Waihi East Primary School

Rise Above and Shine

Dec
04
Filed Under (HOM, thinking) by waihieast on 04-12-2009

learning

This week’s Habits of Mind continues to be Learning Forever.

Remaining open to Continuous Learning. Successful people

learn all the time for all their lives. Not just at school.

Nov
20
Filed Under (HOM, thinking) by waihieast on 20-11-2009

This week’s Habits of Mind is Thinking About Thinking. “Successful people know what they know and what they need to find out. They can talk about their thinking.

thinking

Nov
14
Filed Under (HOM, thinking) by waihieast on 14-11-2009

This week’s Habits of Mind is Thinking About Thinking. “Successful people know what they know and what they need to find out. They can talk about their thinking”.

thinking

Nov
06
Filed Under (Culture, HOM, thinking) by waihieast on 06-11-2009

wonderment

This week’s Habits of Mind is responding

with Wonderment and Awe. WOW! Successful

people respond with awe to the world.

They want to learn and know more.

Oct
26
Filed Under (Curriculum, HOM, ICT) by waihieast on 26-10-2009

Derek Weymouth was a keynote presenter at the ICT conference ULEARN 2009 in Christchurch, below is his Slideshare presentation on the way the new curriculum’s key competencies integrate with ICT.

Oct
23
Filed Under (Culture, Curriculum, HOM) by waihieast on 23-10-2009

knowledge

This week’s Habits of Mind continues to be

“Applying Past Knowledge to new situations.”

Successful people learn from past experience.

They use what they know on new challenges.

Sep
25
Filed Under (HOM, thinking) by waihieast on 25-09-2009

persistance

This week’s Habits of Mind is Persistence.

Successful people don’t give up easily.

If it doesn’t work one way they try another.


Sep
11
Filed Under (HOM, thinking) by waihieast on 11-09-2009

creating

This week’s Habits of

Mind continues to

be “Creating and

Innovating”.

Successful people

create clever

and innovative solutions to problems.

Sep
04
Filed Under (HOM) by waihieast on 04-09-2009

creating

This week’s Habits

of Mind is “Creating

and Innovating”.

Successful people

create clever and

innovative solutions

to problems.

Aug
28
Filed Under (HOM) by waihieast on 28-08-2009

Thinking interdependently

This week’s Habits of Mind continues to be ‘Thinking Interdependently’. Successful people can work well with others in the team to solve problems.