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"To challenge and support our children to be the best that they can be" ‘Ki te taki, ki te tautoko i o tatou tamariki, kia tae ratou ki o ratou na painga’

Quote: " Children are like popcorn, some pop early, some pop later. We cannot expect everyone to perform the same way because they are a certain age, we grow differently, we come from different families.

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 * Kia Ora** and welcome to Room 14 Website.

Friday I took 11 Year 5 and 6 students to a soccer tournament in Palmerston North against other Year 6 teams. Our team had been training every Monday for 11 aside games. In our team we have 3 outstanding goalies and 4 boys that had played in formal soccer games before. Seven students played a range of other sports but all love playing any sport. The core of the team, 8 out of the 11 students were from Room 14 and only 1 of these students had played soccer before. Their relationships with each other is very strong, they are very supportive of each other but more importantly they really get on with each other and the coach/teacher. Students quickly listened to the coach’s change of plans and trusted my decision-making. The team’s core strength was that they could really work well as a team. Although there were some players who were solo-players the team atmosphere encouraged them to work as part of a team. The outcome of this resulted in the kids passing the ball and when one player scored it was down to the team. Team members all just wanted the day off normal school to play soccer and were willing to give 110%. They were comfortable at taking risks and accepted others weaknesses (own goals) and mistakes. They were also all comfortable if they lost. None of the students had played this form of soccer before, there were no goalies (we had 3 great goalies) and a range of different rules. Students had to adapt really quickly to learn the new rules. Most of the team members were all very competitive and loved winning. One boy complained about is sore right foot and said, "no worries I will use my left". At the end of the tournament we had won 5 games out of 5 all very convincingly. We played against teams that had played and been coached to play this type of soccer. Out of 10 Year 6 Palmerston North teams we topped the table and had won the tournament. There were no STAR players but a group of kids who wanted to be there and give it 110%. Personalised learning include all the above points. Success is achieved by **ALL** students because they are fully interested and encouraged. There achievements may not be all the same but each students gets better than there were the day before and feel good about learning. Our challenge now is to teach students how to learn. Success Again In June and September this year we won the Manawatu-Whanganui Sumdog competitions. This was a fantastic class effort.
 * Personalised Learning**
 * Practice / Structure**
 * Relationships **
 * Team Work **
 * Attitude-Risk taking **
 * Problem Solving **
 * Competition. **

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My email address: hoani@levinnorth.school.nz