A very warm welcome to Te Puāwai for 2019.
We are very much looking
forward to the year and supporting your child in their learning journey. To
those returning to our Hub, we look forward to continuing the journey.
We thought we would put a few notes together to help prepare for the
S.T.I.N. interviews next Wednesday 30 January. S.T.I.N. interviews help us to
learn about your child’s Strengths, Talents, Interests and Needs.
These interviews are for you and your child to talk to us. We are
interested in hearing about anything you can share that could help with their
engagement, their interest in learning, things that may impact on your child’s
year in Te Puāwai.
Please feel free to make a few notes to bring. You may wish to talk to
your child and form notes together.
Some ideas for you.
What are your child’s interests, hobbies, chosen recreational activities
at home?
What are your child’s passions, hates, loves?
What annoys them? At home and at school.
What have been the successes in your child’s learning at school?
What have been the challenges for your child’s learning at school?
How hard do they persist at tasks?
How do they react to new ideas?
How do they cope when working/socialising with others?
Have they any fears, home or school?
What activities would your child like to be involved in at school?
What are the best strategies used at home to encourage your child to
join in or try something new?
Does your child share school successes/problems or concerns with you?
If there was one thing you could tell me to help your child with their
learning in 2019 what would it be?
What else would you like to share? What would your child like us to know
about them?
We would encourage you to follow our class blog to
keep up to date with what is going on within our Hub. The address is https://tepuawaifrankley.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much for your time.
Ngā mihi nui
Jenny and Geraldine
