Learning at home from the Bay of Islands

We were inspired to see teachers from Bay of Islands college featured in the Northland Age newspaper and in the online publication.




Kamlesh Prakash, head of science at Bay of Islands College, has been a lead learner himself, participating in the Manaiakalani Digital Fluency Intensive to continue to upskill. He has also generously shared with his colleagues locally and across the country using online forums to share his knowledge and successes.

The photo of his makeshift desk brought a smile to the face of everyone who knows him, and the words he shared with the paper rang true:

Kamlesh Prakash said attendance rates for most of his online classes had been more than 70-80 per cent throughout the lockdown period. He agreed that one model would not fit all, but overall he was happy with what his students had achieved so far "in these challenging times".

There is a talented pool of teachers at Bay of Islands College and other teachers to comment in the article included Head of physical education Ruth Hills; Head of English Hayley Brocklehurst; Patsy Wynyard, head of Māori; Specialist classroom teacher Esther Van Dyke; and Principal Edith Painting-Davis. She quoted a firmly held belief of the Manaiakalani Programme

"Nothing can replace an effective teacher, and any teacher who can be replaced by a computer, should be," she said.

Read the article online in full here 

Chromebooks make a difference in Lockdown

Genesis School-Gen Trust making home learning possible 

 Thanks to Genesis School-gen Trust and Genesis customers, even more Manaiakanai learners will be able to continue their learning from home despite the closure of their schools during the lockdown. While most Manaiakalani children have their own learning device to enable learning anywhere, any time, not every family is able to manage this. 

So sincere appreciation to Genesis School-gen Trust for its generous donation of 200 brand new Chromebooks in recognition of this issue. As a result, 200 disadvantaged children remain connected and learning, not only during the lockdown but into the future.

 

Chromebooks purchased by the Genesis School-gen Trust and given out the day before lockdown meant 200 students could stay connected with their teachers and continue their learning. Most importantly, it meant the students didn’t risk falling behind.

 

Find out what it meant to Angelica, one of the recipients of a Chromebook, and hear what it meant to her to be able to keep learning.

Read more here

	200 Chromebooks arriving from  Genesis School-Gen Trust. Willing hands at the ready as staff and students from Pt England School, supported by volunteers from Fusion Networks, prepare to provision and deliver the devices to students across Manaiakalani Schools.