21 September - 27 September

Kia Ora Students. This week we are doing the following:

Groups - Political Parties

• Students complete the survey by clicking on the following link…. https://votecompass.tvnz.co.nz/.
  

• To find your postcode use this link...https://www.nzpost.co.nz/tools/address-postcode-finder

• Student to enter the result of this Vote Compass into a google form ……….. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YsaT-WadC--UTRy34T-aVe4sFocybdsBPSNRMiA7r-c/edit?usp=sharing

• Student will be placed in political parties of like minded students

• Political parties to have 2x students from each class. Political parties 16x people

You can also use On the fence - https://onthefence.co.nz/

Collapsed timetable activity

• Students will be given a Political party Challenge Brief. 

• They will have just under 2x weeks to complete the challenges on the brief.

• Students in Week 10 - will have collapsed timetable time to be together as a political party, to make decisions, assign tasks/jobs and check progress.

• Will set up a spreadsheet to track the parties and the progress

• Students will then used the other sessions to work on their assigned task

• We will reassess the collapsed timetable needs for week 1 at the end of Week 10

Challenge Brief

• Create a party name

• Appoint a Party Leader

• Write a brief Party manifesto - what does your party stand for?

• Leader writes and films an introductory speech

• Create a logo, slogan and select a theme song

• Create an campaign that includes - posters, memes, short video slips, tweets, social media posts

• Write policy statements for Environment (Yr 9), Tourism Industry crisis  & the border (Yr 7), Referendums (Yr 10), a whanau issue of your choice (Yr 8), End of year whanau trip (collectively)

All students will then be able to Vote for their preferred Whanau Political Party on Thursday Week 1 Term 4. Each party has 16 members.