Section outline

  • Kia ora 7F2,

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    Welcome to a new term and an exciting new context ahead for you, "Kaitiaki of the Ngahere". We'll be engaging with the Dove "Self Esteem Kit" to find out more about our own personal resilience. We have a great trip to Tiritiri Matangi" to enjoy the natural habitat of many of our native birds and we'll be writing book reviews for our classmates and entering the Paper plus book review competition with a $1,000.00 worth of prizes! 

    Learning Intentions:

    •Demonstrate  a range of communication skills to support appropriate interaction with others.

    •Describe how your feelings, beliefs and actions contribute to a personal sense of self worth. 

    •Make connections by thinking about underlying ideas in and between texts.


    Success Criteria:

    •Choose and read a  recommended novel 'around' our context - resilience and perseverance

    •Complete an analysis of the internal vs external qualities of a sample portrait. 

    •Actively participate in the regular 'My-Self' Check points

    •Complete the student journal including the four page 'Check My Charge' reflection tool.


    Activities:

    1. Tuesday S4: This morning we'll visit the Buddhist Temple. We'll walk there if the weather is good.
    2. Wednesday S1: Digital Compass scenario 4 - https://www.digitalcompass.org/game/index.html



    3. Thursday S4: Library session to 'date a book' and begin reading your novel.

    Further Learning:

    Read my novel at home - 20 mins each evening

    complete the self esteem template with an adult at home (next week)


                                                                                                           


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING how texts connect us to each other and we are finding texts to analyse
    • We are EXPLORING and recognising that our feelings and actions contribute to discovering our sense of self worth
    • We are EXPLORING how to collaborate and support other class mates