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Start with the familiar.

Think of classroom or
school activity you often
plan...........
Embedding key competencies in existing activities....

Keep thinking about
your familiar activity...
How might you build in
richer opportunities
before, during or after
the activity for.....
Embedding key competencies in existing activities....

How might you build
in richer
opportunities
before, during or
after that familiar
activity for.....
THINKING?
RELATING TO OTHERS
USING SYMBOLS AND
TEXT?
MANAGING SELF?
PARTICIPATING AND
CONTRIBUTING
Example:
Taking part in and
writing a report
about athletics day.
THINKING?
RELATING TO OTHERS
USING SYMBOLS AND
TEXT?
MANAGING SELF?
PARTICIPATING AND
CONTRIBUTING
THINKING?
RELATING TO
OTHERS
USING
LANGUAGE,
SYMBOLS &
TEXTS?
MANAGING SELF?
PARTICIPATING
AND
CONTRIBUTING
Ensure there are
opportunities engage
with curiosities...(eg the
origins of athletics, high-
tech tools for measuring
distance/timing etc)
encourage students to notice
and discuss implicit
protocols around competing
and cooperating and the
extent to which these are
demonstrated
Discuss the language of
athletics which terms
and phrases relate to
athletics only and which
to sport more generally?
Invite an athlete to
speak to the class on
motivation and goal
setting
Involve students in
planning and organising
key aspects of the
athletics day
Use a thinking tool to
prepare for the report
writing
Create a team to
prepare and present the
final report
What signs and gestures
are used for important
purposes in athletics?
Students set and
monitor goals for their
participation in athletics
day
Students prepare digital
movie about athletics
day and share it on
school website
Outline which school and
curriculum values were
most evident at various
stages of the athletics day
Seek and respond to
feedback from others on
report drafts
Consider how the report
would need to be
adapted for different
media
Notice students who
initiate activities for
themselves
The report is prepared
for submitting to the
community
newspaper/website/radi
o station....
The original activity:
Taking part in the athletics day then write a
report about it.
The revised activity:
How could the teacher improve the activity to
strengthen the development of key
competencies?
Add to the suggestions below:
Embedding key competencies in existing activities....
THINKING?
RELATING TO
OTHERS
USING
LANGUAGE,
SYMBOLS &
TEXTS?
MANAGING SELF?
PARTICIPATING
AND
CONTRIBUTING



The original activity:

The improved activity:
How could the teacher improve the activity to
strengthen the development of key
competencies?
Add to the suggestions below:
Revising and improving existing activities....

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