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We’re bringing te reo to digital classrooms

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In a first for New Zealand schools, our cluster now has its own Rumaki and Reo Rua facilitator.

Whangarei Intermediate School teacher Neke Adams has taken on the role to support our ​Kaiako Māori to become digitally immersed in their classrooms​.​

The position was created to ensure our programme is responsive to every student’s needs. Schools   within our cluster have a high percentage of Māori students, so delivering the programme in Te Reo  is essential if all students are to benefit.

Currently there are ​no local​ Māori language resources available to​ Rumaki and Reo Rua​ classes in Te Taitokerau.

“We want to start something. The ultimate goal is to get every teacher within our cluster collaborating in the Māori​ ​digital​ space,” says Neke.

Neke has been surrounded by Te Reo all her life. However, becoming a teacher of the language has been a personal learning journey, she says.

“Home spoken Te Reo is different to educational Te Reo. When it came to my teaching, I had to learn more words to complement the language that I already had.”

Neke’s ultimate wish is for every New Zealand student and teacher to know the basics of Te Reo so they can converse in simple sentences.  

Neke Adams

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