You Can Do It
The 5 Key Foundations of You Can Do It! Education
Our core purpose is the development of young people’s social and emotional capabilities, including:
Central to the development of these 5 Key Foundations is instilling in young people 12 Habits of the Mind, including:
This last point includes the values of Caring, Doing Your Best, Freedom, Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Understanding, Tolerance, and Inclusion.
Our core purpose is the development of young people’s social and emotional capabilities, including:
- Confidence (academic, social)
- Persistence
- Organisation
- Getting Along, and
- Resilience.
Central to the development of these 5 Key Foundations is instilling in young people 12 Habits of the Mind, including:
- Accepting Myself
- Taking Risks
- Being Independent
- I Can Do It
- Giving Effort
- Working Tough
- Setting Goals
- Planning My Time
- Being Tolerant of Others
- Thinking First
- Playing by the Rules, and
- Social Responsibility
This last point includes the values of Caring, Doing Your Best, Freedom, Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Understanding, Tolerance, and Inclusion.
Curriculum
Self Awareness
Recognise emotions Compare their emotional responses with those of their peers Recognise personal qualities and achievements Identify and describe personal interests, skills and achievements and explain how these contribute to family and school life Understand themselves as learners Discuss their strengths and weaknesses as learners and identify some learning strategies to assist them Develop reflective practice Reflect on what they have learnt about themselves from a range of experiences at home and school Self Management Express emotions appropriately Describe ways to express emotions to show awareness of the feelings and needs of others Develop self-discipline and set goals Set goals in learning and personal organisation by completing tasks within a given time Work independently and show initiative Work independently on routine tasks and experiment with strategies to complete other tasks where appropriate Become confident, resilient and adaptable Undertake and persist with short tasks, within the limits of personal safety Social Awareness Appreciate diverse perspectives Describe similarities and differences in points of view between themselves and people in their communities Contribute to civil society Describe how they contribute to their homes, classrooms and local communities, and how others care for and assist them Understand relationships Identify ways to care for others, including ways of making and keeping friends Social Management Communicate effectively Discuss the use of verbal and nonverbal communication skills to respond appropriately to adults and peers Work collaboratively Identify cooperative behaviours in a range of group activities Make decisions Practise individual and group decision making in situations such as class meetings and when working in pairs and small groups Negotiate and resolve conflict Practise solving simple interpersonal problems, recognising there are many ways to solve conflict Develop leadership skills Discuss ways in which they can take responsibility for their own actions |
Self Awareness
Recognise emotions Describe the influence that people, situations and events have on their emotions Recognise personal qualities and achievements Describe personal strengths and challenges and identify skills they wish to develop Understand themselves as learners Identify and describe factors and strategies that assist their learning Develop reflective practice Reflect on personal strengths and achievements, based on self-assessment strategies and teacher feedback Self Management Express emotions appropriately Identify and describe strategies to manage and moderate emotions in increasingly unfamiliar situations Develop self-discipline and set goals Explain the value of self-discipline and goal-setting in helping them to learn Work independently and show initiative Consider, select and adopt a range of strategies for working independently and taking initiative Become confident, resilient and adaptable Persist with tasks when faced with challenges and adapt their approach where first attempts are not successful Social Awareness Appreciate diverse perspectives Discuss the value of diverse perspectives and describe a point of view that is different from their own Contribute to civil society Identify the various communities to which they belong and what they can do to make a difference Understand relationships Describe factors that contribute to positive relationships, including with people at school and in their community Social Management Communicate effectively Identify communication skills that enhance relationships for particular groups and purposes Work collaboratively Describe characteristics of cooperative behaviour and identify evidence of these in group activities Make decisions Contribute to and predict the consequences of group decisions in a range of situations Negotiate and resolve conflict Identify a range of conflict resolution strategies to negotiate positive outcomes to problems Develop leadership skills Discuss the concept of leadership and identify situations where it is appropriate to adopt this role |
Self Awareness
Recognise emotions Explain how the appropriateness of emotional responses influences behaviour Recognise personal qualities and achievements Describe the influence that personal qualities and strengths have on their learning outcomes Understand themselves as learners Identify preferred learning styles and work habits Develop reflective practice Monitor their progress, seeking and responding to feedback from teachers to assist them in consolidating strengths, addressing weaknesses and fulfilling their potential Self Management Express emotions appropriately Explain the influence of emotions on behaviour, learning and relationships Develop self-discipline and set goals Analyse factors that influence ability to self-regulate; devise and apply strategies to monitor own behaviour and set realistic learning goals Work independently and show initiative Assess the value of working independently, and taking initiative to do so where appropriate Become confident, resilient and adaptable Devise strategies and formulate plans to assist in the completion of challenging tasks and the maintenance of personal safety Social Awareness Appreciate diverse perspectives Explain how means of communication differ within and between communities and identify the role these play in helping or hindering understanding of others Contribute to civil society Identify a community need or problem and consider ways to take action to address it Understand relationships Identify the differences between positive and negative relationships and ways of managing these Social Management Communicate effectively Identify and explain factors that influence effective communication in a variety of situations Work collaboratively Contribute to groups and teams, suggesting improvements in methods used for group investigations and projects Make decisions Identify factors that influence decision making and consider the usefulness of these in making their own decisions Negotiate and resolve conflict Identify causes and effects of conflict, and practise different strategies to diffuse or resolve conflict situations Develop leadership skills Initiate or help to organise group activities that address a common need |