Rumaki Action Plan
Rumaki = Immersion
The plan for Park Estate School:
TEACHERS
Beginning in a week, have rumaki for the fist 5 mins of morning tea everyday. (starting with baby steps). For those 5 mins we will have to try and ONLY use te reo. That means if we can't say it- we need to try and work out how.
GOAL: To have everyone using some te reo in conversation during kai te wa at P.E.S. Giving it a go being the focus. Not fluent or perfect, but to remove the fear of trying.
REWARDS: There will be biscuits available during rumaki time in the staffroom. Once rumaki is over, the biscuits disappear- hopefully this will entice some attendance- f we need to extend it to 10 mins, great.
RESOURCES: I have already made some labels/ sentences I know we will be needing to start with, then soon we can add/change them as we get better. I will also bring in the phrase book.
BUY IN: Hopefully the staff at P.E.S value the identity and language of our Maori tamariki enough to see the importance of what we are doing.
If you are reading this and it is making you nervous, remember we are going to be learner. We don't need to be perfect, we are all feeling nervous and that is OK. Some of us are perfectionists, we are going to have to leave this behind. IF you only have a word, just use the word and we can try and build the sentences together. I am really looking forward to everyones support in this- because leading change is making me nervous too.
STUDENTS
Beginning in a week, have rumaki from 8.30am-8.55am everyday. (starting with baby steps). For that time we will have to try and ONLY use te reo. That means if we can't say it- we need to try and work out how.
GOAL: To have everyone using some te reo in conversation. Giving it a go being the focus. Not fluent or perfect, but to remove the fear of trying.
REWARDS: The students have requested some rewards, which we will continue to add to. These include: brownies, slime so far.
RESOURCES: The students have already made some labels/ sentences they know we will be needing to start with, then soon we can add/change them as we get better. We can use the phrase book our resources that we have identified.
BUY IN: Rewards and a discussion about the loss of language has hit a nerve with Ruma Wha.
The plan for Park Estate School:
TEACHERS
Beginning in a week, have rumaki for the fist 5 mins of morning tea everyday. (starting with baby steps). For those 5 mins we will have to try and ONLY use te reo. That means if we can't say it- we need to try and work out how.
GOAL: To have everyone using some te reo in conversation during kai te wa at P.E.S. Giving it a go being the focus. Not fluent or perfect, but to remove the fear of trying.
REWARDS: There will be biscuits available during rumaki time in the staffroom. Once rumaki is over, the biscuits disappear- hopefully this will entice some attendance- f we need to extend it to 10 mins, great.
RESOURCES: I have already made some labels/ sentences I know we will be needing to start with, then soon we can add/change them as we get better. I will also bring in the phrase book.
BUY IN: Hopefully the staff at P.E.S value the identity and language of our Maori tamariki enough to see the importance of what we are doing.
If you are reading this and it is making you nervous, remember we are going to be learner. We don't need to be perfect, we are all feeling nervous and that is OK. Some of us are perfectionists, we are going to have to leave this behind. IF you only have a word, just use the word and we can try and build the sentences together. I am really looking forward to everyones support in this- because leading change is making me nervous too.
STUDENTS
Beginning in a week, have rumaki from 8.30am-8.55am everyday. (starting with baby steps). For that time we will have to try and ONLY use te reo. That means if we can't say it- we need to try and work out how.
GOAL: To have everyone using some te reo in conversation. Giving it a go being the focus. Not fluent or perfect, but to remove the fear of trying.
REWARDS: The students have requested some rewards, which we will continue to add to. These include: brownies, slime so far.
RESOURCES: The students have already made some labels/ sentences they know we will be needing to start with, then soon we can add/change them as we get better. We can use the phrase book our resources that we have identified.
BUY IN: Rewards and a discussion about the loss of language has hit a nerve with Ruma Wha.
I think you are doing a great job of encouraging the use of Te Reo. Although very daunting for me, you are making it easy with visual prompts.
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