Welcome back to a new school year! We loved welcoming back our students last week after such a beautiful Wellington summer. We're excited about the learning ahead! We will be kicking off with an Inquiry ‘Words and Pictures, Igniting the imagination’, a study of comics and graphic novels. We are excited about connecting visual and written language and think that this will be really inspiring for our kids.
We have started to think about goal setting for the year. Last week, we chose a focus word for the year. This is a word that will guide us through the year ahead. This will sit on our shoulder and gently nudge us towards achieving our goals. The staff have also created a focus word for the year!
We know that setting goals helps us to stay motivated and feel success. We break these goals into small steps (kaizen steps). We have our "dream goals" then break these down into smaller steps.
When goal setting, we use the "SMARTER" akronym. We think the exciting and rewarding part is REALLY important!
Some goal setting questions for our students:
Positive Relationships
Positive Purpose
Positive Emotions
Positive Accomplishment
Positive Health
Positive Accomplishment
Positive Health
Positive Engagement
The Flourish Model is at the centre of what we do at Worser Bay School
This term we have a focus on the Learner Attribute of being a goal setter.
We have enjoyed spending time connecting and reconnecting with our friends. We spent time at the beach on Friday as part of Global Play Day. What a great way to develop and build Positive Relationships.
Bonjour les amis !
ReplyDeleteNous vous souhaitons une bonne année scolaire 2022. Les nouveaux élèves de Matariki Māhutonga semblent aussi sympathiques que ceux de l’an passé.
Nous avons mis en ligne une petite vidéo pour vous remercier du livre que vous avez écrit pour nous et que vous nous avez envoyé. Nous l’avons bien reçu et il nous a beaucoup touché. Bravo et félicitations pour les gentilles paroles en anglais mais aussi en français.
http://cm1.galligani.eu/auroa-school/friends-2021-2022/
(Vos commentaires seront toujours les bienvenus)
Nous sommes surpris de vous voir porter des masques. Avez-vous des cas covid-19 dans votre école, ou est-ce que c’est votre gouvernement qui vous l’impose car la maladie se développe dans votre pays ?
Nous espérons que vous ne serez pas trop gênés par le port permanent de ce masque (nous, ça commence à nous saouler !).
Nous n’avons pas compris si cette année vous devez choisir un seul mot pour toute la classe ou si chacun doit en prendre un pour lui-même. Dans notre classe nous avons les mots : Respect + Gentillesse = Sourire.
Nous attendons de vos nouvelles et des réponses à nos questions soit sur votre blog de classe, soit sur le nôtre.
Bonne continuation. Fraternellement.
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Hello Friends !
We wish you a good school year 2022. The new students of Matariki Māhutonga seem as friendly as those of last year.
We put online a short video to thank you for the book you wrote for us and you sent to us. We received it well and it touched us a lot. Well done and congratulations for the nice words in English but also in French.
http://cm1.galligani.eu/auroa-school/friends-2021-2022/
(Your comments are always welcome)
We are surprised to see you wearing masks. Do you have covid-19 cases in your school, or is it your government that imposes it on you because the disease is developing in your country ? We hope you won't be too embarrassed by wearing this mask all the time (Here, it's starting to annoy us !).
We didn't understand if this year you have to choose a single word for the whole class or if everyone has to choose one for themselves. In our class we have the words : Respect + Kindness = Smile.
We look forward to hearing from you and answers to our questions either on your class blog or on ours.
Keep up the good job. Fraternally.
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Manon M., Gabin B., Manon R., Mathilde D., Naïs D. et Gwenn G. du CM2 de l’école de Brindas, France
Kia ora whanau! Cool to see you back at school and getting stuck in. I miss you all so much!
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