We are learning what Participating and Contributing looks like......

We are working through the key competencies, making sure we know what they mean and how we use them at school and in everyday life.

We had to find out what participating means - we found out that it was a verb so we have to do something - we have to take part.  Contributing is also a verb, again we have to do something, this time we need to make sure we give something, it could be an idea, an opinion, a solution or a piece of work.

Today we worked on a group task.
We all had the same set of instructions, the same equipment and the same time limits.
We all had the same goal, to work as a team and meet our target.

It was a challenge for some students and others leadership qualities shone through.  We had a challenging time meeting deadlines, but in the end we showed perseverance and determination to get the job done.  We showed we had great communication skills and it was fantastic to hear the quality conversations going on throughout the task.  We supported and encouraged each other and demonstrated our virtue of teamwork.

Here are some of the comments from the children using yellow, black and green hat thinking.

Yellow Hat: - all the positives

• We used team work - all had a job and we did it
• We searched for the things we needed together
• We shared equipment
• We organised our layout
• We concentrated on our work
• We took turns
• We made a plan
• You had to do your job really well
• We worked to each others strengths - we used our talents
• We were responsible for what we needed to do in our group
• We showed determination

Black Hat - negatives or things we found tricky

• Thinking about our layout and presentation
• Finding all the parts that we need
• Cutting things out neatly
• Giving up the control
• Sticking things on
• Spacing
• Staying on task and working with stamina

Green Hat - what would we do differently next time

• Go slower and thinking about the end product
• No panicking about meeting the time deadline
• Work harder and be more organised
• Try our best all the time
• Think how I can help my group by doing something after my job.

Well done room 4, you are fabulous at using the hats to focus your thinking!

Make sure you turn that thinking into actions to show the virtue of excellence.

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What virtues can you see in this image ?