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ENGLISH

English is about the making and creating of meaning.  Learning English encompasses learning the language, learning through the language, and learning about the language using a variety of text types. It is also the pathway to a variety of career options. The ability to communicate clearly in a variety of ways plus to think critically are important skills if students are to be successful in whatever path they follow upon leaving school.
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Understanding, using, and creating oral, written, and visual texts of increasing complexity is at the heart of English teaching and learning. By engaging with text-based activities, students become increasingly skilled and sophisticated speakers and listeners, writers and readers, presenters and viewers. 

English Teacher
- Jan Stark


PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING:

You are a part of many communities: your family or whanau; your vertical form; your class; Golden Bay High School; Golden Bay or Mohua; New Zealand; planet Earth.
  • What you do within any of these communities has an impact on the community.
  • You can take part in discussions and contribute ideas to these communities
  • You can actively participate to improve the welfare of these communities.
 

THINKING:
You are effectively thinking when you:
  • Build information on to what you already know
  • Seek out more or new information
  • Evaluate ideas to make or justify a decision

RELATING TO OTHERS:


​You are effectively relating to others when you:
  • Understand that there is no right or wrong opinion
  • Can follow instructions
  • Understand that people see things in different ways; are open to change; recognise that as part of a group your actions impact on that group
  • Empathise with other peoples’ point of view and understand that in a good team, everyone has a part to play and works together for the benefit of the team

MANAGING SELF:


​You are effectively managing yourself when you:
  • Willingly engage in activities
  • Seek to improve what you do
  • Can find some things out yourself
  • Meet deadlines
  • Ask for clarification and direction
  • Attempt everything even if you think you may get it wrong, and learn from your mistakes
  • Take advantage of extra opportunities
  • Recognise your strengths and weaknesses

USING LANGUAGE, SYMBOLS
AND TEXT:
You are able to demonstrate your ability to:
  • Understand and review a variety of texts.
  • Produce a variety of written evidence.
  • Follow written or oral instructions.
  • Use ICT effectively to support learning.
  • Communicate clearly, both written and orally
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