Talofa Educators!
For those who are new to this space, my name is Latini Ilaoa and I have been fortunate enough to be an Across Schools CoL Teacher again for 2025.
This is my 11th year teaching Year 7/8 at Pt England School. Last year, I focused my inquiry around mathematics and accelerating students in Years 7/8 in order to cope with the transition into high school.
This term, I am also picking up RPI (Reading Practice Intensive). Due to this, I am still tossing up whether to keep with Mathematics as my focus for inquiry (more so now with the new curriculum refresh), or switch to Reading to align with what I will be learning about in RPI. So far, looking at my class data this year, I'm leaning more towards acceleration in Reading as a focus for my inquiry. I'll unpack this more as I gather more testing data.
Below is my booking form with time slots I am available for on Thursdays and Fridays. Please feel free to share this with your fellow teachers and school leaders. I am more than happy to travel to you, meet online or book a room here at Pt England School.
If you have any questions, please email me: lilaoa@ptengland.school.nz
I look forward to connecting with teachers across our cluster.
Faafetai lava
Latini
