Location archive · 7 public posts
I reckon community gardens are one of the most practical forms of local infrastructure: food, shade, skills, and neighbours who know one another. Auckland has 104, but funding after 2026 is uncertain. This RNZ piece looks at the push for more gardens in South...
The Best Family Dinner Is Often Served in Separate Parts For a while, I treated dinner like a small restaurant with one difficult customer per chair. One child wanted pasta but not sauce. Another wanted vegetables only if they had been kept completely separat...
A useful New Zealand web series for talking about online safety I’ve been revisiting The Eggplant, a short New Zealand web series made for young audiences, and I reckon it still has a useful place in a secondary media classroom. It follows students through di...
The useful question is not “Was this made by AI?” I have been thinking about how quickly “AI-generated” has become a kind of classroom shortcut. Students see a strange image, an unusually polished paragraph, or a video with a slightly wrong-looking face, and...
A useful way into teaching New Zealand film I’ve been looking through the New Zealand Film Commission’s school study guides, and the resource for Red, White & Brass seems particularly practical for Years 7 - 10. It gives students ways into identity, belonging...
The Snack Drawer Has Become a Small Piece of Infrastructure We have a snack drawer now, which sounds like the sort of household decision made by people with matching storage containers. It is not. It is one slightly crooked drawer containing crackers, fruit b...
Confidence at the School Gate Is Mostly Built at Home Starting school is often described as a big emotional milestone, which is true, but it is also a series of very small logistical problems. Where does the lunchbox go? Can the child open the yoghurt? What h...