In today's GOOGLE HANGOUT I got to share the latest iteration (draft version!) of my digital tool - named Get Ready! Kia Rite! Nofo Sauni! - my latest attempt to create a one stop site that would be engaging and will support students' preparation for the upcoming Year 8 camp.
I started with all the practical elements for students and Team 5 staff going to the Year 8 Leadership camp e.g. key dates (camp and our annual fundraiser), permission slips, and the gear list as well as a map and a photo gallery with highlights from camp in 2019.
To get some benchmark data, I asked all Year 8 students to fill out a survey form - a self-assessment of their organisation skills and a set of questions to gauge their interest, excitement and concerns about Year 8 camp.
Survey responses provide valuable feedback for further site content. There were common themes in the concerns that student's had about their camp experience e.g. nerves around having to say a karakia at meal times, not having friends in their camp groups, feeling homesick and the possibility of getting hurt!
Using the template of the TAHA CHALLENGE site, I wanted to incorporate student videos into the site as way to deliver key messages.
We are blessed with a rich diversity of languages amongst our Year 8 cohort. To celebrate this living resource and bring forth students who are not the regular student leaders, a group of Year 8s have been recorded reciting prayers in their mother languages.
Overall, I am feeling pretty confident about how I am tracking but still need to complete the student videos for the site and have it ready to launch by end of this term.
I really appreciate the feedback I received from MITers in my hangout session:
Sonali: Great archive for siblings of senior students as they come through to the intermediate block and see their older brothers/sisters/cousins
Angela: Consider how to work in with local college and see if can link to Graduate Profile
Dorothy: Get in touch with Hinearau, COL Across Schools Support based at Tamaki College to see how this tool could be developed further into resource to support the Year 9 transition
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