Reflections

On this page are my reflections on whats been hapening......

21/7.......Courage to care. Most of the year nine's and some year 10's went to Wodonga to the courage to care Presentation. When there we were introduced to what was happening. We watched a movie on the Holocaust and what part the Jews had in it. They were treated by Hitler and his group as a minority along with hundreds of other minority groups and were taken to concentration camps and forced to work to the death of just be killed straight off. After this we listened to a man who experienced it first hand and he told how he was seperated from his family and forced to work making anti-aircraft weopons. We were then give a question sheet and went aroun to the Presentations to read some stories of courage and people who stood up for what was right. It was a good day and taught us to stand up for what is right.

25/7.......Aboriginal for a day. Yr9 and Yr10 spent the whole day with thier faces painted traditionly learning how to Dance and Draw like Aboriginals and we also learnt about some Aboriginal history and how they saw they were treated. It really opened up our eyes on how they must have felt when the Europeans just pushed in and claimed Australia. It was a great day and was definatly enjoyed by us all. I especially enjoyed the dancing and learning what symbols meant what in cave paintings.

30/7.......Ride to the old Town. Angus, Dilmah and Zach organised for a bike ride to the old Town along the rail trail. Mr A supervised and about 10 other kids came. It was 10 k either way and we stopped at the tennis court for about 10 min for a rest. It really fun and a good time was had by all. We mostly rode in packs which encouraged us to keep going.

First 3 weeks. On the first couple of weeks for PB I started and completed planning for my Community Service. This is Meals on Wheels in the local area. This is a good opportunity to get to know the older and infirm of the community. I have just finished planning and begun. I really like doing this because they seem very pleased to see younger members of the community doing thier bit. During the planning of this I also figured out how to set out some of the stages of planning. This will help me later on planning other projects in that I know what exactly to write or plan for my projects. I have also begun my New skill planning. I hope to begin this before the holidays. This is really good because I really enjoy the thought of starting something I enjoy. I also like the idea of having a computer game day near the end of the year.

8/8.......VRAP. On Friday most of our grade went down to Melbourne, leaving school at 5am. After a 4 hour trip and a stop at Avenale, we arrived at Melbourne. We waited in between the two Art centres at the sculptures and threw 10 cent pieces over the sculptures. We then went into the Art centers and took a tour of them both. It was very interesting how huge the thearters were. We then went to a smaller theartre to watch a play called Taboo. It talked about group date rapings and the impact on many peoples life. We went to the Eureka Skydeck for a while and looked over the whole of Melbourne. We headed to MYER and shopped around there. My group and I found the best chocolate shop ever and bought some really expensive chocolate. Then we went to the MCG and watched GEELONG thash the whoopin out of Mr D's team known aparrently as MELBOURNE. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.....................................................................................Anyway we left on the bus after the game and got home at 3. It was a great day and was enjoyed, no doubt, by all.

Second 3 weeks. Community service is going great and I'm enjoying it. My new skill is rolling and almost ready to go. I have speaking with Gary about what I need and it should be cool. My event with Antho is up to stage 6. It is for the Game Day.

26/8.......Tree Planting. On Tuesday our grade went to the end of the railtrail on this side of the lake. All those who participated planted 1000 trees between us all. It went from the morning untillunch. We got to change into casual so we didnt get our uniform too dirty. I enjoyed it and thought it was good for the environment. I am glad I participated after first thinking it was not going to be enjoyable. Because of the relaxed atmosphere, I got to really connect and have some good conversations especially with Ben. It was at first a bit discouraging to see that not all participated but we got it done fast enough. The sausage sizzle and the softdrink was also good. Some didnt do much planting and then thier were those that did heaps. I was impressed with those that did heaps to see that they were really keen to do thier part. It was great fun.

12/9.......Third 3 weeks. I have all four of my projects completely signed off and only need 2 more projects done. All of my current projects are underway.

17/10.......Fourth 3 weeks. I am half way through planning my Beliefs and Values on how ancient roman culture has influenced our modern day life. This is a very interesting subject and is very amazing to see the many things that they have influenced. I will compare thier influences to my life today to see the comparisons. I can see that I will really enjoy doing this project because it a subject that has always interested me. I find it amazing also how such a large civilisation was just gone seemingly overnight.

7/11.......Fifth 3 weeks. Just a few weeks until everything is due and I hope I get it all done. I have my event to the lookout ready and just waiting for the office to print off the notes to hand out the notes to those who applied. My beliefs and values project I am going to compare my traditions with that of the ancient Roman empire. I am also seeing what things that they influenced or invented that has an effect on our current life. I feel this is a good opportunity to learn about the ancient Roman empire and also to really think about our family's traditions. I also attended the movie in the pac about the second world war. I enjoyed it and the people who hosted it were very prepared and organised.

4/12.......Final Reflection PB is over and it was harder and less enjoyable than I thought. Even though I completed all of my projects, it was still hard. I fully recommend that the next year nines do double the amount of work we did. Then they can be better than us if they do finish. I'm not sure Mrs. B will pass me but I feel I have learnt more than enough from this class than any other so that's good for me and that's all that matters. My New Skill-Model car I completely crammed into the last week. It still turned out good though. I learned heaps from my Beliefs and Values. If I was to do PB again I would get all my projects underway within the first term and have all completed half way through the second. I would put allot more home time into it as well. It was a good experience and I learned heaps also from planning an excursion. Some things I regret and others I am happy happened. It was overall a great learning experience.