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Email the Pasifika Education Community Facilitator. Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka and welcome to the Pasifika Education Community News page. We value your feedback and ideas, and invite you to contact us at temako.orzecki@tki.org.nz

This page keeps you up-to-date with information and resources relevant to the teaching and learning of Pasifika education.

Use the buttons on the right-hand side of the page and the quick search facility to access Pasifika education resources. News on this page includes recent material on TKI, a facilitator’s selection, a list of events, and community notices. Scroll down or use the above four links to the sub-headings.

We welcome your contribution to the ongoing success of this community through your contact with TKI Community Facilitator.

Select the Pasifika Calendar link on the right hand side of this page to view Pasifika events. Events are updated regularly. If you have an event you would like included email us.

Note also the three curriculum items immediately below and check these regularly for updates.

The New Zealand Curriculum. The New Zealand Curriculum
Explore The New Zealand Curriculum online and the related resources and support materials. This revised curriculum will become mandatory from February 2010. Keep an eye on What’s new? and see what is happening in schools.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz
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LEAP
LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika) is a professional learning resource developed for NZ teachers at all school levels who work with bilingual Pasifika students in English medium classes. It may also be useful to teachers of bilingual classes who use a Pasifika language as the medium of instruction.
http://leap.tki.org.nz/

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, the new Māori curriculum document, is currently being distributed to all Māori-medium schools. The document was launched on 26 September 2008. Explore the online community for Te Kaupapa Marautanga o Aotearoa.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/marautanga/index_m.php

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Pasifika Education Plan 2009-2012 (PDF 3.1MB)
Read the latest publication of the Pasifika Education Plan 2009–2012. The plan encourages personal responsibility, promotes collective accountability and emphasizes the importance of urgently lifting Pasifika achievement.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/pasifika_education_plan_2009.pdf
14-12-2009

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Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Pasifika Education Plan 2009-2012 (PDF 37KB)
Browse a selection of frequently asked questions and answer related to the Pasifika Education Plan 2009-2012.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/faqs_pep_2009-2012.pdf
14-12-2009

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Literacy Professional Development Project (LPDP)
Browse the Literacy Professional Development Project (LPDP) This project provides schools with an in-depth professional development programme that focuses on improving student learning and achievement in literacy through evidence-based practice.
http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Community/Literacy-Online-updat e/LPDP
14-12-2009

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Mua Ō! An Introduction to Gagana Sāmoa (PDF 4.1MB)
Check out the Mua Ō introduction to Gagana Sāmoa resource from the learning languages series. This resource has been designed and developed to support the teaching and learning of the Sāmoan language as an additional language in New Zealand schools.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/gagana-samoa-full.pdf
04-12-2009

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School Leadership and Student Outcomes: Identifying What Works and Why Best Evidence Synthesis
Read the new synthesis of 134 New Zealand and overseas research studies or reviews that have been developed collaboratively using Ministry of Education guidelines. This BES is of relevance to all who have a leadership role in advancing valued outcomes from schooling.
http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/2515/60169/60170
09-11-2009

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Home-School Partnerships
Visit this site for information, guidance, and resources to support schools in developing and building on their home–school partnerships. It also has specific information related to the National Standards and reporting to parents, family and whānau.
http://home-schoolpartnerships.tki.org.nz/
02-11-2009

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Learning from the Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D) - Findings of the External Evaluation.
Browse through the Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D). This was designed as an exploratory programme to understand more about quality teaching for Māori and Pasifika students, within designated contexts (literacy, numeracy, social studies and science) and across different language settings (English, Māori and Samoan bilingual).
http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/schooling/49172
14-10-2009

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Ta‘iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa: The Gagana Sāmoa Guidelines (PDF 7.1MB)
Check out the Ta‘iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa: The Gagana Sāmoa Guidelines. These have been designed and developed to support the teaching and learning of the Sāmoan language as an additional language in New Zealand schools.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/samoan_gl_cov.pdf
06-10-09

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Teachers as learners: Improving outcomes for Māori and Pasifika students through inquiry
Explore learning materials aimed at teachers, school leaders, and other people in education. The purpose of the materials is to illustrate how teachers have used an inquiry approach in their practice to become more culturally responsive thereby improving outcomes for Māori and Pasifika students. Stories featured are from experienced and new teachers.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Digital-stories/Case-studies/Inquiry
18-09-2009

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Gagana Tokelau: Tokelau Language Guidelines (PDF 1.2MB)
Explore the Gagana Tokelau: Tokelau Language Guidelines that have been designed and developed to support the teaching and learning of the Tokelau language as an additional language in New Zealand schools.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/tokelau-lg.pdf
22-07-2009

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Pasifika Digital Legends
View Pasifika Digital Legends site, via the updated link in Pasifika Resources. Pasifika Digital Legends are traditional Pacific stories re-told by New Zealand secondary students using different media including mini-movies.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/pasifika/digital_legends/
22-05-2009

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I-E-Ko-Ko: An Introduction to Cook Islands Māori (PDF 7.3MB)
Explore I-E-Ko-Ko! An Introduction to Cook Islands Māori. This new multi-media resource supports the teaching and learning of Cook Islands Māori as an additional language at Years 7 & 8.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/i-e-ko-ko.pdf
23-04-2009

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Tongan in the New Zealand Curriculum (2007) (PDF 1MB)
Read the Tongan in the New Zealand Curriculum (2007); a set of guidelines for teaching and learning Tongan language and culture in early childhood settings and schools in New Zealand.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/tongan-lg.pdf
14-04-2009

  Community Facilitator’s choice   

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Studyit: NCEA PASIFIKA
Encourage the Pasifika students in your class to utilise this valuable site to support them with NCEA concerns and queries
http://www.studyit.org.nz/communicate/viewtopic.php?t=11998

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Pacific Cultures: Te Papa Collections Online
Make learning exciting by incorporating some of the fascinating artifacts and specimens from different Pasifika cultures into your classroom planning.
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Search.aspx?imagesonly=true&advanced=colCollec tionType%3a%22Pacific+Cultures%22

Peace Corps: Paul D. Coverdell World wise schools.

Tracking Turtles in the Western Pacific
View this fascinating slide show on Palau’s endangered sea turtles and the extensive effort that has been done to protect them from being hunted, eaten and having their nesting habitats disrupted.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/slideshows/pal_klain.cfm?cid=wwssldklain


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Information for Families: nzmaths
Make maths fun by helping your children to count and use numbers from this section of the nzmaths website. Have a go at some of the activities
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/node/453


wickED: Survival on Niu Island. wickED
Check out these Pasifika learning games from the WickED website. Survival on Niu Island is set in the year 2170 on a desert island. To survive you must be resourceful. Learn about symmetry using using Pasifika patterns.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/index.php

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  Events   

Events are now listed on the TKI Pasifika calendar, see right-hand navigation bar.

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Supporting Pasifika languages
Gagana Tokelau: Tokelau Language Guidelines was launched 28 May 2009. Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa: The Gagana Sāmoa Guidelines and the supporting multi-media resource, Mua Ō! An Introduction to Gagana Sāmoa was launched on 18 September 2009 at Tangaroa College, Auckland.

The Cook Islands Māori multi-media language resource, I-E-Ko-Ko! An Introduction to Cook Islands Māori was launched in 2008 and is available as a pdf on this site. Both Mua Ō! and I-E-Ko-Ko! are part of the Ministry's Learning Language Series. Learning Language Series resources for Tongan and vagahau Niue will be completed at the beginning of 2010.

Telephone Tutorial
The TKI Team would be happy to provide a tour of the website, via the telephone, at your school staff meetings or planning sessions. Contact us at tutorials@tki.org.nz if you would like to explore this option.

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