Welcome to ATTACK!
ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum.
ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or folder to store ATTACK! issues is available.
Most of ATTACK! will be concerned with the holistic curriculum which, if acted on, is a fundamental way to undermine the present undemocratic education system. Don’t be discouraged if opportunities to teach holistically are limited, do your best, be a guardian, and act as a witness to this culturally significant and inspiring way of teaching and learning.
To get in touch for comment, questions, and the ATTACK! issues to be sent to you personally: ksmythe@wave.co.nz
Attack! 2 The holistic structure for learning
Attack! 3 An encounter demonstrating the main aim and holistic in practice
Attack! 4 The interaction of the cognitive with the affective
Attack! 5 A stranger walked on to the school property: A seminal moment
Attack! 6 The infant room rocks along like a dinghy in a storm
Attack! 8 The right response to dyslexia
Attack! 10 Holistic curriculum-driven leadership as against a control managerialist-driven one
Attack! 11 Should be written in crimson over the lintel of every classroom
Attack! 12 Drama as part of everyday classroom life
Attack! 13 Hattie and feedback: how his appropriation is harming children’s learning
Attack! 14 But what has changed?
Attack! 15 Holistic mathematics Part 1
Attack! 17 Printmaking at the centre of nearly everything 1
Attack! 18 Printmaking at the centre of nearly everything 2
Attack! 19 Printmaking at the centre of nearly everything 3
Attack! 21 Jane Austen and e-asTTle
Attack! 22 Avoiding the hollows
Attack! 23 The phonics debate: it should be game-set-and-match
Attack! 24 The battle for primary school reading – is the phoneme on the wall? Part 1
Attack! 25 The battle for primary school reading – is the phoneme on the wall? Part 2
Attack! 26 The battle for primary school reading – is the phoneme on the wall? Pt 3
Attack! 27 The battle for primary school reading – is the phoneme on the wall? Part 4
Attack! 28 Holistic mathematics Part 2
Attack! 29 Holistic mathematics Part 3
Attack! 30 In blood one day he framed a strategy
Attack! 32 Through the Tunnel, by Doris Lessing
Attack! 33 The ‘feeling for’ approach to social studies: it can be transformative Part 1
Attack! 34 The ‘feeling for’ approach to social studies: it can be transformative Part 2
Attack! 35 The ‘feeling for’ approach to social studies: it can be transformative Part 3
Attack! 37A Resource pack Toi Taketake: Belonging Here
Attack! 38 To pair or not to pair?
Attack! 39 There aren’t any Eskimos either
Attack! 42 I taught as marvellous as a cloud Part 1
Attack! 43 I taught as marvellous as a cloud Part 2
Attack! 45 Reuben and WALTs Part 1
Attack! 46 Reuben and WALTs Part 2
Attack! 47 Reuben and WALTs Part 3
Attack! 48 Albert and the discovery thieves Part 1
Attack! 49 Albert and the discovery thieves Part 2
Attack! 50 Albert and the discovery thieves Part 3
Attack! 51 Albert and the discovery thieves Part 4
Attack! 52 Where is the science?
Attack! 53 Science perspective Part 1
Attack! 54 Science perspective Part 2
Attack! 60A Resource pack: A Story of the Treaty.
Attack! 61 I went to a wonderful course on writing
Attack! 63 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 1
Attack! 64 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 2
Attack! 65 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 3
Attack! 66 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 4
Attack! 67 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 5
Attack! 68 Kath Murdoch and inquiry learning: patches of clear water but mainly murky
Attack! 71 Developmental in action: a new entrant room (1989) – the holistic before the fall Part 1
Attack! 72 Developmental in action: a new entrant room (1989) – the holistic before the fall Part 2
Attack! 73 Developmental in action: a new entrant room (1989) – the holistic before the fall Part 3
Attack! 74 Developmental in action: a new entrant room (1989) – the holistic before the fall Part 4
Attack! 75 Developmental in action: a new entrant room (1989) – the holistic before the fall Part 5
Attack! 76 Developmental in action: a new entrant room (1989) – the holistic before the fall Part 6
Attack! 77 A social studies unit and science unit: a new entrant room (1989)
Attack! 86 Principals: a programme for you to introduce just to establish there is another way
Attack! 87 A threshold timetable Part 1
Attack! 88 A threshold timetable Part 2
Attack! 89 A threshold timetable Part 3
Attack! 90 A threshold timetable Part 4
Attack! 91 Children of the poor: Bitter and cynical strategy on education and poverty Part 1
Attack! 92 Children of the poor: Bitter and cynical strategy on education and poverty Part 2
Attack! 96 My call: Hekia is about to resign
Attack! 97 She’s resigned: looking back with despair
Attack! 98 I went to a wonderful course on future-focused schools
Attack! 99 The ERO visit and the water play
Attack! 100 Magic amongst the kauri
Attack! 101 Magic amongst the kauri Part 2
Attack! 102 Magic amongst the kauri Part 3
Attack! 103 Magic amongst the kauri Part 4
Attack! 104 In the Early World: Elwyn Richardson
Attack! 105 Sir Patricio Grinch, Wekiu Tomata, Weary Gardener, and Tugger, the then PM
Attack! 107 In which Pooh looks for a 21st Century Education Part 1
Attack! 108 Trump subjects Kiwi education radicals to an executive order
Attack! 109 Dear Ms Kaye from the NZEI executive (highly confidential)
Attack! 110 Marvels amongst the kauri Part 1
Attack! 111 Marvels amongst the kauri Part 2
Attack! 112 In which Pooh looks for a 21st Century Education Part 2
Attack! 113 In which Pooh looks for a 21st Century Education Part 3
Attack! 114 In which Pooh looks for a 21st Century Education Part 4
Attack! 115 Some school years in the golden weather
Attack! 116 … and the rabbit bobs past!
Attack! 117 The Halfmen of O used to full measure
Attack! 118 The government dismantling of public education: and reflections on resistance Part 1
Attack! 119 The government dismantling of public education: and reflections on resistance Part 2