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AS A YOUNG PERSON AND AS A STUDENT
Every day, you have opportunities to make choices about how you think, speak and act, and these choices will shape your life. Making the choice to become your best self personally and academically is a great first choice.
BECOMING MY BEST SELF ABOUT ME
AS A STUDENT
AS A YOUNG PERSON
To become my best self as a student I will choose to... To become my best self as a young person I will choose to...
A challenge at school that I will need to overcome is ...
A challenge as a young person that I will need to overcome is...
To do this I will need to learn...
To do this I will need to learn...
A person who can help me is...
A person who can help me is...
CHARACTER STRENGTHS WEEKS
There are eight Strengths Week spread throughout this planner. They provide you and your class with opportunities to practise using your strengths to build a resilient state of wellbeing. They are also fun to do at home with your family.
The order of these weeks are: Curiosity, Leadership, Gratitude, Teamwork, Love of Learning, Kindness, Perseverance, Zest.
From the website www.learningcurve.com.au download the Strengths Weeks sheets from Individual Resources/Character Strengths Weeks and the Wellbeing Awards Certificates from Individual Resources/Wellbeing Awards.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle
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CURIOSITY WEEK was once said that curiosity is the mother of education. Being interested in exploring learning more about the world in which live, creates wonder and awe in you always be noticing different things. Curiosity underpins how mindfully you connect with anything look at and do. This week make Curiosity Walls both in your classroom and at home for your class and your family to write down draw things that are curious to explore and learn more about. This Week’s Curiosity Gratitudes: This write down or draw things, places and people that you are really interested in learning more about by exploring them. “We keep moving opening new doors, doing new things, because we’re curious curiosity keeps leading down new paths.” Disney
YOUR WELLBEING: PERMAH+
This Lesson: WHY: for you to understand how PERMAH+ describes your mental and physical wellbeing. HOW: complete the lesson to learn about how healthy each of your wellbeing elements are and how can you grow them further.
POSITIVE EMOTION + GRATITUDE - creating positive emotions in yourself, contesting negative emotions with self-talk and being grateful for the people and what you have in your life.
Do you feel positive emotions every day to feel good?
Often Sometimes Not much Share something you can do to create positive feelings in yourself.
Do you think about what you are grateful for each day?
Often Sometimes Not much Share special people and things that you are grateful for.
ENGAGEMENT + MINDFULNESS - connecting with yourself to be curious to learn more, noticing something different about every day and involving yourself fully in what you love doing.
Do you pay attention to what you need to pay attention to?
Often Sometimes Not much Share a time that you were so engaged that you lost track of time.
Do you connect with yourself to notice different things?
Often Sometimes Not much Share a time that you noticed your thoughts coming and going.
RELATIONSHIPS + EMPATHY - creating and maintaining respectful relationships, showing that other people matter to you and having empathy for their needs and feelings.
Do you feel connected, protected and respected when with others?
Often Sometimes Not much Share things that create respectful relationships.
Do you show empathy for other people’s needs and feelings?
Often Sometimes Not much Share how you show that other people matter to you.
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson
“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.” Glinda, Wizard of Oz
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YOUR WELLBEING: PERMAH+
Your wellbeing is a combination of the six equally important PERMAH+ elements, and no single element on its own indicates how healthy your state of wellbeing is. They work together as a family.
MEANING + PURPOSE - finding meaning in something which is your reason for getting out of bed, and starting every day with a sense of purpose to make a positive difference to the lives of others.
Do you give of yourself for others to add meaning to your own life?
Often Sometimes Not much Share something which means a lot to you.
Do you think about what your sense of purpose is every day?
Often Sometimes Not much Share your purpose which drives your efforts.
ACCOMPLISHMENT + OPTIMISM - having optimism and hope for your future, writing down goals as your pathways to becoming your best self and deliberately practising to accomplish them.
Do you look at your goals to motivate you to practise?
Often Sometimes Not much Share a goal you have written down that you are determined to achieve.
Do you put in private efforts to work towards your goals?
Often Sometimes Not much Share how you deliberately practise to achieve your goals.
HEALTH + STRENGTHS - looking after your Big Five to be healthy, and using your strengths to be optimistic and hopeful that you are working towards becoming your best self.
Do you do the Big Five Check In to be self-aware of your health?
Often Sometimes Not much Share which of the Big Five are going well, and not so well.
Do you deliberately focus on using your top strengths every day?
Often Sometimes Not much Share how you can use your strengths to be healthier.
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson
“I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung
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WORKING AT BECOMING RESILIENT
This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about and practise using the skills that you need to be resilient. HOW: for challenges that confront you, setbacks and failures that you have, practise using these resilience skills to create them as habits in yourself.
Reflect on how you are using each one using Usually Sometimes Not Yet
1. OPTIMISM AND HOPE: building your confidence to believe that you can influence what happens by putting in honest efforts.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
2. CONTROLLING EMOTIONS: watching for the signs that your emotions are strengthening and then settling yourself to be calm again.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
Tip: focus on your goals and write down new ones every term.
3. IMPULSE CONTROL: practising being more selfaware when you are about to speak or act without first thinking.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
Tip: on an outline of your body draw the emotional warning signs.
4. THINKING FLEXIBLY: changing the way that you think for different challenges and contesting negative thoughts with positive self-talk.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
Tip: practise coping strategies, such as, self-talk and colouring in.
Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte
Tip: practise using Habits of Mind every day.
“Resilience is not what happens to you. It’s how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.” Jeffrey Gitomer
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WORKING AT BECOMING RESILIENT
Being resilient doesn’t just happen as you get older, you have to work at it. These skills of resilience are great life skills which will help you to become your best self as a student and young person.
5. EMPATHY: showing that other people matter to you by understanding and caring for their needs and feelings.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet
When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
6. SELF-BELIEF: trusting yourself to be reliable, open, kind and to have the strengths and what it takes to achieve your goals.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet
When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
Tip: look for opportunities to be kind and considerate to people.
7. CONNECTING WITH OTHERS: knowing what you need to do to create and maintain respectful relationships.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet
When is a time that you have done this well, or a situation where you could use this skill?
Tip: create positive “I am...” screen savers for your mobile.
What is a challenge that you have now that you want to overcome and which of these skills can help you to do this?
What is a longer term challenge that you will need to persist with to overcome and which of these skills can help you to do this
Tip: use welcoming body language and smiling when with people.
Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” Ain Eineziz
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POSITIVE SELF-TALK
WHY: by using positive self-talk as a coping strategy to contest negative unhelpful thoughts, you will start feeling positive again.
HOW: say “I can and I will” statements over and over to yourself (page 131). For example, “I can and I will control my emotions and impulses”, or “I can and I will keep asking questions when I don’t understand something.” It also works well to spur yourself on to overcome challenges and to calm yourself when you feel anxious.
Acknowledgement: Ryan & Deci
DO: what self-talk can you use when you want to stop yourself doing something risky with your friends?
When you need to be strong to take breaks from social media, what self-talk can you use?
WELLBEING@SCHOOL
When things don’t go your way, you can learn a lot about yourself. What is a coping strategy that you use to overcome difficult times, who is one of your Trusted Champions, and what is a concern that you could ask them to help you with?
HOW WAS I CURIOUS?
CHARACTER STRENGTH
Enjoy using Self-Regulation this week to build your wellbeing. (page 6)
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Monday Tuesday
THINGS TO DO / WEEK: BIG 5 CHECK IN Exercise Daily? Sleep deeply?Feel Positive? Eat Healthy? Drink water?
Wednesday Thursday Friday Communication / Comments: Teacher: Parent / Guardian: 39 APRIL 2023
PRIORITIES / DUE
EUSTRESS AND DISTRESS
WHY: by understanding that there are two types of stress, distress and eustress, you will be able to choose how you will think about events that happen. HOW: eustress, is good stress to energise you, which is created by positive and hopeful thoughts and assists you to make more learning connections. Distress, is bad stress to drain you, which is created by negative unhelpful thoughts and causes you to feel anxious and worried. Positive thoughts from self-talk can turn distress into eustress.
Acknowledgement: McQuaid & Kern
DO: when is a time that you felt really energised with eustress?
What is an unhelpful thought that you have which can cause you to feel distress?
COLOURING IN
WHAT WAS I GRATEFUL FOR?
WELLBEING FITNESS CHALLENGE
Enjoy focusing on Adventure Eat this week to build your wellbeing. (page 117)
HEALTH + STRENGTHS
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Monday Tuesday
THINGS TO DO / WEEK: BIG 5 CHECK IN Exercise Daily? Sleep deeply?Feel Positive? Eat Healthy? Drink water?
Wednesday Thursday Friday Communication / Comments: Teacher: Parent / Guardian: 61 JULY 2023
TERM TWO GOALS AND SUBJECT REFLECTIONS
This Lesson: WHY: for you to reflect on how far you moved towards achieving each of your three goals and progress in each of your subjects. HOW: in the left hand column, reflect on what you learned for each of your goals that you are grateful for and how far you reached towards achieving each of them. In the right hand column, reflect on how well you went in each of your main subjects.
REFLECTIONS ON MY TERM TWO LEARNING GOALS REFLECTIONS ON MY SUBJECTS
GOAL ONE: What positive things did I learn for this ‘learning and thinking skills’ goal?
Subject:
My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Something to improve?
Subject:
My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
GOAL TWO: What positive things did I learn for this ‘building my respectful relationships’ goal?
Something to improve?
Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
GOAL THREE: What positive things did I learn for this ‘what I want to achieve’ goal?
Subject:
My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Something to improve?
Subject:
My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Something to improve?
Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
Subject:
My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Something to improve?
Subject:
My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Something to improve?
“I’m a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me most in difficult moments.” Roger Federer
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YOUR GOALS TERM THREE
This Lesson: WHY: for you to write down three goals that you are determined to achieve. HOW: write down a goal for building your learning and thinking skills in class, a goal for building your respectful relationships and a goal about what I want to achieve for myself. Writing down goals is a tried and proven way to provide you with reasons to apply yourself well at school. Your goals are both your pathways forward and your anchors when things don’t go your way. Aim to set goals that will stretch your best self.
MY GOALS - MY PATHWAYS AND MY ANCHORS
GOAL ONE: About building my learning and thinking skills in class
I will
Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
What could be a challenge and who can help me?
At end of Term circle where I think I can reach on this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
GOAL TWO: About building my respectful relationships
I will
Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
What could be a challenge and who can help me?
At end of Term circle where I think I can reach on this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
GOAL THREE: About what I want to achieve for myself
I will
Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
What could be a challenge and who can help me?
At end of Term circle where I think I can reach on this goal: 1 2 3 4 5
Acknowledgement: Sheldon & Adams Miller
“To get what you want, you must first know what you need.” Russell Murphy
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FEELING YOU BELONG
WHY: by learning how your ancestors relied on working together in tribes to survive, you will understand how you are hard-wired to want to feel that you belong to groups of people.
HOW: turn off your phone often and make the effort to have fun hanging out with groups of friends. When you feel that you belong to your own tribes, serotonin and oxytocin will ensure that you feel valued and cared about, which are long lasting natural highs.
Acknowledgement: Dutton, Diener & Biswas-Diener
DO: when is a time that you felt a strong sense of belonging to a group of people?
What is another group that you would like to feel a sense of belonging to?
LOVE OF LEARNING WEEK
This week enjoy making a positive difference to other peoples’ lives, by creating activities using the strength LOVE OF LEARNING, to grow relationships with your family, friends and school community. (Love of Learning Week worksheet and Love of Learning Wellbeing Award are in Individual Resources on www.learningcurve.com.au)
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson
WHO DID I FORGIVE?
CHARACTER STRENGTH
Enjoy using Love of Learning this week to build your wellbeing. (page 6)
RELATIONSHIPS + EMPATHY
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Monday Tuesday
THINGS TO DO / WEEK: BIG 5 CHECK IN Exercise Daily? Sleep deeply?Feel Positive? Eat Healthy? Drink water?
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ASSERTIVE LANGUAGE
WHY: by realising that there will be times when you don’t want to join in risky activities with your friends, you will be prepared to speak clearly and firmly to get your intentions across to them.
HOW: assertive language is the way to do this, and its structure is: say what concerns you, how you feel and what you want to happen. Don’t hesitate to use it when your mind tells you it is the right thing for you to do.
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Griffin
DO: what is an activity with your friends that you think you should use assertive language for?
What would you say to speak assertively to them about it?
RESILIENT ME: I AM ENOUGH
Self-calming: you focus on using coping strategies, such as colouring in and deep breathing exercises, that work for you, to calm yourself down when you are feeling anxious.
When is a time you have done this?
What is a strength that you can use to do this?
Acknowledgement: Reivich & Shatte
HOW WAS I BRAVE?
WELLBEING FITNESS CHALLENGE
Enjoy focusing on Emotions Spotting this week to build your wellbeing. (page 118)
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THINGS TO DO / WEEK: BIG 5 CHECK IN Exercise Daily? Sleep deeply?Feel Positive? Eat Healthy? Drink water?
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WELLBEING FITNESS CHALLENGES
This Lesson: WHY: for you to have fun doing the enjoyable challenges to grow your state of wellbeing over the week. HOW: read the weekly challenges to understand what you need to do every day to follow through on them. Then use your strengths to tackle these to fill yourself with confidence.
THINKING OF OTHERS
Positive Vibes ~ every day sending a friend or a family member who is struggling a text saying that you are thinking about them and asking how they are feeling. What is a kind text that you can send?
TELL ME MORE
Interested Listening ~ when listening to someone share a story, when they begin to run out of words, ask them to Tell Me More about it at least three times. When is a time that you have done this, and what happened?
FEEL-GOOD MENU
Delicious Feelings ~ making a list of your five favourite feel-good activities that fill you with positive feelings, and choosing to do one every day to love the life you live. What is your feel-good menu?
SELF-IMAGE
Positive Messages ~ creating a list of five self-affirming “I am, I can, I will” messages about how you want to be and spending 30 seconds saying each one every morning. What are your positive messages to yourself?
OTHERS MATTER
Acts of Kindness ~ every day looking for at least three opportunities to be kind to make others’ lives better and saying thank you when others do kind things for you. What is something kind you did or received?
AIMLESS WRITING
Opening Floodgates ~ every morning writing down anything and everything that comes into your head for five minutes, to clear your mind for the day ahead. What is a funny thing that you wrote down?
Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte
“Being deeply loved gives you strength; loving deeply gives you courage.” Lao Tzu
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WELLBEING FITNESS CHALLENGES
Neuroscience has shown that with every new experience, your brain changes and that you can grow your brain’s abilities in all areas of your life.
GRATITUDE LETTER
Being Thankful ~ writing a letter from your heart thanking someone who really helped you to overcome something challenging and then give it to them. Who is someone that you can write a gratitude letter to and why?
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Gratitude Pics ~ every day taking a photo on your phone of something that you are grateful for and then creating a gratitude album of photos this week. What photos were really special for you?
LOOKING FORWARD
Positively Focused ~ every morning thinking about what you are looking forward to most for the day ahead, writing it down, and enjoying it when it happens. What is something that you look forward to often and why?
STEPPING IT UP
Moving Myself ~ being more active to build up to meeting the daily 10,000 step challenge and journaling the number of steps you take each day. What are your favourite ways of being more active to increase your steps?
MUSIC MAGIC
Creating Concerts ~ three times every day spending 5 minutes listening to your favourite music as if you were there at a concert to give you an energy boost. What are your favourite songs that you would listen to?
ADVENTURE EAT
Variety Tasting ~ leaving your comfort zone and doing your body a favour by having a junk food free week and trying new tastes, fruits and vegetables; you might be surprised. What are foods that you would enjoy trying?
Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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VALUES, VIRTUES AND STRENGTHS WORD SEARCH
This Lesson: WHY: for you to practise looking for and then using more accurate vocabulary to describe values, virtues and strengths (an important skill of emotional literacy). HOW: first look for the most unusual letter in each word in the search, and then look for the rest of the letters in the word around it.
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appreciation calmness confidence co-operation courage creativity curiosity determination empathy
enthusiasm fairness forgiveness generosity honesty imagination independence initiative inspiration integrity
kindness motivation patience persistence reliability resourcefulness respect responsibility tolerance trust
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” Suzanne Collins
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CHARACTER STRENGTHS WEEKS
This Lesson: WHY: for you to use the nominated character strengths during these weeks to make a positive difference to your and others’ wellbeing. HOW: download the Teamwork sheet from the Character Strengths section of the website, and put one up in your home room and one on the fridge at home. Then when someone notices Teamwork being used, they write it on the sheet. Read page 1 to learn more about Character Strengths weeks.
TEAMWORK WEEK
The warmest feelings you can have in your heart are when you are part of a group or team who achieve something together. They don’t have to be big, just things where each of you gave of yourself to share your best to accomplish what you all set out to do and are grateful for. This week make Teamwork Walls both in your classroom and at home for your class and your family to write down or draw things they did or achieved together as a team that they are grateful for.
This Week’s Teamwork Gratitudes: This week write down or draw times you were part of a team which achieved something you were proud of and grateful for. Also, what other teams did you see who did well this week.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson
“It is amazing what a group of people can achieve when they work together.” MW
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HABITS OF MIND IN ACTION
This Lesson: WHY: for you to put into practice using the Habits of Mind. HOW: when something happens where you need to make a decision, pause and think, what is the best way for you to approach this, and what Habit of Mind is the best way to think for it.
The 16 Habits are more intelligent ways to look at situations and are spread across the top of these two pages. Look at the real life scenarios below and choose which Habits could be the best ways to think for each of them.
Persisting
Overcoming obstacles and sticking to a task until it is completed. When something doesn’t work, trying other ways.
Managing Impulsivity
Considering and understanding ideas before speaking, acting or judging.
Thinking about Thinking
Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do. Being aware of how you are thinking.
Questioning and Posing Problems
Asking questions to fill in your knowledge gaps. Recognising the reasons why questions are asked.
Gathering Data Through All Senses
Understanding a situation through all of your senses and colours, sounds, tastes, and textures.
Creating, Imagining, Innovating
Looking at situations from different angles and stretching your mind to imagine “what could be?”
Responding with Wonderment & Awe
Showing that you are excited, curious and passionate when exploring new things.
Remaining Open to Continuous Learning
Searching for better ways to learn and seeing challenges as opportunities to grow further.
Acknowledgement: Kallick & Costa
Listening with Understanding & Empathy
Understanding and accepting others’ feelings and reading their body language messages.
Thinking Flexibly
Changing the way you think when you receive new information and contesting negative mind chatter.
Striving for Accuracy
Taking pride in lifting the quality of what you do through practice. Not accepting near enough is good enough.
Communicating with Clarity and Precision
Explaining, comparing and giving evidence with accurate and clear language.
Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Applying and adapting your experience to new situations and problems.
Thinking Interdependently
Sharing learning energy with others in groups to combine their thinking power to achieve much more.
Taking Responsible Risks
Leaving your comfort zone to welcome challenges, explore the unknown and being prepared to make mistakes.
Finding Humour
Laughing and having fun learning with others to release feel-good brain chemicals to broaden and build your focus.
“You are just a bundle of habits.” William James
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HABITS OF MIND IN ACTION
Like your Character Strengths, knowing about and talking about Habits of Mind is not using them. This is an opportunity to make Habits of Mind work for you to become a more effective and intelligent thinker.
REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS HABIT/S OF MIND
You are interested in trying a new activity, but need to know more about it before you do.
Your family is having the inside of your house painted and you are allowed to choose the colours for your bedroom.
It is your birthday, and you are given a choice by your family and friends where you want to go for a meal.
You have felt pretty flat lately and want to start to look on the light and bright side of life again.
One of your friends told you she is self-harming and made you promise not to tell.
You are polishing up your skills and understandings for an assessment task.
You go to see your favourite band for the first time at a live event.
You are running late for training and ignore the notes your family has left you about cleaning up your room.
Your friend is struggling and upset because of family problems.
You are under the pump trying to finish an assignment on time, but you seem to be always getting stuck on little issues.
Your normal way to practise is making no difference to how you are performing.
You are having a few peer group problems with your friends.
You went on a fantastic school camp and your family want to know nearly everything about it.
Acknowledgement: Kallick & Costa
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” Warren Buffett
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system of numbers was used many years ago by the people of Rome, the Romans. Today, Roman Numerals are most commonly used on clocks, watches and to show the year motion films were made.
bar over the top of the numeral multiplies the number by
= 5000, XVII = 17,000
= 80,000
Romans were very logical in the way their numerals worked. They always converted numbers from left to right one digit at a time, from largest to smallest.
UNDERSTANDING FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES
Throughout your lives, you will need to have a good understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages in many real life situations, including bank interest rates, building plans, shopping and store discounts and so on. Following are pie charts that show the size of different fractions and how they fit in with each other.
“The good of the people is the chief law.” Cicero
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ROMAN NUMERALS
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TABLE
ELEMENTS
~ The horizontal rows are called Periods; Elements in the same period have the same number of electron shells occupied. ~ The vertical columns are called Groups; Elements in the same group have the same number of electrons in their outer shells. ~ Elements in Group VIII are Called Noble or Inert gases and are very stable because they have the maximum possible number of electrons in their outer shells. ~ Elements in the Periodic Table have two main categories with about 80% metals and 20% non-metals. H1 hydrogen 1.008 He2 helium 4.0026 Li3 lithium 6.94 Be4 beryllium 9.0122 B5 boron 10.81 C6 carbon 12.011 N7 nitrogen 14.007 O8 oxygen 15.999 F9 fluorine 18.998 Ne10 neon 20.180 Na11 sodium 22.990 Mg12 magnesium 24.305 Al13 aluminium 26.982 Si14 silicon 28.085 P15 phosphorus 30.974 S16 sulfur 32.06 Cl17 chlorine 35.45 Ar18 argon 39.948 K19 potassium 39.098 Ca20 calcium 40.078(4) Sc21 scandium 44.956 Ti22 titanium 47.867 V23 vanadium 50.942 Cr24 chromium 51.996 Mn25 manganese 54.938 Fe26 iron 55.845(2) Co27 cobalt 58.933 Ni28 nickel 58.693 Cu29 copper 63.546(3) Zn30 zinc 65.38(2) Ga31 gallium 69.723 Ge32 germanium 72.630(8) As33 arsenic 74.922 Se34 selenium 78.971(8) Br35 bromine 79.904 Kr36 krypton 83.798(2) Rb37 rubidium 85.468 Sr38 strontium 87.62 Y39 yttrium 88.906 Zr40 zirconium 91.224(2) Nb41 niobium 92.906 Mo42 molybdenum 95.95 Tc43 technetium Ru44 ruthenium 101.07(2) Rh45 rhodium 102.91 Pd46 palladium 106.42 Ag47 silver 107.87 Cd48 cadmium 112.41 In49 indium 114.82 Sn50 tin 118.71 Sb51 antimony 121.76 Te52 tellurium 127.60(3) I53 iodine 126.90 Xe54 xenon 131.29 Cs55 caesium 132.91 SymbolAtomic number name Standard atomic weight Ba56 barium 137.33 57–71 Ianthanoids Hf72 hafnium 178.49(2) Ta73 tantalum 180.95 Ce La 58 57 cerium 140.12 Ianthanum 138.91 W74 tungsten 183.84 Pr59 praseodymium 140.91 Re75 rhenium 186.21 Nd60 neodymium 144.24 Os76 osmium 190.23(3) Pm61 promethium Ir77 iridium 192.22 Sm62 samarium 150.36(2) Pt78 platinum 195.08 Eu63 europium 151.96 Au79 gold 196.97 Gd64 gadolinium 157.25(3) Hg80 mercury 200.59 Tb65 terbium 158.93 Tl81 thallium 204.38 Dy66 dysprosium 162.50 Pb82 lead 207.2 Ho67 holmium 164.93 Bi83 bismuth 208.98 Er68 erbium 167.26 Po84 polonium Tm69 thulium 168.93 At85 astatine Yb70 ytterbium 173.05 Rn86 radon Lu71 lutetium 174.97 Fr871 francium Ra882 radium 89–103 actinoids3 Rf1044 rutherfordium Db1055 dubnium Th Ac 90 89 thorium 232.04 actinium Sg1066 seaborgium Pa91 protactinium 231.04 Bh1077 bohrium U92 uranium 238.03 Hs1088 hassium Np93 neptunium Mt1099 meitnerium Pu94 plutonium Ds11010 darmstadtium Am95 americium Rg11111 roentgenium Cm96 curium Cn11212 copernicium Bk97 berkelium Nh11313 nihonium Cf98 californium Fl11414 flerovium Es99 einsteinium Mc11515 moscovium Fm100 fermium Lv11616 livermorium Md101 mendelevium Ts11717 tennessine No102 nobelium Og11818 oganesson Lr103 lawrencium Key: PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
CALENDARS
2023
JANUARY
M T W T F S S
30 31 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
MAY
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
SEPTEMBER
M T W T F S S 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2024
JANUARY
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
MAY
M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
SEPTEMBER
M T W T F S S 30 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
FEBRUARY
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
JUNE
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
OCTOBER
M T W T F S S 30 31 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
MARCH
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
JULY
M T W T F S S 31 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
NOVEMBER
M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
APRIL
M T W T F S S 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
AUGUST
M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
DECEMBER
M T W T F S S 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
FEBRUARY
M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
JUNE
M T W T F S S 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
OCTOBER
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
MARCH M T W T F S S 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
JULY
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
NOVEMBER
M T W T F S S 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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APRIL M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
AUGUST
M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
DECEMBER
M T W T F S S 30 31 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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