Day 1 Learner Profile 4xC

25th Asia Pacific Annual Conference

Ahmad Mokachar & Ken Darvall

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25th Asia Pacific Annual Conference

Ahmad Mokachar & Ken Darvall

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Jerry Seinfeld’s Three Rules of Life - Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope,2007

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Jerry Seinfeld’s Three Rules of Life - Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope,2007

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While Jerry Seinfeld can simplify life to three basic rules, we believe the Learner Profile provides the underlay and the overlay to what we do at school‌..and in life.

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The contention of this presentation is that if you combine CREATIVITY and CITIZENSHIP with CONNECTIVITY and COMPASSION then you actively promote all attributes of the IB Learner Profile - 4 x C =LP Al Zahra College practices will be used to illustrate.

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Presentation Overview: 5 x C! Context

Al Zahra College– A Candidate PYP & MYP School Arncliffe, NSW. Australia

CITIZENS HIP

School Parliament

CREATIVI TY

Going Bush

CONNECT IVITY

Interschool Harmony Group

COMPASS ION

Assisting Others

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Inquirer Knowledgeable Reflective

Thinker Risk-Taker

Communicator Open-Minded Balanced

Caring

Principled

Context

Al Zahra College – A Candidate PYP & MYP School Arncliffe, NSW. Australia

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CONTEXT

Al Zahra College 1998 AZC established as an Independent Primary School.

2003 The initial planning for PYP and other possible IB programmes at AZC begins.

2008 Registers as Interested PYP school.

2009 Registers as Interested MYP School.

Invited to become a Candidate PYP School.

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CITIZENSHIP

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School Parliament Inquirer Knowledgeable Reflective

Citizenship = School Parliament Inquirer

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AZC School Parliament model superseded the SRC in 2007.

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Closely reflects Australia’s parliamentary system.

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Traditional school leadership roles were transformed into a comprehensive government body.

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Annual voting to determine government and opposition ministers.

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House of Representative members (Class Captains) elected each semester.

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Bills passed include: Special Occasions and College Blazer.

2008 (episode 32) ABC Compass program featuring Al Zahra College School Parliament.

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2008 (episode 32) ABC Compass program featuring Al Zahra College School Parliament.

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“You can take it from me that you and your school have inspired us. This has been really valuable for us and I hope that some of the recommendations that we make will come out of our visit to your school and will be in the interests of the people of Australia. “ I think I speak on behalf of the committee: I cannot believe the depth of knowledge that your students have about civics and the history of our country. We have taken evidence from a number of schools. I do not think we have had a class who had the depth of knowledge that your students have. atCommittee a JointEven Standing Mr Lindsay, Chairperson senior level.”

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2011 Prime Minister Candidate’ Speech

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2011 Prime Minister Candidate’ Speech

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10 March 2011 – Arncliffe Park, Arncliffe (NSW) Premier Kristina Keneally and hopeful new local member, Steve Kamper) meet Prime Minister Ali Chahine and Opposition Leader Zahra Abou-Ghaida.

Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrN8Ok2Tw_Y

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10 March 2011 – Arncliffe Park, Arncliffe (NSW) Premier Kristina Keneally and hopeful new local member, Steve Kamper) meet Prime Minister Ali Chahine and Opposition Leader Zahra Abou-Ghaida.

Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrN8Ok2Tw_Y

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CREATIVITY

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Going Bush Thinker Risk-Taker

Creativity = Going Bush Thinker

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In 2005, a selection of students from Catholic, Islamic and Government schools engaged in regular activities to produce a children’s book, Going Bush.

Published by Unwin and Allen.

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Described as a journey of friendship and harmony to inspire all Australians.

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Going Bush explores the harmony of the natural environment and the harmony that may be found in friendship and collaboration.

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Risk-Taker

The launch of the project at Al Zahra College proved an excellent opportunity for parents and community members to meet in a true spirit of harmony.

In our fold-out books we wrote the story of the bush walk.

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Learning how to draw with charcoal.

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We learned how to use contĂŠ crayons Tuesday, 12 April 2011

We wrote in our fold-out books every week.

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We wrote poems about harmony

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We made shell jewellery.

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Ken showed us how to do botanical drawings.

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Drawing flowers from the bush.

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We made canoes out of paper bark.

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We made ngurra (shelters) out of paperbark.

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We made paperbark containers.

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We drew one of the caves in the Wolli Creek Valley.

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Every lunchtime we played basketball.

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We made new friends.

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On the bush walk we mapped how the Eora would have used the valley.

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Playing with paperbark balls, like the Eora children.

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We saw coral fern in the overhang at Russells Pool.

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We launched our paperbark canoes.

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The sandstone caves have been used as shelters for thousands of years.

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Walking through a forest of gum trees.

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After the bushwalk we all played handball.

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It was fun to play together in the bush.

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Some of us tried making baskets out of lomandra.

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Plaiting lomandra wasn’t easy.

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This is one of the paperbark balls we made.

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It was hard to get everyone smiling at the same time.

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Nadia and Ken joined us for a photo opportunity.

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In the ferny glade we drew maps.

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For some of us it was the first time in the bush.

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When we finished the walk we mapped our journey.

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Nadia helped us with our journey maps.

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It was good to eat together in the bush.

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Friendship is ‌ company

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Friendship is ‌ eating, drinking, playing and living together Tuesday, 12 April 2011

During the project we wrote lots of poems.

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Ken showed us the technique of shading.

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We wrote how the Eora people looked after the land.

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We drew the different species of leaves we collected.

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St Francis Xavier Primary School, Arncliffe.

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St Francis Xavier Primary School.

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Al Zahra College, Arncliffe

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Athelstane Public School

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Arncliffe Public School

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Arncliffe West Infants Public School

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Bexley Public School

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Harmony Project “Going Bush”

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CONNECTIVIT Y

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Interschool Harmony Group Communicator Open-Minded

Connectivity = Interschool Harmony Communicator

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Initiated in 2003.

Open-Minded

Each year, principals, teachers and students Involves school leaders from each school combine in a range of from Government, activities, including an Catholic and annual project .

Independent school sectors to work • Principals meet each together to promote harmony. term to plan.

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Annual projects have included a joint play (The Friendship Tower), published book (Going Bush), activities day, Teachers’ Day dinner and a surf lifesaving program at Cronulla beach, the scene of the 2005 riots.

Connectivity = Interschool Harmony Communicator

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Initiated in 2003.

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Each year, principals, teachers and students Involves school leaders from each school combine in a range of from Government, activities, including an Catholic and annual project .

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Annual projects have included a joint play (The Friendship Tower), published book (Going Bush), activities day, Teachers’ Day dinner and a surf lifesaving program at Cronulla beach, the scene of the 2005 riots.

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2004 Interschool Harmony Activities Friendship Tower At Al Zahra College

At Bexley Public

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2005 Interschool Harmony Activities School-based workshops

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2005 Interschool Harmony Activities

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Al Zahra College Communit y Fundraisin g Dinner

2006 Interschool Harmony Activities Principals Working Together

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Continuing Success of Harmony Day Celebrating through sport

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2007 Interschool Harmony Activities Values Education Initiatives

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2007 Interschool Harmony Activities Values Education Initiatives

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2007 Interschool Harmony Activities Drama Production

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2008 Interschool Harmony Activities

It s A c a d a m i c

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2009 Interschool Harmony Activities

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2010 Interschool Harmony Activities

Art Show

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2010 Interschool Harmony Activities

Art Show

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COMPASSION

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Assisting Others Caring

Principled

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Students actively support • national fundraising efforts though various events to provide • significant contributions towards cancer research, sudden infant death syndrome research and the Heart Foundation.

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Two orphans are sponsored annually.

Global appeals are strongly supported when they occur (for example, the Tsunami Appeal, the Pakistan Flood Appeal.)

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Students support other students in grade-based activities on a termly basis.

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The strong service culture at AZC makes students aware that it is possible to make a positive difference in the world.

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The Overlay

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An Interconnected World - Citizenship - School Parliament

Reflective

• Do I consider the needs of everyone?

• Is my action benefitting others?

• How can I contribute to ensure a better world?

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An Interconnected World - Citizenship - School Parliament

Knowledgeable • What experiences do I need to contribute effectively as a leader? • What knowledge should I have to improve the world in which I live?

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An Interconnected World - Citizenship - School Parliament

Inquirers • How do differences in culture/society affect me?

• What do I need to do to contribute proactively to my community?

• What can I do to make the world a better place?

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An Interconnected World - Creativity - Going Bush

Thinkers • What do I know about my immediate community?

• What do I know about the wider community?

• What action can I initiate to contribute?

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An Interconnected World - Creativity - Going Bush

Risk-Taker • How can I improve myself and my community?

• What must I do to ensure this happens?

• Are these actions outside my comfort zone?

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An Interconnected World - Connectivity - Interschool Harmony Group

Communicators • Do I express myself clearly?

• Do I really understand what others are saying?

• What can I do to improve communication?

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An Interconnected World - Connectivity - Interschool Harmony Group

Open-Minded • Do I respect my beliefs?

• Do I respect the beliefs of others?

• How can I enhance my world view?

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An Interconnected World - Connectivity - Interschool Harmony Group

Balanced • Do I consider all viewpoints? • Do I assist others, without prejudice?

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An Interconnected World - Compassion - Assisting Others

Caring • How can I help my friends?

• How can I help others in my community?

• How can I help others elsewhere?

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An Interconnected World - Compassion - Assisting Others

Principled • Why are my core beliefs important to me? • In light of these, how can I make our world a better place?

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4 x C = LP [v.2011: Promoting & Leadership There are many opportunities for all students to develop their leadership skills at AZC. These include: school parliament ministers; class captain; house captains; class monitors; sporting team captains; leading weekly/special assemblies; and leading Salat.

Service A strong service culture is prominent at AZC where students learn that it is possible to make a positive difference in the world. Assisting others and helping each other is the focus.

Service Learning Integrating meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teaching civic responsibility, encouraging lifelong civic engagement, and strengthening communities for the common good provides the third essential dimension to Tuesday, 12 April 2011

CONNECTIVI TY • Through

COMPASSION • Through service

CREATIVITY • Through service

CITIZENSHIP • Exemplifying each attribute

Rolf Harris: Never take anything for granted and tell others what they mean to you.

- Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope, 2008

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Rolf Harris: Never take anything for granted and tell others what they mean to you.

- Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope, 2008

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Al Zahra College www.azc.nsw.edu.au

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3-5 Wollongong Road, Arncliffe. NSW info@azc.nsw.edu.au

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3-5 Wollongong Road, Arncliffe. NSW info@azc.nsw.edu.au

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