Students at Levels 4 and 5 (Years 5 to 8), “increasingly require content that is perceived as valuable, is consistent with personal goals, and/or leads to an important outcome” (VELS revised edition, December 2005). PROJECT ROCKIT directly identifies with this stage of development to gear students towards the following Victorian Essential Learning Standards within the Physical, Social and Personal Learning domain:
Domain
Strand
Dimension
P-ROCK application
Physical, personal and social learning
Interpersonal development
o Building positive social relationships.
o Working and learning in teams.
o Managing and resolving conflicts.
Students learn communication.
Personal learning
o Acquiring self-knowledge and dispositions that support the individual learner.
o Learning with peers and seeking and responding appropriately to feedback.
o Increasingly managing their own learning and growth through goal-setting and allocating the resources to acheive this.
Students reflect on their own behaviour through a range of drama, discussion and creative writing exercise.
In acknowledging that the IBO learner profiles and attitudes mark “the common ground on which PYP schools stand, the essence of what they are about” (Making the PYP happen, 2000), our program relates closely to the IBO schools guide.
We recognise that students who are true ambassadors for anti-bullying culture are International People by directly answering to IBO learning profiles:
IBO Profile:
PROJECT ROCKIT
Inquirers
Investigate strategies and scenarios enabling them to be prepared to face bullying and other challenging situations.
Thinkers
Look beyond behaviours that are commonly accepted by their peers to examine their own ideas and standards.
Communicators
Receive and express ideas and information with an awareness of how their communication style affects others.
Risk-takers
Stand up to bullying and discrimination in all forms, exercise courage and personal leadership in pursuing what they believe is fair.
Knowlegeable
Seek to understand the socio-cultural and personal differences of others as well as understanding some of the reasons why people bully.
Principled
Conduct behaviour with integrity, honesty and a sense of fairness and justice.
Caring
Show empathy and a desire to help fellow students out of difficult situations.
Open-minded
Respect the views and values of others, rather than viewing people who are different as targets of bullying and discrimination.
Well-balanced
Take responsibility for their physical and mental and seek help or support for personal wellbeing.
Reflective
Able to reflect upon own social skills and experiences, celebrating strengths and improving upon weaknesses.
PROJECT ROCKIT actively promotes Respect, Cooperation, Commitment, Appreciation, Empathy, Tolerance, Integrity, Curiosity, Enthusiasm, Creativity, Confidence and Independence through the lens of developing responsible, proactive bystanders who actively champion anti-bullying culture.
