Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 3 Duration: 25 minutes Date: 6th/12/2017 Students’ Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education  Students are familiar with the Woodland Grove
School Values (Integrity, Courage, Inclusivity
Behaviours that show empathy and respect for others and Respect)
(ACPPS037)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
 competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking  competence

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

 Describe 5 ways that they can spread kindness at school through creating a poster individually

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

 Create and print 27 poster worksheets (featuring
school logo and the statement “we spread kindness
by…”
 Provide each table with markers, crayons and
pencils
 Prepare Kid President video in browser prior to the
lesson commencing
 Prepare slide with Instructions/Success Criteria
 Ensure whiteboard is clean and working markers
available

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the
segment where they will be
Students will, group by group, come down to the matted area.
introduced.
Begin by asking the class to raise their hands if they, right here right now,
Computer connected to
can change the world.
eBoard
https://www.youtube.com/w
Use this as a segway into “How to Change the World (a work in progress)”
atch?v=4z7gDsSKUmU
by Kid President (pause at 2:20.)

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Ask one-three students to summarise what Kid President has to say about
how we can change the world.

“So, Kid President tells us that that WE have the power to change the
world… so I would like to brainstorm some ways that we can spread
kindness and make Woodland Grove AWESOME!”

Lesson Activities:

Create a brainstorm on the board under the heading “How WE can spread Clean whiteboard and
10 mins kindness at school.” working markers

Ask students for suggestions and write them on the board (eg. Helping
others, including people in games, no put downs, being a good listener,
sharing nicely, thanking/complimenting others, respecting everyone,
standing up for people being bullied, doing the right thing etc.)

Once a decently sized brainstorm has been established, bring up a EBoard and
5 mins PowerPoint slide introducing the task and success criteria and verbally Instruction/Success Criteria
reinforce instructions. They will have 10 minutes to complete the task. slide

1. Trace handprint using marker

2. Write 5 ways we can spread kindness at school (one on each finger)
3. List the 4 Woodland Grove values in the palm of the hand
4. Students are to decorate their hands

Before sending students back to their desks, check for understanding by

asking a student to reiterate the instructions. Select students to return to
their desk, one group at a time.

10 mins Students will complete their poster. Poster Worksheets

Markers
Whilst students are working, walk around the room and help students to Pencils
generate/refine ideas and ensure they are on task.

Transition
5 mins Remind students when they have one minute remaining to assist with the
transition. Once working time is up, students may pack away their
markers/pencils and pass their posters to one group member who will place
them on the teacher’s desk.

Plenary
Once students have packed away, they may return to the mat where they
will raise their hands and share 1 suggestion for spreading kindness at
school before they can go to lunch

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