At the heart of Te Rito toi

Facilitators: Peter O'Connor, Carol Mutch

Te Rito Toi

Disaster outreach, role of school and disaster recovery

Not just about doing on the first day, before going back

Thinking about the needs of the team
1 How are we going to support each other
   What was good and what was bad?

2 what we need to do before students come back?
   They need to see things that are familiar
   Have a sense that they can connect to
 
Focus is not about catching up with lost work
Primary focus is the children's well-being

They need to feel safe, cared for and love.
"School is a safe place."

Not about the academic but building relationships, strengthening them

Classrooms have to be fun!

Pedagogy of love and care  article

Learning happens in a range of ways, talking to each other, getting to know each other, developing a sense of belonging,

Talk about what they did during online learning, what is the learning here?

Be very gentle about children who show anxiety

Through the arts to express their feelings

Singing together, to dance, to have fun
When they are busy with hands, questions are going to be raised

Lower the expectations of yourself

Carol's Bear books
Book 1 
Book 2
Book 3

To get to the learning in the most effective way

Engage with the community, finding a way to reengage with others

Physical difficulties as we wont be able to give hugs etc..

Other parts of the curriculum that are important
We don't have to bounce back but leap forward

Wellbeing
The Arts
Ways of being

Future that we embrace

Nga toi Maori Arts

Staff wellbeing
-Noticing
-Change of behaviour
- Safe place to talk
-Don't judge others as we dont know what goes on in their lives

School days do not have to run exactly to the routines, more flexibilities would be great

Connecting to the families and how can we do this?
Multilingual communities