Hi, we are in our 3rd year of working together at the Sommerville Satellite at Stonefields School.
Stonefields school is purpose built for collaboration with open learning areas, different types of breakout spaces and different learning equipment, beanbags, stools, chairs, different shaped tables and computer areas.
For this to be a successful environment for teaching and learning to take place there needs to be a positive staff relationship with collaboration amoung staff, learners and whanāu. We feel we are working towards creating this successful space and hope to use this COL opportunity to trial different collaborative practice, learn from Stonefields, an exemplar collaborative school and share our new knowledge back with Sommerville School and other schools within the COL.
We also want to use this as an opportunity to see how group learning in collaborative spaces supports ākonga engagement specifically within our Hub. We will look at how we can ensure all learners are benefiting and learning with, from and about each other in different group activities.
It has been interesting collaborating on this first post. Technology has been wonderful. Both of us on the computer and talking to each other at the same time.
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Collaborative practice is not about open learning spaces but starts with building the quality professional relationship and teamwork, which you both have maintained successfully for the last few years. All the best!
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