Choices Resource
Recommendation for your class
Mix and match as appropriate for the learning needs of your students.
Level 1: year 1-2
Level 2: year 3-4
Level 3: year 5-6
Character Words OVERVIEW
Choices
The children are encouraged to make good choices in a variety of situations that they may face. With their friends, in sports, at home and in their learning at school. The are also encouraged to help their friends to make good choices.
Excellence
Making choices in creating their own personal “Brand of Excellence” is the theme for this character word. Making excellent choices means they can be a fun person to be around. In developing a “Yes” attitude they will be well on the way to creating their own personal brand of excellence.
Responsibility
Following through to do what you say you will do is an important part of developing your own personal responsibility. In levels 1 & 2 the children are encouraged to take responsibility by obeying instructions, delivering on the small things, apologizing and not blaming others and accepting consequences for their actions. In level 3 the children are taken through a process of setting values.
Balance
Children are encouraged to make healthy eating and exercise choices by using the Healthy Eating Plate model and a Healthy Exercise Pyramid as a guide. Children use both an eating diary and a Leisure Time Activities weekly record to see if their choices reflect a balance. In Level 3, making healthy “Sleep Choices” is also included.
Physical Education Overview
Striking and fielding games involve and offensive team (striking) and a defensive team (fielding). The primary objective of the striking team is to hit the object into a specified open area, while the fielding team tries to catch the object or get it to a designated area. Some traditional striking and fielding games include softball, tee ball, and cricket.
