Year 7-8 Key Competencies

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🎯 WALT: Identify and understand the five Key Competencies

Success Criteria: I can identify each Key Competency and explain what it means in my own words.

1. Match each Key Competency to its correct description by drawing lines:

Thinking

Using Language, Symbols & Texts

Managing Self

Relating to Others

Participating & Contributing

Working cooperatively to achieve common goals

Setting realistic goals and managing time

Using inquiry skills and asking questions

Developing good relationships with others

Expressing and understanding language appropriately

2. Which Key Competency is MOST important when working on a group project? Circle one:

Thinking

Managing Self

Relating to Others

Participating & Contributing

3. Check ALL the skills that belong to the "Thinking" competency:

Using inquiry skills and asking questions

Setting realistic goals

Making connections and establishing relationships

Using reasoning to make decisions

Working effectively in groups

✏️ Applying Key Competencies in Real Situations

4. You need to complete a science project on climate change by next Friday. Explain how you would use "Managing Self" to be successful:

5. Your friend is being bullied at school. Which Key Competency would help you respond appropriately? Explain your answer:

Key Competency: _________________________

6. Fill in the blanks using words from the box:

Word Bank: symbols, creative, responsibility, respect, inquiry

a) Using _____________ skills means asking good questions to learn more.

b) Thinking _____________ helps us come up with new ideas and test them.

c) We interpret and use _____________ in different contexts as part of communication.

d) Taking _____________ for our actions is part of managing ourselves.

e) We should show _____________ for all people, acknowledging our differences.

🌟 Reflection and Extension

7. Choose ONE Key Competency you want to improve. Create a personal goal and explain how you will achieve it:

My chosen Key Competency: _________________________

My goal: ________________________________________________

8. Extension Activity: Design a scenario where someone uses ALL five Key Competencies. Describe the situation and explain how each competency is used:

Year 7-8 Key Competencies

Year 7-8 Key Competencies

🎯 WALT: Identify and understand the five Key Competencies

✏️ Applying Key Competencies in Real Situations

🌟 Reflection and Extension

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