JB's Learning Blog

Expectations and Values - What are they good for?   1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word. RESPECT EXCELLENCE PERSEVERANCE 2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community? To keep the community tidy and save same goes for the school. 3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom? Respect and encourage each other. 4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning? By stopping others distracting one another. 5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could do whatever you wanted? It would be really bad. 6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why? Be kind to equipment. 7. What are your school values? How are they displayed in your classroom and at your school? Respect Excellence Perseverance. 8. How do you get recognised for displaying your school values? By being ...

Your Success - Who is responsible? This week is all about ‘not giving up’.   We are almost at the end of term one and we thought this was the perfect time to chat about what to do when things get hard! Watch the videos before answering the prompts. They may help develop your thinking around having the ‘courage to continue’. 1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? When I didn't save an easy goal in water polo. 2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success? When I  came 2nd in a swimming comp for school. 3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? I agree because It all comes down to if we listen. 4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened. Goalie training for water polo. 5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why? You c...