I have come away from Day 6 of the DFI feeling very accomplished after having a big chunk of the day making improvements to our Pūkeko class site . This stemmed from what we looked at this morning; the Manaiakalani kaupapa ‘connected’. We were provided with heaps of amazing examples of how Manaiakalani schools are connected in many different ways and it was so cool to see how far the reach was in terms of types of schools and geographic location. Maria spoke about how it is really cool that we all have shared language and are paddling in the same direction. There are so many opportunities for our learners and us as teachers to be connected, which is so powerful for learning. I really like what Maria said that put it so simply: “Connecting is how we learn off one another”. She also spoke about how both parties need to share in order for there to be a connection. An important understanding and I reflected that you can really see how all aspects of the Manaiakalani kaupapa tie...