At Hibiscus Schools we encourage the following skills …

  • LISTENING – Listening to directions; listening to others, listening to information.
  • SPEAKING – Speaking clearly, giving oral reports to small and large groups, expressing ideas clearly and logically, and stating opinions.
  • READING – Reading a variety of sources for information and pleasure, comprehending what has been read; making inferences and drawing conclusions.
  • WRITING – Recording information and observations; taking notes and paraphrasing; writing summaries, writing reports; keeping a journal or record.
  • VIEWING – Interpreting and analyzing visuals and multimedia; understanding the ways in which images and language interact to convoy idea, values and beliefs; making informed choices about personal viewing experience.
  • PRESENTING – Constructing visuals and multimedia for a range of purposes and audiences, communicating information and ideas through a variety of visual media, using appropriate technology for effective presentation and representation.
  • NON-VERBAL – Recognizing the meaning of visual and kinesthetic communication; recognizing and creating signs; interpreting and utilizing symbols.
  • GROSS MOTOR SKILLS – Exhibiting skills in which groups of large muscles are used and the factor of strength is primary.
  • FINE MOTOR SKILLS – Exhibiting skills in which precision in delicate muscle systems is required.
  • SPATIAL AWARENESS – Displaying a sensitivity to the position of objects in relation to oneself or each other.
  • ORGANIZATION – Planning and carrying out activities effectively.
  • TIME MANAGEMENT – Using time effectively and appropriately.
  • SAFETY – Engaging in personal behavior that avoids placing oneself or others in danger or at risk.
  • HEALTHY LIFESTYLE – Making informed choices to achieve a balance in nutrition, rest, relaxation and exercise, practicing appropriate hygiene and self-care.
  • CODES OF BEHAVIOUR – Knowing and applying appropriate rules or operating procedures of groups of people.
  • INFORMED CHOICES – Selecting an appropriate course of action of behavior based on fact or opinion.
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  • ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE – Gaining specific facts, ideas, vocabulary; remembering in a similar form.
  • COMPREHENSION – Grasping meaning from material learned; communicating and interpreting learning.
  • APPLICATION – Making use of previously acquired knowledge in practical or new ways.
  • ANALYSIS – Taking knowledge or ideas apart; separating into component parts; seeing relationships; finding unique characteristics.
  • SYNTHESIS – Combining parts to create wholes; creating, designing, developing and innovating.
  • EVALUATION – Making judgements or decisions based on chosen criteria; standards and conditions.
  • DIALECTICAL THOUGHT – Thinking about two or more different points at the same time; understanding those points of view; being able to construct an argument for each point of view based on knowledge of the other(s); realizing that other people can also take one’s own point of view.
  • METACOGNITION – Analyzing one’s own and others thought processes, thinking about how one thinks and how one learns.
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  • ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY – Taking on and completing tasks in an appropriate manner; being willing to assume a share of the responsibility.
  • RESPECTING OTHERS – Listening sensitively to others; making decisions based on fairness and equality; recognizing that others beliefs, viewpoints, religions and ideas may differ from one’s own, stating ones opinion without hurting others.
  • COOPERATING – Working cooperatively in a group; being courteous to others; sharing material; taking turns.
  • RESOLVING CONFLICT – Listening carefully to others; compromising; reacting reasonably to the situation; accepting responsibility appropriately being fair.
  • GROUP DECISION-MAKING – Listening to others; discussing ideas; asking questions; working towards and obtaining consensus.
  • ADOPTING A VARIETY OF GROUP ROLES – Understanding what behavior is appropriate in a given situation and acting accordingly, being a leader in some circumstance, a follower in others.
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  • FORMULATING QUESTIONS – Identifying something one wants or needs to know and asking compelling and relevant questions that can be researched.
  • OBSERVING – Using all the senses to notice relevant detail.
  • PLANNING – Developing a course of action; writing an outline, devising ways of finding out necessary information.
  • COLLECTING DATA – Gathering information from a variety of first- and second hand sources such as maps, surveys, direct observation, books, and films, people, museums and ICT.
  • RECORDING DATA – Describing and recording observations by drawing, note taking, making charts, tallying, writing statements.
  • ORGANIZING DATA – Sorting and categorizing information, arranging into understandable forms such as narrative descriptions, tables, timelines, graphs and diagrams.
  • INTERPRETING DATA – Drawing conclusions from relationships and patterns that emerge from organized data.
  • PRESENTING RESEARCH FINDINGS – Effectively communicating what has been learned, choosing appropriate media.
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