Goal Setting Begins!

GATE students from Kahurangi, Haepapa and Tautoko began their Goal Setting journey this morning.  We spent time discussing the value of goal setting and the huge progress the students can make by taking systematic steps to refine their practices.  This lead beautifully into our discussion about potential.  Wairangi, Ryan, Elise and Jensen, were able to define potential, highlighting the characteristics of growth, improvement and talent, that impact on it.  We also talked through how our potential can be effected by the range of skills and environments we are exposed to - opportunity creates potential.

With any luck, there will be discussion in your homes this week about the skills and characteristics the students have inherited - ideals, interests and talents that can be traced back through generations.  This might be anything from a passion for rugby, to a fighting spirit passed down through generations.  This is all leading to our Big Idea for the term - "Kahu Huruhuru - It takes many feathers to make a cloak".  We will be looking at individuality and potential, and how these things pull together to form a strong, capable unit or team.

Goal Setting - thinking hard about ways to make a meaningful goal.

Discussion about inherited characteristics or potential.