St Josephs School Term 2017

Context: Around the World in 3 Days Duration: Term 3 Level:3

Learning Area(s) and Strand(s):
Social Studies - Understand how cultural
practices vary but reflect similar purposes.
English - making meaning of ideas or
information they receive (listening, reading,
and viewing)
Dance - Understanding dance in context
Explore and describe dances
from a variety of cultures.
St Josephs Learners Qualities Values: Ng Uara:
Te hua o ttou Akonga Caring for ourselves I strive to do and be the best I can
Team Contributors - Kia mahi tahi ai ia ki na hoa kii ng roopu Kia manaaki ai ttou katoa - Kia t tngata
Self Managers -Taha Tngata Caring for others - I value everyone
Effective Communicators - Hei konga whakawhitiwhiti korero Kia manaaki ai ia tngata Kia ngkau mahaki
Thinkers - Whakawhakaaro Caring for our World I will use the Worlds resources responsibly
Socially Responsible - Mana whakahaere Kia manaaki te Ao Whnui Ko te oranga taiao, he oranga tngata.
Healthy - Ka ora (care for wider world , healthy environment, healthy people )

Enduring Understandings: learn about people, places, cultures, histories, and the economic world,
within and beyond New Zealand. Blooms de Bono Gardner

Knowledge: Students will know that: Skills: Students will be able to: Resources:
Students learn about society and communities Understand how cultural practices vary but reflect similar Russian Unit Study Room 9s.
and how they function. They also learn about purposes.
the diverse cultures and identities of people
within those communities and about the effects
of these on the participation of groups and
individuals.
 Learning Intention
(What we want the children to learn)
Be experts of a given country.
Prepare an experience for their
peers that will give them insight
to their given country.
Experience what it is like to visit
a given country for two hours.
Learning Experiences (* where applicable, please indicate the intelligence targeted by the learning Success Criteria
experience {Gardner} and/or the level of thinking generated by the experience (How the children will achieve the
{Bloom}) L.I.)
Each classroom teacher to take their class through a unit of study on one country. Cover food, dance, Produce a completed country
music, language, schooling, famous people, politics, geography, flag, etc. study pack.
By the end of the unit have the class decide on what they will teach the other classes and what they Take responsibility for an area of
will provide on their peers visit to their country. Ideas could be learning the language, eating some learning and prepare a
food, participating in dance, learning some facts, visiting famous monuments, taking home a souvenir. presentation to their peers.
The world trip will take place in Week 10. Passports will be distributed and boarding passes allocated Take part in visiting two countries
on the day of travel. and complete pop quiz.
 Team Contributors - Kia mahi tahi ai ia ki na hoa ki ng roopu
K.C.: Using language, symbols and texts, managing self, relating to others, participating and contributing.
Self Manager - Taha Tngata - K.C.: Thinking, usingIntermediate
Beginning language, symbols and texts, managing self Advanced
Beginning Intermediate Advanced
Effective Communicators - Hei konga whakawhitiwhiti korero - K.C.: Thinking, using language, symbols and texts, relating to
others, participating
Thinkers and contributing.
- Whakawhakaaro K.C.: Thinking, using language, symbols and texts, managing self, participating and
contributing.
Healthy- ora - K.C.: Managing Self, Thinking, Participating
KaBeginning Intermediate and Contributing, Relating to Others.Advanced
Beginning Intermediate Advanced
Socially Responsible - Mana whakahaere - Active Contributor K.C.: Thinking, relating to others, participating and contributing
managing self
Beginning Intermediate Advanced