Key Competencies are
the capabilities people need to live, learn, work
and contribute
as active members of their communities.
* THINKING * USING
LANGUAGE, SYMBOLS & TEXTS * MANAGING SELF * RELATING TO
OTHERS * PARTICIPATING &
CONTRIBUTING *
The Key Competencies are
threaded throughout all dimensions of the
school
curriculum – our vision, principles, values, and all
learning areas (English, The Arts, Health & PE, Learning
Languages, Maths & Stats, Science, Social Sciences &
Technology).Tof yoild's
education.
Please ask your student and see your child's
teacher for more information about the "Key Comp's" at
Halcombe School!
Thinking
Use creative, critical,
meta-cognitive and reflective processes to make sense of
information, ideas, experiences.
Actively seek, use and create knowledge. Reflect on own
learning, draw on personal knowledge and intuitions, ask
questions, challenge the basis of assumption and
perceptions.
Using language, symbols and texts
Interpret and use words,
number, images, movement, metaphor and technologies in a
range of situations.
Recognise how choices of language and symbol affect
people’s understanding and ways in which they respond to
communications. Use ICT confidently to communicate and
access information.
Managing self
Self-motivation. ‘Can do’
attitude. Set personal goals, make plans, have high
personal standards. Be enterprising, resourceful,
reliable, resilient. Have strategies for meeting
challenges. Know when and how to follow someone’s lead,
or make own well-informed choices.
Relating to others
Interact effectively with a
diverse range of people in a variety of contexts. Listen
actively, recognise different points of view, negotiate
and share ideas. Open to new learning. Take different
roles in different situations. Know when it is
appropriate to compete, and when it is appropriate to
co-operate.
Participating and contributing
Participating actively in
local, national, global communities. Respond
appropriately as a group member. Make connections to
others. Create opportunities for including people in
group activities.
HALCOMBE
SCHOOL