Weekly outline

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  • 29 January - 4 February

  • 5 February - 11 February

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    MHJC Great Learner Integrity / Pono: Active Citizenship

    Lupe and Victoria with plant and planner

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING whakawhanaungatanga through investigating our school values: pono, whakamana, awhinatanga


    Getting to know you: activities and introduction letters.




  • 12 February - 18 February

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    MHJC Great Learner Integrity / Pono: Active Citizenship

    Lupe and Victoria with plant and planner

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING whakawhanaungatanga through investigating our school values: pono, whakamana, awhinatanga.

    Kia ora...

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • engaged in discussion activities to identify and describe the MHJC values and what they look like and sound like in a school setting, at home, and out in the community.

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    1. See google classroom

  • 19 February - 25 February

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    MHJC Great Learner Integrity / Pono: Active Citizenship

    Lupe and Victoria with plant and planner

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING whakawhanaungatanga through investigating our school values: pono, whakamana, awhinatanga
    • We are EXPLORING how MHJC values, and our own values, are displayed in stories, and how we can connect with these stories as readers.

    Kia ora...

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: 

    • I have read 'Rātā and the Tree' with my group
    • I can identify characters, events, and ideas in the story
    • I have made connections between MHJC values and the characters and events in the story

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    See Google Classroom

    Mahi Kāinga / Homework:
    Reading Plus


  • 26 February - 3 March

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING so that we can demonstrate our understanding of characters' actions and reactions in 'Rātā and the Tree'

    Kia ora...

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    I have worked with a partner to complete activities which demonstrate my understanding of:

    • characters' actions and reactions, and how these reflect the characters' values
    • different perspectives available in a story

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    See google classroom

    Mahi Kāinga / Homework:
    Reading Plus


  • 4 March - 10 March


    MHJC Writing (in class)

  • 11 March - 17 March

    Kia ora!


    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • started exploring devices that writers use to create descriptions in preparation for story writing
    Hei Mahi / Activities:
    1. See google classroom

    Mahi Kāinga / Homework:
    Only 2 See Readers this week, due to your camp trip!


  • 18 March - 24 March


    Continued from last week.

    Have an awesome camp!

  • 25 March - 31 March

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    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO

    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

    • We are REFLECTING on how writers use strucures and language for effect and to create meaning by writing our own stories

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  • 1 April - 7 April

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    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO

    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

    • We are REFLECTING on how writers use strucures and language for effect and to create meaning by writing our own stories

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  • 8 April - 14 April

  • 15 April - 21 April

  • 22 April - 28 April

  • 29 April - 5 May


    Through study of oral texts which advocate for people and the environment, we are EXPLORING how text creators use structures and language to create effects and build meaning


    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: 

    I can:

    • structure an interpretation of a text by drawing on different perspectives, evidence from the text, and my experiences and knowledge of literature

    • discuss how the use of particular language and modes in a text encourages particular ways of making meaning

  • 6 May - 12 May



    Continued from last week:

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    1. Speaking practice: quick speeches
    2. Interpret a spoken text, identifying purpose, perspectives and how language choices create effect and meaning



  • 13 May - 19 May

    Continued from last week:

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    1. Interpret a spoken text, identifying purpose, perspectives and how language choices create effect and meaning



  • 20 May - 26 May


    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    We are PLANNING a film review of 'The Mountain' so that we can
    • share texts from Aotearoa New Zealand which help us to make sense of ourselves as individuals and a society
    • participate in reading communities, discussing different kinds of texts, listening to others’ viewpoints, and making informed text recommendations for them

    Continued from last week:

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    1. Interpret a visual text, identifying purpose, perspectives and how language choices create effect and meaning

  • 27 May - 2 June

    Kia ora...

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • completed my review of a visual text to share my opinions on key ideas
    • completed skills practice activities 

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    See google classroom



  • 3 June - 9 June

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    We are PLANNING our speeches/ presentations so that we can present our learning and ideas about:
    • how cultures change and adapt over time
    • why culture, identity and belonging are important
    • how can we protect and sustain our own and other cultures


    See google classroom for assessment task details. 

  • 10 June - 16 June

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    We are PLANNING our speeches/ presentations so that we can present our learning and ideas about:
    • how cultures change and adapt over time
    • why culture, identity and belonging are important
    • how can we protect and sustain our own and other cultures


    See google classroom for assessment task details. 

  • 17 June - 23 June

  • 24 June - 30 June

  • 1 July - 7 July

  • 8 July - 14 July

  • 15 July - 21 July

  • 22 July - 28 July

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING a range of text types about food, nutrition and where our food comes from so that we can connect with te taiao and integrate our learning when making choices about our wellbeing/ hauora.

    Pono: Hauora

    Zara and Alex with ball and apple

    Wänanga: The 5 Cs


    Kia ora Year 7!

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • collaborated with classmates to create a menu of favourite foods

    • reviewed the conventions of procedural writing (instructions)

    Hei Mahi / Activities - see Google Classroom



  • 29 July - 4 August

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING a range of text types about food, nutrition and where our food comes from so that we can connect with te taiao and integrate our learning when making choices about our wellbeing/ hauora.

    Pono: Hauora

    Zara and Alex with ball and apple

    Wänanga: The 5 Cs


    Kia ora 

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • engaged with a range of texts exploring where our food comes from
    • reviewed the conventions of article writing (information)

    Hei Mahi / Activities - see Google Classroom


  • 5 August - 11 August

    Kia ora 

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    I have engaged with a range of texts exploring where our food comes from.

    I have participated in my reading community by taking notes on an article and sharing this learning with my peers, and by learning from them to understand ideas other articles. 

    Hei Mahi / Activities - see Google Classroom


  • 12 August - 18 August

    Week 4 plan

  • 19 August - 25 August

    Kia ora Year 7!

    We are continuing to work on our short story study

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • completed the tasks about character, author and purpose
    • began to discuss the main ideas in the text

    short story - big ideas

  • 26 August - 1 September

    Kia ora...

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • attempted my first response to text essay, focusing my discussion on the story's main idea, the author's purpose, and how readers can learn from the story.

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    See Google Classroom



  • 2 September - 8 September

    Kia ora...

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • attempted my first response to text essay, focusing my discussion on the story's main idea, the author's purpose, and how readers can learn from the story.

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    See Google Classroom




  • 9 September - 15 September

    Assessment skills focus

  • 16 September - 22 September

    Assessment skills focus

  • 23 September - 28 September


    Writing Skills: review and practise

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • reviewed feedback for my formal letter
    • applied the feedback to develop my writing 

    Hei Mahi / Activities: supporting activities in class

    Mahi Kāinga / Homework:
    Please ensure that you are up to date with Reading Plus


  • 30 September - 6 October

  • 7 October - 13 October

  • 14 October - 20 October

    Year 7 Mountains - The Big Read!


    Explore/ Tūhura: we are exploring how people react to and interact with others through character studies


    Focus/ Aronga - I understand that:

    • A text may have more than one purpose.

    • A text may have more than one audience and interpretation

    • Language use (time, place, social contexts), helps us to analyse social roles, relationships, and/or power. 

    • Codes, conventions, and features of different types of texts have different effects 



    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can talk and write about big ideas and characters in texts that I read by…

    • combining a range of strategies to decode and comprehend texts, using prior knowledge and information in the text to interpret ideas

    • identifying the world-view presented in a text and to consider the text’s possible impact on individuals or groups of people

    • regularly reading for pleasure, sometimes selecting texts based on my own preferences and interests, and sometimes exploring new authors and texts outside my comfort zone

    • participating in reading communities, discussing different kinds of texts, listening to others’ viewpoints, and making informed text recommendations for them.


    This week, we will be beginning our novel study. You must read at home, as well as in class time.
    See google classroom for activities.


  • 21 October - 27 October

    Kia ora! 

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • continued to read my novel
    • discussed an important event in the novel and how this impacted the main characters (see tasks on google classroom)
    • completed language activities to explore how the author has used language to create tension in a critical moment for the character

    Mahi Kāinga / Homework:
    Continue reading your novel


  • 28 October - 3 November

    Kia ora! 

    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • continued to read my novel
    • discussed how a character changes throughout the novel, and how events have impacted them to create this change

      Mahi Kāinga / Homework:
      Continue reading your novel


    1. 4 November - 10 November

      Kia ora! 

      Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

      • continued to read my novel
      • completed activities to explore how the author has used a range of techniques such as flash backs, interesting perspectives and writing formats to structure their story.
      • completed a summary of the novel to demonstrate my understanding of key ideas

      Mahi Kāinga / Homework:

      Continue reading your novel


    2. 11 November - 17 November

      Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

      • explored a range of different texts, such as biography, poem and short story

      • I have identified the main ideas in the texts and how the author uses language and structures to support their message


    3. 18 November - 24 November

      Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

      • explored a range of different texts, such as biography, poem and short story

      • I have identified the main ideas in the texts and how the author uses language and structures to support their message


      Plus, sentence types revision

    4. 25 November - 1 December

      Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

      • explored a range of different texts, such as biography, poem and short story

      • I have identified the main ideas in the texts and how the author uses language and structures to support their message


      Plus, sentence types revision

    5. 2 December - 8 December

    6. 9 December - 15 December