Pasifika

media type="custom" key="7777317" // **O tu, aganu’u, ma agaifanua a le tamaititi o le a le mafai ona ulufale atu I le potuaoga sei vagana ua fa’atauaina ma faaulufaleina muamua I le loto ma le agaga o le faiaoga.** // ** The culture of the child cannot enter the classroom until it has first entered the consciousness of the teacher ** (Samoan saying, also attributed to Bernstein)

Language enhancing the achievement of Pasifika
In case you don't know, this online resource is really worth investigating. Click on the picture.




 * One of the NLcs Mary Jamieson works with is comprised soley of SCTs (Specialist Classroom Teachers- secondary). They are in the Gisborne region and between their 4 schools they have a significant number of Pasifika students. They have found the following links really useful:**
 * Pasifika student funding forms [|funding forms]
 * Pasifika Online [|Pasifika Online]
 * Down the Back of the Chair- they have lots of really cool resources for schools [|The Chair]
 * ESOL Online - The Engish Language Learning Progressions and the NCEA word lists [|Esol Online]
 * Career Services also have a section dedicated to Pasifika [|Careers]
 * Pasifika Education Plan [|PEP]
 * Making language and languages work dvd available through The Chair [|DVD]
 * He Ara Tika The Youth Mentoring Trust- they have a mentoring programme which was picked up by one of the schools in Gisborne and turned into a whole school programme. It is targeted at Maori students but applicable anywhere. This is their website and there is also a really good resource on youth mentoring that you can download. [|He Ara Tika]
 * Resource [|Youth Mentoring]
 * One of the teachers also recommended the Oxford Quick Placement test or QPT as it is known in helping to see where students are at. [|QPT]

Cheers, Mary Jamieson

[|Pasifika Students. UC Research.pdf] [|Linwood Int. Inquiry Teachers model.pub]

An excellent website which many of you will have used is [] This has fantastic resources and other up to date information.

I have a research article that examines **//'What helps Pasifika students' reading?'//**.(See above)

Key points from this article that could apply to all learning (obvious links to other NZ research)
 * There is no one simple method to ensure culturally and linguistically diverse children become competent readers
 * Acknowledging culture and seeking alignment between school and home is critical
 * The importance of student - teacher relationship
 * Effective classroom management is significant for children
 * The impact of many Pasifika students living in low socio-economic areas.
 * Lack of culture of inclusion has a negative effect on student learning