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The author argues that creating a 'village' around each student teacher gives them greater agency, a sense of belonging and being valued as a member of that professional 'village'. Participating students, teachers and lecturers share their perceptions of experiences in one-day school-based placement that student teachers are required to undertake in a University of Waikato distance programme. Findings indicate that where the school acted as the 'village of learning', the perceived suitability of the placement as a site for learning teaching was conceptualised through a developed sense of belonging.