Taking Good Care of Ourselves
Teacher Anne Girven, Gillian Bertram
| YEAR
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LEVEL
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DURATION
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| 5
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3
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4-5 weeks
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| Achievement Objective Being Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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| Transactional Writing
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Write instructions and explanations, state facts and recount events based on one of the outdoor activities.
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| Presenting
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Use verbal and visual features to communicate information, using layout, photos and Claris Works to present a brochure.
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Developing and maintaining personal health and physical development Level 2
(Health and Physical Education)
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Identify and use safe practices and basic risk management strategies.
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| Processes
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| Exploring Language
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Explore choices made by writers, identify and use language features, explanations, instructions and factual accounts relevant to outdoor education activities.
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| Thinking Critically
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Identify and express meanings in written texts, drawing on personal experiences.
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| Processing Information
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Identify, retrieve, record and present informational brochure using more than one source of technology.
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Outdoor Education
(Health)
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Recognise the importance of environmental care and protection.
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| Supporting Achievement Objective
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Learning Outcomes
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| Close Reading
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Respond to language, meanings and ideas in different texts, relating them to personal outdoor education experiences.
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Teacher background reading
Teaching and learning activities
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:
Learning task 1
Learning task 2
Learning task 3
Learning task 4
Assessment
Assessment Task
Students to produce and present a brochure using verbal and visual features to communicate information based on one of the above outdoor education activities.
The brochure will include:
- Identification and information on how to use safe practices and risk management strategies when involved in outdoor education activities, eg. cycling, orienteering, water activities.
- Written instructions and explanations about one of the EOC activities or facts based on one of the EOC activities.
- Accurate information.
- Effective layout using photographs, graphics, maps, use of different fonts for headings and captions.
Students present their brochure as a seminar.
peer_assessment (RTF 233KB)
(in groups of no more than four).
assessment (RTF 13KB)
Resources
School Journals
(Learning Media
), brochures, advertisements, newspaper articles, National Library
books, school library resources, videos and photographs.
Outdoor Education Resources
Street Skills Kiwi Cycling - Bikewise
, Cycling New Zealand
.
Water Safety Across the Curriculum, published by Water Safety New Zealand
1997.
Water Safety Resources - newsletters, booklets, posters, manuals, videos.
People Savers - Students' Introduction to First Aid and Safety, produced and published by New Zealand Red Cross
.
Education Outside the Classroom Series:
Law, Barry and McConnell, Bert. Outdoor Challenges, published by User Friendly Resource Enterprises Ltd. Christchurch, New Zealand, 1994. Booklet No. 96
Education Outside the Classroom - Games and Activities compiled by Physical Education Advisers, Wellington.
Jan, Lesley Wing. Write Ways. Oxford University Press, Australia
Ministry of Education, Learning Media. The Learner as a Reader
Ministry of Education. Exploring Language.
Electronic
