Responsibility

What does it mean to be responsible?

What is responsibility?

How to we get it?

How do we show it?

What things do you take responsibility for?

Be Responsible about...
What about the things we say and do and how these affect others?

What about when we send an email, a text or publish something online?

Perception Test

We observe and perceive the world through our senses:

Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch, Smell, Taste

But - do some of us have the ability to perceive more?

Check out this old video about the power of the mind and thought experiments.

This is not an awareness test it is an ESP test!

Volunteer  for the ESP test - you might just have ESP

Extra Sensory Perception

Click to link to the video

How many of us in Room 2 Have this power?

Your final test of ESP

What is the date today?

Observation

Observation is a critical part of learning...
Why?

1. Watch carefully how something is done so you can do it yourself
2. Make observations for experiments
3. Observe and notice details about things for telling stories or writing
4. Observe to give a report in case of an accident

Watch the video
and Observe

Watch Carefully

Pride

Having a sense of pride in your work

is about always wanting to 

strive for your best performance.

• As part of a team

• In sport

• In writing

• ALWAYS doing your best.

 What have you done recently that you are proud of?

What do you try your best in?

How hard have these shoes worked?

How does this video clip show pride?

Persistence

What is PERSISTENCE?
When and how do you show or use this quality at school or in your everyday life?

Take a look at the pictures below.  What is the message about persistence here?

Ultimate insect persistence

What else did you learn about this insect?

Independence

Good morning everyone.

I'm working at home today sorting out some things for camp and planning for the swimming sports and triathlon in week 5.

Plus I have an appointment with a surgeon to talk about my bad knees:-(

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(to get the projector to work un-plug the white dongle from the projector cable on my desk and then carefully fit the cable into the Toshiba laptop) - Put the dongle in my top draw - The projector control is in my top draw.

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Detail Sheet - Morning News

We welcome Cooper to our class today - William and Luka can you help him to set up his journal with the pages for camp. (I hope he's got a journal)

Assembly Job
Alice and Luka - can you give the golden shoe to Mr. Withers - also can you remind people about entering the triathlon and swimming sports on the blog. Ask Mr. Withers if you can do this in assembly (be independent)

CHILDREN

Remember to sign up for the school triathlon on the sports blog - 49 athletes have signed up so far.

P.S. All  triathlon entries will go into a prize draw for...

Senior Students remember to sign up for the swimming sports - only 30 swimmers at the moment.

Triathlon training today is being organised by Mr. Withers. (Thank you)  Put your bikes out in two lines: middle school and seniors school. Have your lunch then meet at the yellow bench.

Drum lessons in the hall today please

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Circle Time - Independence

Add this as a tool to your "learning tool box" page in your journal - but first...

Talk about - Independence

What is it?

How do we show it?

What does it mean to be independent?

Think of three examples of how you are independent at school or at home.

These pictures might help your thinking:

Today is a good chance to be independent and work cooperatively.

What do you need to work on and finish?  

Camp pages in your journal, Postcard writing and typing up, Personal montage plan, Photo Art, 3D Name card?

Looks like this kid was a little too independent!

Do you understand this one?

What's the message?

What's my message to you?

Remember to work smart - help each other

Remember - if you have typed up your postcard and saved it to dropbox then you can help someone else.  Mishy, Christine, Lily, Aaron, Ruby and ...

Confidence - Act As If...

What is CONFIDENCE?
What are you confident at?
What are you not confident at?

How can "acting as if..." help you with choices and confidence?

When you "act as if..." you give yourself the chance to a choice in the future and a chance to be successful.
Secret letters are in white - so highlight above.

Every small success gives you the Confidence to try again.

Growing in Confidence

Learning Tools

What is a RISK?
Is it good or bad to take RISKS?
Why do you think that?
What have you taken a risk with?
How do you feel when you take a RISK?

Why is this an important learning tool?

Handwriting - Monday 3rd February 2014

• Rule up your page
• Full date underlined + topic title

• Write on the line
• Spaces between words
• Use the whole line
• Letters half size

Determination

Determination is when you try your very best and keep on trying.

Determination is when you think that you can’t do something but you tell yourself that you can and you keep on going until the very end.

It's like when you’re so closed to the end of a race and you're about to win a race but someone’s gaining ground on you and you're absolutely exhausted but you keep on going to win the race.      

This explains that you can do anything if you have determination and be the best that you can if you just put your mind to it.

“Determination is perspiration”

Time Taken...

106 words 5 minutes - 10 minutes