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  June/July 2008
   * Meeting with [ ]Primary School teachers to meta-plan Awhiworld uncovery project.
   * Alternative Education Students from CEAT Ltd put together music visual exploration of Smiths Avenue Netball Courts.  Material is shown at a Matariki (Maori New Year)event (27 June 2008) attended by Mayor of Papakura. M/V asks for physical reactivation of Smiths Avenue space. [[http://un-fiction.blogspot.com/2008/06/matariki-mirror-building.html]]
 August 2008
-  * Teachers create systematic and detailed lesson plans based around AwhiWorld concept (to be added). Plans for unveiling of world begin in earnest. Expected launch date 25 August 08.
+  * Teachers create systematic and detailed lesson plans based around AwhiWorld concept (to be added). Plans for unveiling of world begin in earnest. Expected launch date 25 August 08.[[http://un-fiction.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome-to-awhiworld.html]]
 August 2008
   * 25 August 2008 Awhiworld uncovered. 8.55am Patuapairehe intercept police communication network to send a message.  This message is recorded on CD by police person who runs it sirens blazing to school.9.00am school children gather in assembly for Monday morning karakia (prayers)and songs to start their week. 9.05 am police car enters school grounds, policeman in full riot ensemble enters hall to present message to teachers.
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 You must know that you are about to begin a journey of discovery.  Go back to your classroom you must listen very carefully to your teachers.  I have given them some detailed information and instructions for you."//
 [sound sample is available]
-.15 am teachers rush students to classrooms where messages have been hidden in special boxes somewhere in the classroom.  Once found the messages have detailed instructions from the Patupairehe..thus the uncovery of Awhiworld has begun. [Detailed production notes, pictures and notes will be provided as part of the final research summary]
-  * 28/8 Review meeting Teachers update as to activities thus far.  Several have introduced a special powerpoint story made up for this programme and based on an old Maori myth of the area. [powerpoint provided as part of research summary]. All teachers are asking students to write or draw about a future earth that is now not able to support life due to current activities. Notes and feedback available in detailed form offline.
+.15 am teachers rush students to classrooms where messages have been hidden in special boxes somewhere in the classroom.  Once found the messages have detailed instructions from the Patupairehe..thus the uncovery of Awhiworld has begun. [[http://un-fiction.blogspot.com/2008/08/breaking-news.html]]
+  * 28/8 Review meeting Teachers update as to activities thus far.  Several have introduced a special powerpoint story made up for this programme and based on an old Maori myth of the area. [insert powerpoint]. All teachers are asking students to write or draw about a future earth that is now not able to support life due to current activities. Notes and feedback available in detailed form offline.
 September 2008
-  * 8/9 Second review meeting - detailed notes to be provided offline. Generally teachers are doing a lot of visual work with the students. Reading particular books and introducing ideas of portals and gatekeepers.Comments are that it is hard to sometimes grasp the concepts but that once grasped the students get really into it..particularly the boys who are enjoying making connections between their on-line game environments and the material in the classroom.
+  * 8/9 Second review meeting - detailed notes to be provided offline. Generally teachers are doing a lot of visual work with the students. Reading particular books and introducing ideas of portals and gatekeepers.Comments are that it is hard to sometimes grasp the concepts but that once grasped the students get really into it..particularly the boys who are enjoying making connections between their on-line game environments and the material in the classroom. [[http://un-fiction.blogspot.com/2008/09/awhiworld-update.html]]
  Meeting also includes an environmental/sustainability education expert who is supporting the teachers (and this project) in the backyard gardening community interface stage which will take place next term.
-  * 9/9 Forensic examination of portals was undertaken with assistance by Raewyn Turner (prominent NZ mixed media artist). Presentation started the proceedings. Then students were encouraged to look at their surroundings and work in small groups to investigate anomalous phenomena. This material will then become the focus for story production and writing.  Students are undertaking mapping of the school grounds and surrounding community as part of their math curricula. They are also learning about the qualities and values inherent to gatekeepers of various kinds.
-  * November Gatekeepers and guardians were introduced by Raewyn and Maggie and children went back to classrooms to create sculptures in physical materials to be placed in portal in garden. Add material as a test here...
+  * 9/9 Forensic examination of portals was undertaken with assistance by Raewyn Turner (prominent NZ mixed media artist). Presentation started the proceedings. Then students were encouraged to look at their surroundings and work in small groups to investigate anomalous phenomena. This material will then become the focus for story production and writing.  Students are undertaking mapping of the school grounds and surrounding community as part of their math curricula. They are also learning about the qualities and values inherent to gatekeepers of various kinds. Teachers are working with the children to identify gatekeepers in the local community (eg their Principal, the local police officer, the Kaumatua of the local Marae) [[http://un-fiction.blogspot.com/2008/09/forensic-investigations-of-awhiworld.html]]
+  * November Gatekeepers and guardians were introduced by Raewyn and Maggie. When asked what portals were the children said: "they take you back in time", "they take you to another dimension", "they take you into the future", "thats where the guardians come from", "they are doorways", "they are magical".  When asked about guardians they said: "they look after our school", "they look after the world", "we are guardians".  Children went back to classrooms to create sculptures in physical materials to be placed in portal in garden. Teachers were also taken to [[www.nextspace.co.nz]] to be trained in basic 3D storying work.  This will seed Awhiworld activities next year when digital infrastructure is in place in the school.[[http://un-fiction.blogspot.com/2008/11/awhiworld-update-and-3d-excursion.html]]
+  * December Awhiworld rests quietly over the summer season while schools are out.  Two new guardians sit in the garden watching over the portals. Work is taking place in the school so that ICT infrastructure is up to date.
+Teachers report the following: Great for boys to keep them engaged. Excellent to stimulate their imaginations. Much harder work than normal curriculum as you are working with their imaginations rather than hard data. Fun to not give The Truth..but to play with this with the kids. Needed a little more focused energy..too many other things going on in the school and felt they didnt do the concept justice. Digital component of Awhiworld was unable to be explored due to poor ICT capability. Concept of Gatekeepers/Guardians seemed embedded, at least amoung the older children. Also the idea of portals. This will help with developments in curriculum next year.