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Big Idea: How do our actions make a difference to others. - Coggle Diagram
Big Idea: How do our actions make a difference to others.
THE ARTS
Learning Context: Written (by Elizabeth) adaptation of Charlotte's Web play for an end of term performance to whole school.
Explore how acts of kindness, friendship, and courage influence others through dramatic performance.
Key Pedagogical approaches
Process drama
Role-play
Collaborative creation
Embodied learning
Rehearsal and refelction
Teacher modelling
Hot seating
Learning Experiences
Read and discuss Charlotte's Web.
Rehearse and perform a class adaptation.
Explore characters' motivations through role play.
Reflect on how each character's actions changed the story.
Use freeze frames to represent important moments of kindness, bravery and friendship
Experience a live performance after a collaborative rehearsal process.
Infer characters' thoughts, feelings, motivations, and relationships through discussion and questioning.
Mathematics
Statistics
Learning Context: Investigating kindness through collecting and interpreting class data.
Key Pedagogical approaches
Inquiry learning
Statistical investigation cycle
Collaborative problem solving
Authentic data collection
Discussion and interpretation.
Learning Experiences
Develop survey questions such as "What kind act made you feel happy in our classroom this week?" or "How did you show kindness in the classroom this week?" Collect data from classmates.
Organise data into tally charts, pictographs or bar graphs.
Analyse patterns and discuss what the data suggests about kindness within the classroom and identify goals for improvement.
ENGLISH
Writing
Learning Context: Persuasive writing connected to caring for others and making positive choices.
Key Pedagogical Approaches
Explicit writing instruction
Mentor texts
Shared writing
Gradual release (I do, We do, You do)
Oral language rehearsal
Sentence stacking
Learning Experiences
Identify features of persuasive writing.
Write opinion pieces using reasons and evidence.
Create persuasive texts that explore how our actions make a difference to others. Write to encourage kindness, inclusion, caring for animals, and protecting the environment, using reasons and evidence to persuade an audience.
Publish writing for a class book on 'How our actions make a difference to others.'
HAUORA & PE
Learning Context: Exploring kindness, empathy and respectful relationships within our classroom community.
Key Pedagogical appraches
Circle discussions,
Restorative practices
Cooperative learning
Social-emotional learning
Reflective conversations
Experiential learning
Learning Experiences
Discuss what kindness looks, sounds and feels like.
Explore scenarios where people make choices that affect others.
Participate in cooperative games requiring teamwork and encouragement.
Create class kindness goals and reflect on acts of kindness throughout the unit.
Connect learning to the dimensions of hauora (particularly taha hinengaro and taha whānau).
Incorporating Te Ao Māori
Mana Model
Mana ūkaipō - Belonging in our classroom
Mana motuhake - Ākonga use their voice to advocate
Mana Whānau - Our classroom is a family, we are all in this together and care for each other as a unit.
Mana Tū - Ākonga show courage and perseverance rehearsing and performing our play to the whole school.
Mana Tangatarua - Ākonga accept each other for who they are and celebrate their differences.
St Johns Hill School Values
Kotahitanga – Collaborating on the class play and demonstrating teamwork, kindness, and respect in our everyday interactions, recognising that our actions contribute to a positive classroom community.
Rangatiratanga – Taking responsibility for learning lines, understanding my character, and contributing positively to the success of the class performance. Demonstrating leadership by making choices that show how our actions affect others in the classroom and beyond.
Manaakitanga – Recognising the impact of my actions on my classmates by showing kindness, patience, and respect. Encouraging and supporting one another throughout the class performance, and demonstrating care for those who may need extra help or encouragement.
Kaitiakitanga – Taking responsibility for sharing the message of Charlotte's Web with the wider school community. Through our performance, we encourage others to consider how acts of kindness, care, and responsibility can create positive ripple effects throughout our community.
Continue using Te Reo Māori naturally throughout the unit
Karakia to open and close the day
Classroom instruction and praise
Connecting ākonga to school values and mana model
Whanaungatanga - Create opportunities for ākonga to build releationships through - Collaborative rehearsals, peer feedback, cooperative games in Hauora, and circle discussions where all ākonga are heard and valued.
Ako - Create opportunities for ākonga to be mini teachers - Help with each others lines, give positive feedback, help classmates with writing and rehearsals, share strategies during statistics investigation.
Reflection through Māori concepts - For example - How did you show manaakitanga today?
How did you demonstrate rangatiratanga?
How did I contribute kotahitanga?
How did my actions affect someone else?
Subjects build on each other...
Hauora - Ākonga experience how actions and relationships affect wellbeing
English - Ākonga learn that words can influence others
Mathematics - Ākonga gather evidence about kindness within their own classroom community
The Arts - Ākonga bring all of this understanding together by performing Charlotte's Web and demonstrating how one act of kindness can ripple through an entire community.