Our third DFI cohort got underway yesterday at Bay of Islands College. We were welcomed to the school in the school's marae with a whakatau and some beautiful waiata. Hearing Manaiakalani's waiata (
composed by Jasmine Maunsell and her whanau) being sung by the students was wonderful. Their harmonies filled my heart with emotion and brought tears to my eyes.
We are so blessed to have such diversity in our DFI cohort and there is something to be said for the wealth of experience that everyone brings to the group. We have new entrant teachers right through to year 13 students, along with a couple of deputy principals and one principal. Aside from their teaching professions we have a firefighter, many who love to travel, dance, surf, paint and sailors.
We were lucky to be hosted in one of the classrooms in the marae which has recently been refurbished. The WIFI held up for our Google Hangout with Dorothy and all in all it was a very positive day. I'm looking forward to working with everyone over the coming weeks.
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