Families, whānau and communities
Engaging with families, whānau, and your school community about their hopes, concerns, and aspirations for their boys will help you develop a shared commitment to raising the engagement and achievement of boys in your school.
Families, whānau, and your school community have a key role to play in the success of boys in your school. By working with whānau and your community, you can work towards a shared understanding of the importance of meeting boys’ learning needs and supporting their educational achievement.
Parents and whānau need opportunities to build on what they are already doing at home to support their boys’ learning. Providing programmes that look to address the real needs of parents and their boys in your school will help you raise the level of engagement and achievement of boys in your school.
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The Complexity of Community and Family Influences on Children's Achievement in New Zealand: Best Evidence Synthesis (BES) Iteration (2003)
This report looks at community and family influences on children's achievement.
Findings are summarised into four categories: family attributes; family processes; community factors; and centre/school, family, and community partnerships.
Ka Hikitia – Ka Hāpaitia
The refreshed Māori Education Strategy sets out how the Ministry will work with education services to support Māori learners and their whānau, hapū, and iwi to achieve excellent and equitable outcomes.
Te Mangōroa
Te Mangōroa - Better Relationships for Better Learning (2000)
Guidelines about how to engage with Māori parents, whānau, and communities for Boards of Trustees and schools.
Te Mana Kōrero
Te Mana Kōrero Online
This programme was designed to assist schools in raising the achievement levels of Māori students and focuses on the need to build and sustain strong school-whānau partnerships.
Relationships for Learning — Te Mana Kōrero
The importance of building effective relationships between schools and whānau. Watch the video on Vimeo.
Te Mana Kōrero — Developing respectful relationships with Māori students
A short description, and questions, prompts and things to think about.