12 October - 18 October

TERM 4: WEEK 1

Nau mai, hoki mai ki te kura! (Welcome back to school!)

Kia Ora Y7. We will continue with our context ‘For the People or for the Power?’ Last term, you all formed your political parties and chose your party leaders. This week, we have whanau election and kids voting. See the attached PPT to complete this week's tasks. 

Also this is 'KINDNESS WEEK.' There will be many activities held within our whanau as well as at school level including the Pink Shirt Day on Friday. 

Remember to have your reading books with you in all English sessions. We are also learning 'Persuasive Writing’ this week. 

Activities:

-Completing Political Party tasks for the week.

-Participating in the whanau elections and kids voting for NZ elections.

-Practicing ‘Persuasive Writing.’

Success Criteria: (I can)

-understand how leadership is acquired in New Zealand by studying about the political parties and their leaders

-compare and contrast the policies of different political parties of New Zealand for the 2020 Election to understand their positioning on Environment and Closed Borders etc.

-show an increasing understanding of how texts are shaped for different purposes and audiences.

-construct texts (delivering speeches, making posters and writing manifesto) that demonstrate an understanding of purpose and audience through deliberate choice of content, language and text form 

-use verbal & written language language features and an increasing range of vocabulary to communicate ideas, precise meaning & effect

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