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· Parents are encouraged to engage with student learning through web 2.0 tools School newsletters and assemblies have a focus of sharing and celebrating the new ways of learning || · Family and whanau understand the importance and place of ICT in preparing students for future focused learning · School actively promotes ways in which family and whanau can access and interact with their child’s learning. · Family and whanau connect and interact with their child’s learning online. ||
 * · Schools provide opportunities and information for family and whanau to understand and utilise e-learning

"Last year all of the teachers in the Paeroa area attended a teacher only day, the focus was thinking skills and the model we were introduced to was ‘solo taxonomy’. We have adopted this structure in our school this year to help children understand their thinking and to teach them strategies to ‘go deeper’ in their learning and understanding. If your children use words like: pre-structural, uni-structural, multi-structural, relational and extended abstract, the solo taxonomy framework is what they are referring to . You will also see these symbols appearing on classroom walls in the school." Excerpt from Term 1 week 3 newsletter. ||
 * [[image:nethertonmilestones/wiki_photos_001.jpg width="304" height="302" align="center"]] || * "This week teachers have all been involved in ‘sharing’ sessions with other teachers from our ICT cluster. We hosted around 20 junior teachers here on Tuesday afternoon and showed ways in which we are using ICT to support children’s learning. It was interesting and it is a great way to gather new ideas for exciting teaching and learning. The teachers are beginning to utilise the COW (computers on wheels) within their classroom programmes to support literacy and numeracy learning." Week 10, term 1 newslette r. || * Solo taxonomy was initially introduced to the whole school at assembly. Discussions relating to solo taxonomy are evident at assemblies and is increasingly evident in the vocabulary and culture of the school. ||
 * * [[file:Term 2 parents letter.docx]] || * Families have been encouraged, via class and school newsletters, to use online learning tools. Studyladder, in particular, has been promoted as a way that children can learn online at home. || * Solo Taxonomy