RPI Day 1 on Feb 13th, 2026

I am excited to hear about practices that will lead to better outcomes for my learners. I like how in RPI there is time to implement in class before the next session and that we have mentor catchups for support. I am hoping to build skills that will support learners to read for pleasure, read a wider variety of book, and increase their reading stamina.

I am also interested in what the RPI feels are the best evidence based practices. I lean towards a structured approach with all my teachingthis has evolved over the years since I started teaching 4 years ago, mainly through my own personal knowledge building and trying things in the classroom. These practices were reinforced more recently with MOE PLD in literacy and maths, and seen in the success we have seen in our structured approach to maths last year.  to accelerate reading for learning and enjoyment, and how I can implement them in my year 5/6 MLE.  

Good readers

The “ Good reader profile “ and understanding the reader through the google form will be interesting. It was good to see an example of an inquiry using this knowledge to effect change. I need to make sure they answer the questions authentically, so I may need help or do it in small groups. 

Ground rules & extended discussion

Learning about extended discussion and ground rules was fantastic, as was practising it ourselves in breakouts. I will co-construct and implement ground rules straight away including the self assessment part. I would like to build this as a solid skill that learners can use across all subjects and eventually independently eg in a book club or a critical discussion. I will encourage this as a shared practice across the team

To increase sustained discussion using the ground rules, I will start with toss and talk and build up. We have a lot of shy learners with soft voices.  I will look into talk roles leading to self managing groups later in the year.

Pillars of practice

Looking at the pillars of practice, I identified sharing by collaborating, for example buddy reading, reading communities, recommending texts, and co-responding to texts as areas I want to improve on.

Self efficacy document

I found this quote from a research document on self efficacy interesting.

Mastery experience occurs when a child evaluates his or her own competence after learning and believes their efforts have been successful. Mastery experiences increase confidence and willingness to try similar and more challenging tasks. In addition, studies have also found that social experiences play a powerful role in the development of self-efficacy. The beliefs and behaviors held by teachers and peers are important in building the self-efficacy of all children in the classroom” .

In my classroom, I would like to ensure my learners feel their efforts lead to success every day - which means I have to pitch the lesson right and give the right feedback at the right time in the right way. In conjunction with this, if I can improve the class ‘reading culture’ (The beliefs and behaviors held by teachers and peers )  this will also help build all learners’ self efficacy.

Taskboards

The” early in year taskboard 

Teacher as a reader

I need to work on having a wider knowledge of the books they read so I can recommend more genuinely, as well as share my own enthusiasm about books.