B BURST AND BUBBLES

 AND FINALLY.......

Burst and Bubbles came along:

Time for a recipe:

I would like to thank all the staff at Sommerville school as together you created a

vocabulary around collaboration and that is what i am using today.

My Granny said great baking can't be rushed.

I would like to share with you a recipe for collaborative teaching. 

This can lead to a tasty learning environment to support thriving learners.

Just watch the results: It’ll look and taste sensational!

Ingredients:

4 heaped tablespoons of Open mindedness

4 heaped tablespoons of Communication

1 tablespoon of  Respect 

1 tablespoon of trust

A big handful of Support

Instructions:

1. Mix the spoonfuls of open mindedness and communication in a bowl, stir for a while.

2. Next add the tablespoons of respect and trust. Give it time and watch it grow. Just like yeast.

Listen to the thoughts and ideas that are shared.

3. For the final ingredients, throw in a big handful of support: like laughter, happiness,

celebrations, feedforward , honesty, warmth towards each other and aha moments.

4. Mix together thoroughly and let it stand.

5. Together there is a joint effort, and a partnership will grow. All the learning can be

shared.

6. It can not be rushed, invest time into it. Time allows you to create more opportunities

to learn from one another.

7. Finally you will see COLLABORATION. You will share common goals: look at the result:

collaborative teachers, collaborative environments support thriving learners.

ENJOY!!

For a little extra:

 As the Wonder pets: What’s gonna to work… team work!!!

This is not as tasty as a chocolate cake but it can be just as sweet: go on give it a try!

AND as one of my colleagues puts it

Simply put: Mahi tahi tatou: Let’s work together

Thank you to everyone who supported me when writing the recipe.

Collaborative Language brainstormed with Sommerville staff

 As part of the end of year survey we asked the staff of Sommerville to think of 3 words to describe collaboration in their area of the school as we are fully aware that this may look different depending on the needs of the learners.

Here is a table of the results:

working	1
mahi tahi tatou (let’s work together)	1
together	1111111
Common goal should go in as is the definition of collaboration	111
communicate	11111
teamwork	1111111111111
more	1
share	111111111111
opportunities	11
Fun: Doesn’t have to be fun!!	1111
connecting	11111
experiences	1
involvement	1
Best practice	1
trust	111
Well being	1
responsibility	1
partnership	11
cooperation	11
participation	1
Joint effort	11
strengths	1
unity	11
support	1111
compromise	11
reflection/thoughts	11
Matauranga	1
whanaungatanga	1
Integrate	1
skills/	1
innovative	1
planning	1
energy	1
courage	1
open minded	11
perspectives	1
listening	1
respect	1
plan/ideas	11
Interdependent	1
learn	1
empower	1
purposeful	1
creativity	1
honest	1
reliable	1

The ones that are highlighted are the words that were suggested the most.

I used these words during my Burst and Bubbles. 

Using these words, the collaborative team have come up with a few suggestions for the Sommerville statement of what collaboration means and looks like at our school:

1. Let’s learn together to help us and our learners grow: ONE common goal!!!

2. Working together to achieve better learner outcomes-

3. Working together where teachers and students can thrive.

4. Working together to improve learner outcomes 

5. Planning, teaching learning and reflecting together to improve learner outcomes

6. Working and learning together….we can make the difference

A short phase that was shared with us and resonated with me especially is:

Mahi tahi tatou