1. Start with the familiar
Start with the familiar Think of classroom or school activity you often plan
Embedding key competencies in existing activities....

2. Keep thinking about your familiar activity
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....

3. PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING
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

4. Taking part in and writing a report about athletics day.
Example:
Taking part in and writing a report about athletics day.
THINKING?
RELATING TO OTHERS
USING SYMBOLS AND TEXT?
MANAGING SELF?
PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING

5. Embedding key competencies in existing activities....
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:
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/radio station....

6. The original activity: The improved activity:
Revising and improving existing activities....
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:
THINKING?
RELATING TO OTHERS
USING LANGUAGE, SYMBOLS & TEXTS?
MANAGING SELF?
PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING