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The Whole Child Approach
Family and Friends National Edition
Mark Richard
Asia Educational Services Manager
Oxford University Press
April 29, 2020
Warm up
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National Edition Improvements
Agenda
Tim Rosy
Billy
Unit structure
What is new and why?
Headlines – the top three changes
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Differentiation:
Mixed ability classes
Teacher’s Guide
instructions provide
suggestions to make
activities:
• More supported
• More challenging
Components and Resources
The Whole Child Approach
Agenda
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The Whole Child Approach
What
SKILLS
are 6-to-7-year-old
children
developing?
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What does ‘teach the whole
child’ mean?
Language skills
Creativity / Collaboration /
Communication / Critical Thinking
Cultural knowledge & appreciation
Values
Physical skills / Artistic skills
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How does Family and Friends
develop the Whole Child?
21st Century
Language Skills
Learning
The Whole
Child
Values Culture
21st Century Learning
The four Cs
• Creativity
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
Culture lessons
develop knowledge and
understanding of culture
from Viet Nam and other
countries e.g.
• Sports
• Traditions
• Special festivals
Students listen & point,
then listen & repeat the
words. This is reinforced
with flashcard activities.
Students look at a
picture and point to
the images.
Students practice
speaking. Often they
make something to
personalize the topic.
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Why have Culture lessons?
Why should
children learn about
different
CULTURES
?
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Why have Culture lessons?
• Good communication
requires language skills
and cultural awareness.
• To help students enrich
their knowledge of other
countries and their values.
• To help students better
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Values
Values
Examples from Level 1
healthy eating
• Community
helping (not harming) other
people and the environment
• Health and
hygiene playing and working
co-operatively
• Interacting
with others listening to other people
p. 47
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Values
Values Worksheets
in the
Printable Resources
consolidate the values in
Lesson 6.
53
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Involving parents
• Co-operation between
home and school helps
learning
• Keep parents informed
e.g. newsletters
• Organize a concert
where students perform
stories and songs
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Demonstration
Lesson Plan
• Warmer
• Lead-in
I have a …
I have two …
✔A. Nothing!
B. He asked students to write their
own stories about sharing food
and toys with others.
1 The children listen
to a recording of the
story or watch the
video.
2 The children
practice reading the
story text.
3 The children listen
again to the
recording and
repeat. They work on
their pronunciation
before acting out in
small groups.
Ex. 3 Listen again and speak. Act.
Focus on Values
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The Whole Child Approach
Q&A
✔
• Introduction & new
features overview
✔
• Methodology talk
✔
• Demonstration: Lesson
walkthrough
✔
• Q&A
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The Whole Child Approach
Family and Friends National Edition
Thank you.
Goodbye!
Mark Richard
Asia Educational Services Manager
Oxford University Press
April 29, 2020
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