Sister also has a class of her own and enjoys teaching. About 2015 her school wanted to raise the achievement of their students in Maths, Reading and Writing. To achieve this St Patrick’s School formed a cluster with 8 or 9 other schools giving it the name Manaiakalani. Together the teachers wrote a curriculum based on the New Zealand curriculum for their cluster to follow. The Ministry of Education were happy with what had been achieved and they told the teachers to adopt it. The achievement of the children increased in comparison with what it was. All the schools participating were decile 1 schools, 70% were Pacific Island children. In addition their cluster was the very first school in New Zealand to introduce Chrome books to schools. Each student starting from year 4-8 was given a chrome book. The students do all their work on this little machine. There are no more books and pens. The teacher has access to what the students do and the students have access to the teacher’s plan so they know what is expected from them’. The Ministry of Education observed this teaching method and they liked what they saw.
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Margaret Mary was born at Upper Hutt on August 8, 1889, but spent most of her childhood in Taranaki. Her parents were William Henry Martin and Mary Martin (nee Craig)...
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The Voice of Compassion Issue 58
In this issue the story of Janet, the experience of Father James Lyons as a Compassion Soup Kitchen volunteer, Celebration Sunday, the activities during the Heritage Week, Hokianga Farewell and much more.
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Sister Loreto Barakat
Sister Loreto left the Congregation before her final Profession.