Room 4 Home Learning Programme

ROOM 4 HOME LEARNING PROGRAMME 2013

Learning occurs 24 / 7.  Many of you are involved in a variety of learning activities that occur outside of Room 4.  This Award is a fantastic opportunity for you to record and share all the learning that you are involved in, whether it is during school / after school / the weekend or during the holidays. 

Gold Medal - How these challenges work?                                                                 

1.     During Term 1 you need to complete at least 8 challenges

2.    You must choose a minimum of 1 from every category.

3.    Make sure that a parent or adult verifies your challenges

4.    Enjoy these challenges and see them as developing life skills!

Platinum Medal - How these challenges work?                                                                 

1.     During Term 1 you need to complete at least 12 challenges

2.  You must choose a minimum of 2 from every category.

3.  Choose at least 2 ‘Design your own challenge’

4.  Make sure that a parent or adult verifies your challenges

5.  Enjoy these challenges and see them as developing life skills!

Recording your Learning

The activities you choose to complete for this Home Learning Challenge need to be summarised and presented in a clear file.  You will need to draft and edit your work before publishing what you did (Keep your draft copies as evidence of the work involved).  Be concise and thorough with your recording so it is clear to the reader what your challenge was and how you fared. 

Our Home Learning Challenges are as follows:

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE – Compulsory

1.     Basic Facts Challenge - Improve your maths ability: Complete the basic facts challenge assigned to you for Term 1. 

2.  Leisure Reading Challenge:  Keep a log of all the books you read this term (this is to be recorded on the sheet provided to you and stored in your clear file.

 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE – Optional

3.  Be an Author: Contribute a piece of writing for the school newsletter, extra newspaper, class blog…

4.  Improve your science and technology skills; Design and build a functioning model of your choice. E.g. glider/boat

5.  Careers:  Visit, interview and record information about a person who has a career you are interested in.

6.  Reading Review: Read and promote a novel to the class, encourage others to read this book.

7.  Design your own challenge:

PERSONAL CHALLENGES

1.  Give to your family; Cook a two-course meal.  Record the menu for your meal, photograph the meals and record feedback from your guests. 

2.  Give your time; Visit an elderly person at least 3 times over the term.  Keep a diary of your visits and activities. 

3.  Give your skills to help others; Use a skill you have to help an individual or group in the community.  E.g. Umpiring or coaching a sports team, walking a dog, baking, gardening etc.

4.  Home Environment; Complete a new household tasks, such as making your own bed, collecting the newspaper, emptying the dishwasher…  This is additional to your expected duties at home. 

5.  Help make our school look great; Select an area of the school and improve it in some significant way.

6. Paid Employment: Describe a job you have.  Who / What / Where / How / Why / Time Commitments

7.  Design your own challenge:

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THE OUTDOORS

1.  Improve your fitness: Over a five week period run or walk at least 25km or cycle 50km in total. Keep a diary. 

2.  Fitness Challenge: Swim non-stop for at least 600m (Swim Club Expectation – 1000m) or run non-stop for at least 5 km.

3.  Explore the outdoors: With a family member or family friend…

- Complete an overnight tramp / hunting and fishing adventure

- Camp out for at least 1 night.

4.  Undertake and complete an endurance event: Participate in a triathlon, duathlon, cycle race, horse riding event…

5.  Compete in a sport:  This can be either a school sports team or for a club.

6.  Represent a sport at a Regional Level - (Metro / Otago): Summarise the commitments you make for this achievement.

7.  Design your own challenge:

SERVICE IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

1.  Leadership: Show leadership through house sports, school council, scouts, youth group…

2.  Classroom Responsibility: Be prepared to contribute to Room 4, complete a responsibility for term 1.

3.  Community group: Show how you have helped others. E.g. Keas, St Johns, Guides, Scouts, Church Group etc.

4.  Help out around the school: Choose an area of the school to keep “Litter Free” for a term. You may like to team up to do this.

5.  Organise a competition: Individually or as a group coordinate a lunch time activity for students. 

6.  Green Fingers:  Join the school green group, or help a community initiative such as replanting an area / helping at a sanctuary…

7.  Design your own challenge:

  

 EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS

1.  Create and exhibit a piece of art work.   Painting / Sculpture / Sketching…

2.  Present a performance to a class:  Playing an instrument, singing a song, performing a dance…

3.  Learn a musical instrument during term 1.   

4.  Join a dance group during term 1.   

5.  Improve your confidence and skills: Prepare and present a speech on a topic of your choice to the class.

6.  Participate in the School Choir / Special Choir/ Kapahaka attending all rehearsals and performances.

7.  Design your own challenge: