Teacher Only Day

Purpose: Over the past six years our Cluster Create Staff Meetings have championed opportunities for teachers to Create in all its forms. This year we will direct our focus on Creativity Empowering Learning in Mathematics across the curriculum.

Submit a Create Workshop for the  Manaiakalani ToD May 30, 2025

To enable us to prepare for registrations we will need submissions for Create workshops by Saturday 10th May.

Workshops will be an opportunity for teachers to experience creating something. Elena Terekhina, from our Research Team has shared  a helpful overview of Create Activities in Maths in support of workshop submissions, including a collection of practical prompts to spark your thinking. 

Each idea is grounded in the Understand-Know-Do framework of Te Mātaiaho, showing how creativity can deepen conceptual understanding, build fluency, and help learners make sense of maths in authentic, engaging ways. Feel free to use these ideas, adapt them to suit your purpose, or bring in your own creative twists - there are no limits! We’re excited to see the workshops you design and the inspiring ways you’ll bring maths to life through Create!

Create Activities in Maths, 2025

• Workshops will be 60 min

• Participants will be creating.

• The goal is to encourage deeper engagement and integration across strands and curriculum areas. 

• Presenters are welcome to team up with a colleague/s to deliver a workshop

Schools are asked to contribute at least one create workshop for every 10 participants from your school. We know you have lots of talented and creative teachers and schools are welcome to submit more. 

To enable us to prepare for registrations we will need submissions for Create workshops  by Saturday 10th May. 

Please contact any of the Manaiakalani team for support with submissions.