Leader of Learning Support at Gate Pā School Jodi started her teaching career in South Auckland before moving to Tauranga. She has been privileged to work in a variety of kura and learning environments across the primary year levels. Jodi started at Gate Pā School in 2021 and took on the junior team leadership with a responsibility of revamping the use of play. Since then she and her team have embraced the Ready 4 Learning framework, developing their Gateway classroom and whanau support. This year they have also begun the roll out of their Target Task Tubs to support the use of play and developing foundation skills in the years that follow their Gateway class.