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Jenny - Papatoetoe South Carol - Titirangi Kevin - Pomaria Catherine - Stella Maris Sandra - Western Heights

Pap Sth - Pomaria - Titirangi Western Heights Stella Maris
 * __The impact of mapping within our schools:__**
 * Review constantly - each term - looking for gaps, trying to get teachers and teams to notice the gaps.
 * If the targeted skills haven't been developed fully they are transferred to the following terms.
 * Mapping has identified the gaps in students learning. There is often the need to transfer skills from one term to another as the students need more time on them.
 * Teachers review weekly, feed into term reviews.
 * Has ensured a high level of transparency across the school
 * Term 1 - 97 new enrolments - so not only teachers using the language but also the children understanding the learning process at Pomaria.
 * Focusing on the skills rather than the content has shifted the focus for teachers, and has shifted the focus in staff meetings
 * Using the software makes it easier to see the planning across the school - to see the differentiated planning, what support is needed
 * Have had a stable staff and have talked about what if this was to change - how is mapping sustained.
 * Have come into mapping this year to try and gain a consistency and common language across the school
 * Sandra (principal) meets with new students for the first few weeks on a Friday - how are things going? what might help with your learning?
 * The talk in team meetings, staff meetings has become more focused around skills rather than content - this needs to be really worked at though, needs to be driven by the mapping cabinet to keep it alive.
 * Sustainability has become a focus as we realise that with growth in school has meant new staff and while we have had teachers participate in PD, developing the depth of understanding of why we map, the process, etc... is a school focus now.
 * The students questioning skills have improved - they ask deeper questions. This has been noticed not only in class but when we have visitors and the questions they ask.
 * Teacher review