Today's wananga was a moment to come together at the end of what has been a challenging year and celebrate milestones in student achievement (thank you to Dr Aaron Wilson from Woolf-Fisher) and for our MIT 2020 cohort to present their design projects.
The hui opened with a performance from Manaia ki te rangi - the senior kapa haka group from Pt England School and opening remarks from Russell Burt (Convenor of the Manaiakalani schools cluster, Principal of Pt. England ) and Pat Sneddon (Chairman, Manaiakalani Education Trust).
L to R: Manaia ki te rangi (Kapa haka roopu), Russell Burt
MIT 2020 - Break time!
It was quite an experience to be speaking in front of a room full of 150 school leaders and educators. The time limit (20 slides, 20 seconds per slide )was both a blessing and a curse - each of us presenting, needed to be ruthless with what we included and culled to keep to the timeframes; I chose 'old skool' styles and went with my printed notes - it gave me much comfort to have sheets of paper in my hands!
I'd like to extend a huge pakipaki and congratulations to Sarah, Alethea, Tanya, Angela, Kerianna, Sonali and Jo - my fellow MITers - so very proud of all of you!
