A Point of View

I'm into my 6th year of teaching through play.  Long enough to explore some of the edges. I use this continuum from the England Earl...

 Who decided what would be appropriate for children to learn? And at what age would they need to know these learnings?  To be fair our New Z...

"If they're playing, they're not learning" is what you might really think if you come and visit our school.  Actually, it ...

Organising our spaces with purpose In Hikuawa we organise our building in spaces. Each space has a Kaiako or Kaiawhina (Teacher or teac...

Success is so personal, yet often stubbornly defined by society and time.  I am successful if I...own my own house, have a job, get good mar...

There is no such thing as the perfect play-based environment. As an educator I find myself striving to get to this perfect place.  I h...

This photo is from my class in 1994.  38 year 5 and 6 students.  One teacher. We were learning logo, a coding language.  Forward 3, R...