Section outline

  • Kia ora 7C1. 

    Welcome to 2023@MHJC! 

    I am excited to be teaching you this year! 

    There is a great deal for you to discover about yourself and to utilise your strengths to be the best you can be this year! Great year for you to start investing in yourself to grow greatness across the 4 cornerstones of MHJC!

    Integrity/ Pono

    Compassion/ Awhinatanga

    Learning to Learn/ Ako

    Life-long learner/ Wānanga


    Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu.

    Adorn the bird with feathers so it may soar.

    KIA MANA AKE!

    KEEP GROWING GREATNESS!

    Aroha nui

    Mrs Nalini Narayan

    Karakia

     Term 1 context: Culture and Collective Identity

    Key Concept - Identity - is the state or fact of being the same. It refers to the particular features that define individuals, groups, things, eras, places, symbols and styles. Identity can be observed, or it can be constructed, asserted and shaped by external and internal influences.

    Key Concept - Culture  - encompasses a range of learned and shared beliefs, values, interests, attitudes, products, ways of knowing and patterns of behaviour created by human communities. The concept of culture is dynamic and organic.



    In Term 1, to help us explore the ideas of Culture and Collective Identity, we will be studying/producing short  texts (such as poetry, articles, visuals etc.) to embrace who we are (individually and collectively) and empower ourselves to be proud of who we are  as individuals and groups.

                                                                                              Strands covered:

    • making meaning of ideas or information received (listening, reading, and viewing)

    • creating meaning for myself or others (speaking, writing, and presenting).

    Aim:

    • To become more effective oral, written, and visual communicators by:

    • using knowledge and skills to engage with tasks and texts that are increasingly sophisticated and challenging, and doing this in increasing depth.

    Achievement Objectives covered at L4: (Learning Intentions)

      Processes and Strategies: 

    1. thinks critically about texts with increasing understanding and confidence

                                                                                               Structure:

    1. recognises and understands how texts are constructed for a range of purposes, audiences, and situation
    2. identifies particular points of view and recognises that texts can position a reader

                                                                                                 Ideas:

    1. makes meaning of increasingly complex texts by identifying and understanding main and subsidiary ideas and the links between them
    2. makes connections by thinking about underlying ideas within and between texts from a range of contexts