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2017 PPTA News November-December (Vol. 38. No 7) Volume 38 | Number 7 | November/December | Whitia-naunau/Hakihea 2017 Solving the shortage – teachers speak out at PPTA annual conference (pgs 12-13) About PPTA PPTA News PPTA member benefits ISSN 0111-6630 (Print) ISSN 1178-752X (Online) PPTA News is the magazine of the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers’ Association. Approximately 18,000 HealthCarePlus copies are distributed free to secondary and area schools and other institutions. Not all the opinions expressed within HealthCarePlus offers PPTA members health, life and PPTA News reflect those of the PPTA. disability insurance. Editorial and advertising When disruption to your health happens it’s a good idea to have affordable protection in place. Enquiries should be addressed to: The editor, PPTA News, The sooner you join HealthCarePlus, the sooner we can PO Box 2119, Wellington, New Zealand. help you pay for your day-to-day health costs. 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President’s viewpoint 3 Te Kura turns corporate 6 Making te reo visible 4 Grass roots politics 10-11 Let’s do... what? 5 Annual conference 12-13 2 | PPTA NEWS November/December | Whitiānaunau/Hakihea 2017 President's Viewpoint Time for teachers to secure their own oxygen masks The importance of teachers prioritising their own well-being. following the escape-path lighting all principal John Russell at our annual the way to the beach!) As educators conference, working on developing our we know that allowing ourselves claims for the STCA bargaining round time to reflect on the year and our next year, continuing with our pay and achievements can help our emotional equity case and pressing for action wellbeing and will be motivating for on the teacher wellbeing commitment when we start all over again in 2018. the previous education minister made Gearing up at the International Summit of the Teaching Profession earlier this year. A bit of R & R is a good thing but it’s not Jack Boyle | President, PPTA PPTA’s intention to sit on the tarmac till We’ll need to prepare February. The difficulties we face as a for a little turbulence During the safety briefing on profession need to be acknowledged When you get back to school next every plane journey adults are and solutions implemented. So while year we’ll be asking you to channel reminded that, in case of an it’s pleasing that the new government is making noises about some of the your energy into collective motivation emergency, they are to secure – to make sure teacher wellbeing is their own oxygen masks before most pressing issues we face, we will continue to advocate for genuine guaranteed for all of us. they help children fit theirs. support from government and from We know we can do it: “the most Why? Because it helps you look society, in terms of pay, working fundamental and pervasive benefit after children more effectively. conditions and professional support. of wellbeing is a growth in self- I’m convinced that the same is true of We’ll be working over the break to confidence”. Rest well. And thank you teacher mental health and wellbeing. pursue the variation proposed by for all that you do. Various factors contribute to stress in the workplace; teacher burnout, not feeling supported as a professional, continual change, increasing workload, feeling like we have no say in the direction education is taking – it all adds up. As the end of year oxygen masks drop from the ceiling it’s important we prioritise our own well-being. Taking a break Teachers are the heart of education. Our contribution makes it successful. As we near the end of the school year, fill in the last forms, inquiry documents and testimonials and awhi the seniors concluding their exams, I hope we can all take a moment to recognise how important teachers are. I hope that we feel acknowledged for our efforts and have the opportunity to acknowledge others - we deserve it. Our high-quality public education system is built on the hard work of teachers. While the concept of holidays has become almost a myth for teachers, I sincerely hope you get some downtime over the summer break. It’s time to enjoy a welcome wind down after a crazily busy and pressured year. (I’ll be PPTA NEWS November/December | Whitiānaunau/Hakihea 2017 | 3 Te reo Maori- Students make te reo visible through clothing brand PPTA News talks with Tokoroa High School student Jay McLaren-Harris, the CEO of Tumeke Clothing. A group of talented Tokoroa High School students is putting te reo Māori in the public eye through people’s wardrobes. Tokoroa High School year 13 student Jay McLaren-Harris is the CEO of Tumeke Clothing, a clothing brand with aim of increasing the visibility and use of New Zealand’s native language through simple, easy to learn, te reo phrases. Hailing from “the great iwi Ngapuhi” Jay is passionate about te reo. He says the idea for the clothing company grew out of a political situation where New Zealand First leader Winston Peters criticised Minister for Māori Development Te Ururoa Flavell, for speaking te reo in parliament. The Tumeke Clothing Team Jay realised that unfortunately Winston had a point. If only a small percentage Every detail of the clothing was The future of Tumeke Clothing may of the country understood te reo, how meticulously thought out. The Tumeke have a different form as board could the rest understand the debates logo was placed in the upper left chest members go their separate ways after being held in parliament? area, to symbolise that language was school. One of the board members In an ideal world te reo should be able at the heart of the project, and simple has been offered a league contract te reo phrases were on the back, to be spoken everywhere and people in Australia, while others are headed emphasising the fact that language is overseas. should be able to understand it. The the backbone of our culture. problem that needed to be solved was “Whatever we do we want to keep the the lack of visibility of te reo in people’s “What we are creating is a story rather kaupapa of the business the same, everyday lives, he said. than a product. That’s our approach. whether we do clothing or something We share our story and if people agree different,” Jay said. Through the Young Enterprise Scheme with it they buy a shirt,” Jay said. The group is already branching out, (YES) Jay joined forces with three of The Tumeke Clothing team is as launching the “I stand with Tumeke” his Tokoroa High classmates, Jordan multicultural as they come. “Only two of social media campaign to promote te reo Taylor (production director), Casey Clark us are Māori, one is a Cook Islander and and even holding their own conference. (communications director) and Lachlan one is European. Within our board we The Let’s Have a Korero forum was held Poko (marketing/sales director) to help are quite diverse, but it is the exact same come up with a solution. at Tokoroa High School. Its kaupapa message from all of us. In New Zealand was to increase the visibility of te reo “We needed something different. We te reo Māori, our native language, is not and incorporate core Māori values into thought, what’s something that people as visible as it should be.” homes, schools and workplaces.
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