see the class, especially the Year 3's writing their own comments on different blogs across the school and on Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu. I need to be more deliberate about this process, to see it as a valid and valued part of writing rather than an extra.

Next steps: To change my thinking around the validity of this. To allow time to do this each day, so it becomes routine.