Setting the Scene

During Mitey 2 Lab we discussed ways to integrate Mitey throughout other curriculum areas! Here's something I'm doing with the new Aotearoa NZ Histories curriculum. With support from School Kit we have delved into the history of Bastion Point. Following the non-Fiction investigation we are now moving into the Fictional side! The   Mitey  side...What was going through young Joe Hawks mind as he watched his home being torched while sitting up in a tree in the orchard? What if the community came together planning and designing a Pa and Marae on the Orakei reserve that provided healthy safe homes, gardens, a medical centre also incorporating Tikanga. How would the Crown react to this? Would the view for the Queens arrival be more acceptable? Could we avoid the burning of so many homes and a future land occupation? Not to mention the death of a child?Under (a loosely formed) Mantle of the Expert, students are researching, designing and putting a plan through hoping they can change ...

Why was a bag left up in the cemetery and more to the point, what does the letter found inside mean? Who wrote the it and are they ok? Just a few things that passed through the minds of Room 8 yesterday as part of a Unit from Mitey called  Emily's Back Pack  based on understanding Identity and why people leave in difficult situations.  Running Away Vs Running To. Room 8 had a great time wondering why the bag was left in the cemetery. They diagnosed the letter left in the bag even researching online who the people may be that the writer was referring to. The bag was searched and the contents revealed... a change of clothes, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, empty lunchbox and a bracelet. After much discussion and surmising, groups were formed just at the tables they were sitting... so as not to make it seemed staged. The groups were asked to fill in a four square using the headings:  Know, Think, Feel and Wonder What do you know so far, What are you thinking, What did you...