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Doing the Right Thing (for years 4¨C6)

Doing the Right Thing aims to promote values that will assist students to become responsible New Zealanders who respect others and the law.

What students will learn

These year 4¨C6 resources will help students to learn:

  • to distinguish the difference between lies and the truth
  • the need for rules and how to developed rules and laws
  • the qualities of a role model.

Five focus areas

Learning activities are arranged in five focus areas.

Focus area 1: Respect

Students name people in the community whom they respect and explain how they show these people respect.

Focus area 2: Right and wrong 

Students distinguish right behaviour from wrong behaviour and explain how it feels when we do the right thing.

Focus area 3: Rules, laws and consequences 

Students come up with positive group rules and explore positive and negative statements about following rules.

Focus area: 4 Honesty

Students use masks to indicate they can distinguish lies from the truth and write slogans that show that cheating has negative consequences.

Focus area 5: Role models

Students write a job description for a role model that shows they understand the qualities and behaviours that make a good role model.