Pasifika Advisory GroupPostgate School

Together, We Learn and Achieve

Ma te mahi ngatahi,

ka tu pakari te matauranga

Rationale

• To foster quality engagement between Postgate School and its families in order to raise Pasifika achievement

• To improve the wellbeing of Pasifika students by building safe, supportive and inclusive communication between the management, Pasifika students and families at our school

Many schools have a Maori Advisory/whanau support group;

however a Pasifika Group?

• Their role in most cases is one of support of kapa haka, fund raising and assisting with sport.

• Rarely do they focus on the school’s core business of raising achievement

When the School

and

parents of the students

work together

The potential of raising achievement becomes a reality

Pasifika Advisory Group

• The focus is to raise the achievement of the Pasifika students at Postgate School through the analysis of achievement data and provide support to our teachers; Making horizontal connections.

Achievement data may include

• Attendance• Stand downs & suspensions• Literacy & Numeracy• National Standards/School Wide

Testing• Others as the group see as

necessary

Why focus on Māori/Pasifika learners?

Māori/Pasifika success = New Zealand’s success

Equity; Social Justice; Demography;Economy; Productivity; Equity…….

What works?

Creating cultural connections…

•Identity, Language, Culture

Using identity, language,

culture, assessment tools and

student data well to make

teaching and learning decisions

What works?• Effective teaching where there are high

expectations of, and strong learning relationships between, teachers, learners, families and whānau.

• Quality teaching has the greatest impact on student presence, engagement and achievement (McNaughton, 2000. Alton-Lee, 2003, Timperley et al, 2007)

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Postgate School Data

Writing Well below Below At Above Total

Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number

All students 14 4.8% 37 12.7% 157 54.0% 83 28.5% 291

Māori 5 4.0% 17 13.6% 66 52.8% 37 29.6% 125

Pasifika 5 4.2% 12 10.0% 71 59.2% 32 26.7% 120

Male 10 7.1% 22 15.7% 78 55.7% 30 21.4% 140

Female 4 2.6% 15 9.9% 79 52.3% 53 35.1% 151

Gender

Ethnicity

Overall Score

Overall Level

Interest - Writing

Ideas Score

Ideas Level

Structure Score

Structure Level

Organisation Score

Organisation Level

Vocabulary Score

Vocabulary Level

Sentence Score

Sentence Level

Punctuation Score

Punctuation Level

Spelling Score

Spelling Level

Male Pacific 1327<2B 2.5 14202P 1287<2B 1232<2B 14432P 1280<2B 1267<2B 13652B

Male Maori 1353<2B 0 14202P 14842A 1232<2B 14432P 1280<2B 13912B 1043<2B

Male Maori 1353<2B 2.7 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 1280<2B 1267<2B 13652B

Female Pacific 14692A 2.3 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 15914B 15433P 15213B

Male Maori 14692A 2.7 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B

Male Pacific 14252P 2.8 14202P 1287<2B 15213B 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B

Male Maori 14022B 2 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B

Male Pacific 13782B 2.8 1207<2B 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B

Female

NZ European 14252P 2.7 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B

Female Maori 14252P 2.5 14202P 14842A 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B

Male

NZ European 14692A 1.8 14202P 14842A 15213B 14432P 14692A 13912B 15213B

Male Maori 1299<2B 2.7 14202P 1287<2B 14112P 1250<2B 1280<2B 1158<2B 13652B

Male Maori 14692A 2.7 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B

Male Pacific 14022B 2.7 14202P 14842A 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B

Male Maori 14692A 2.7 14202P 14842A 15213B 15873A 14692A 13912B 13652B

Male Maori 14692A 1.8 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B

Male Other 13782B 2.3 14202P 1287<2B 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B

Male Pacific 14252P 2.5 14202P 1287<2B 1232<2B 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B

Female Pacific 14472A 2.5 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B

Male Maori 14252P 2 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 13912B 13652B

Female Maori 14472A 2 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 13652B

Female

NZ European 14692A 2 14202P 14842A 14112P 14432P 14692A 15433P 15213B