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Creativity Empowers Learners

Staff Meeting Term 2 2022

The Manaiakalani Programme

Celebrating The Arts/Ngā Toi

Create / Hanga

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Kia tau te rangimārie ki a tātou katoa Kia maimoa ngā mana, ngā reo o tēnā Kia mauri tau, Hihi-ri-ti-a te hinengaro Kia ako, kia hanga kia tohatoha I roto i ngā mahi katoa Kia eke pānuku x2, kia eke tangaroa (Tuturu whakamaua kia tina) tīna (Haumi e hui e) Taiki e

Manaiakalani Karakia

Let peace transcend upon us all

Let us all cherish one another

Let us be calm

Awaken the mind

To learn, to create, to share

Within everything we do

To inspire and manifest success

Stand strong and true

Join and bind together, let it be done

Waiata

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The idea that

creativity fosters wellbeing - and as a result improves learning

- is backed by a large body of evidence.

A synthesis of 3000 studies carried out by the World Health Organisation in 2019 found the arts play a major role in preventing ill health,

promoting health, and managing illness.

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60 years ago

“when Aotearoa New Zealand led the world in literacy in the 1970s, the curriculum contained a heavy diet of the arts, especially at primary school level….”

Peter O’Connor

University of Auckland

Why creativity is vital to our tamariki in a post-pandemic climate | Ensemble Magazine

O’Connor points out that when Aotearoa New Zealand led the world in literacy in the 1970s, the curriculum contained a heavy diet of the arts, especially at primary school level. “We chucked the arts out, and what we've done is continue to focus on these literacy and numeracy projects, which have got absolutely nowhere,” he says.

“It's not a 'school should be full of airy fairy, running around being creative'. It's actually if you want kids doing really well at reading, writing and maths, make sure they're getting a really full diet of the arts. Because that is what the research tells us to really make a difference.

A 2019 longitudinal study of 25,000 young people by Auckland University found that students who participated in performing and visual arts programmes had lower dropout rates, improved social skills and higher educational achievement.

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Manaiakalani Google Summit

https://www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz/articles/creativity-and-tamariki-children

O’Connor points out that when Aotearoa New Zealand led the world in literacy in the 1970s, the curriculum contained a heavy diet of the arts, especially at primary school level. “We chucked the arts out, and what we've done is continue to focus on these literacy and numeracy projects, which have got absolutely nowhere,” he says.

“It's not a 'school should be full of airy fairy, running around being creative'. It's actually if you want kids doing really well at reading, writing and maths, make sure they're getting a really full diet of the arts. Because that is what the research tells us to really make a difference.

A 2019 longitudinal study of 25,000 young people by Auckland University found that students who participated in performing and visual arts programmes had lower dropout rates, improved social skills and higher educational achievement.

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