Teacher-only planning companion for the Whānau Permission and Participation Note. Use this page to keep the home-school communication purposeful, inclusive, and aligned to the wider inquiry sequence rather than treating it as generic admin.
This page is for kaiako. A permission note shapes who can participate confidently and how much trust whānau have in the kaupapa. It should therefore be treated as part of the pedagogy and planning, not a detached office task.
A mātauranga Māori lens matters because whānau relationship, manaakitanga, and local tikanga all influence how invitations and requests for knowledge-sharing should be framed.
Students participate individually and collectively in response to community challenges.
The whānau note supports the participation conditions around the unit. It helps make action-day involvement safe, visible, and responsive to the community context.
This is a planning support alignment rather than a direct student task alignment.
Presentations and communication in Aotearoa should consider audience, purpose, place, and respectful connection.
The note models purposeful audience-aware communication. That matters when kaiako are preparing students for public sharing and inviting whānau into the learning.
Especially helpful when the class is preparing a gallery walk or school-based action event.
Teacher planning in Aotearoa benefits from clear whānau partnership, local context, and accessible communication.
Customise the note, check accessibility needs, and follow up in more than one way where needed. That makes the page genuinely useful to kaiako and reduces participation barriers.
Use alongside school communication systems and local policy requirements.
Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media.
Ministry of Education. (2021). Te Mātaiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education.
Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. (2021). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Teaching Council.