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Check out and register for the Secondary Summit on Wednesday 19th April, 9:15 - 2:45 am.
Secondary Events
We kick off the year with a secondary curriculum update from Curriculum Advisor, Amber Davidson, who will unpack the shift from the 2007 achievement-objectives–based curriculum to a knowledge-rich curriculum. She’ll explore why the documents look the way they do, what has changed for secondary schools, and what the implications might be for teaching practice and student outcomes.
We’re also excited to announce our first Secondary Teachers Summit, happening on Wednesday 15 April at Google HQ in Auckland. We’ll share the details, including the purpose and a brief overview, at our Secondary Connect.
Secondary Events
Bay of Islands College Blogs
Top Bloggers Award
Top Bloggers Award
Congratulations to Aumaarire Prime and Jacob Dreaver for winning the coveted Bay of Islands Top Bloggers Award for 2025.
Rangitimiro Pilot
A new high school initiative in 2026 involving collaborative professional learning designed to support secondary teachers embed Learn, Create, Share to raise achievement and engagement.
Remote ICF for Secondary Teachers
We also offering Remote ICF, In-Class Facilitation support for secondary school teachers.
Remote ICF sessions are run via Google Meet and can be tailored for individuals, small groups, or whole teams. Click here to learn more.
Visible Teaching & Learning
The Manaiakalani pedagogy ‘Learn, Create, Share’ or Ako, Hanga, Tohatoha, provides a shared pedagogy across our schools including secondary schools who have partnered with us. Working with a common learning language allows for the individual differences of each school, enabling them to continue with their specific pedagogical focus. For example, a number of our schools employ at least one of the following, Culturally Responsive and Relational Pedagogies, Ka Hikitia, Ka Hāpaitia, Universal Design for Learning, New Pedagogies for Deep Learning, SOLO and BLOOMS etc.
The Manaiakalani Department Discussions are online meetings held via Google Meet with teachers from across the country. The aim is to inspire teachers' practice in high school settings and network with like minded colleagues in their specialist subject area.
Come along to our community of learning to discuss a range of topics from approaches to Learn, Create, Share, to NCEA, literacy and numeracy.
For dates and more information click here.
The Manaiakalani Secondary Connects have been running once a term since 2020. These meetings are also held online via Google Meet,
Guest speakers from across the Manaiakalani network showcase effective strategies to help engage and turbocharge students' learning across the curriculum.
To find out more and to review past presenters click here.
Blogging at Secondary
Blogging at Secondary
Blogging at high school is an integral part of developing students understanding for how to interact online positively. Click here to see what it looks like in action.
This site brings together pedagogy, processes and procedures that we have identified best support the goals of Manaiakalani and contribute to enabling our high schools to improve learning outcomes for our young people.
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