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**__Our Shared Values:__** media type="file" key="T6.m4v" width="300" height="300" =Group 13: T6=

Members:
ME: Moira Endaya - Gold BC: Brendan Culas - Gold GF: Georgie Flavell - Blue DDF: Dean De Fina - Green JH: Josip Hercog - Blue KV: Kymberley Vella - Blue

**Our Google Docs Web Link Page:**


__Group Blog __ __**Tuesday 1st May 2012**__

BC: Today In DEAL, We went through the outreach paperwork, and Ms Elmer and Miss Williams explained and went through all of what we needed to get through and get done in order to do our outreach project. We also did our temperament and found out what temperaments we were. I am a Blue Gold Temperament. After we got through everything, we watched the movie: Pay It Forward, this movie is about a little boy named Today In DEAL, We went through the outreach paperwork, and Ms Elmer and Miss Williams explained and went through all of what we needed to get through and get done in order to do our outreach project. We also did our temperament and found out what temperaments we were. I am a Blue Gold Temperament. After we got through everything, we watched the movie: Pay It Forward, this movie is about a little boy named Trevor McKinney, he is really concerned about his mother's alcoholic problem and fears of his abusive but absent father, he is assigned an interesting assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: “think of something to change the world and put it into action.” Trevor wants to make a change in the world and he goes on and invited a homeless man, Jerry to come live in his house, at first, his Mum isn’t happy about it, but she eventually realises that everyone in this world, needs to help each other in order to make a change, Trevor helps three other people by repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's puts in a lot of effort to make his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those people who he wants to make a change to and change lives. The Segment of The Project: Kindness Challenge tells us about random people, who experienced kindness to them, and they said how people showed kindness to them. This clip also tells us about the organisation: 1 Million acts of kindness and they explain how we could support people in need, and there is a website about this organisation which tells us how we can help people in need and what we can do to help them. They have suggestions on what we can do to have random acts of kindness to people and live live to the full.

ME: Unfortunately, I was absent for this DEAL lesson.

JH: I was at my excursion today so I didn't participate in DEAL today.

GF:Today on the 1st of may I was on my curiosity and innovations excursion so I didn't do much about Outreach.

__**Tuesday 8th May 2012**__

BC: Today, I was at my curiosity and innovations excursion, so I didn't participate during DEAL

ME: I was absent for this DEAL lesson.

GF:Today on the 8th of may while the rest of the curiosity and innovations excursions happened we learnt about the kind of paper work that we would complete while doing outreach like our proposals, the stuff that is really critical in what we need. We also watched a movie ‘pay it forward’ it shows that you can do just about anything if you believe in it and take action. Georgie.

JH: Today we went through some paper work which we would have to fill out. Papers such as proposals and other stuff we needed. We also watched the movie 'Pay it Forward'.

__**Tuesday 15th May 2012**__

DD: Today (15th of May) our team worked out that our projects were going to be based on Sport or Animals and it was my job to research what was available in those areas. In relation to sport the websites/organisations that I found were Kidz n' Sport which is a sports program that helps kids from ages 3 - 8 years increase their skill, fitness and develop a passion for sport. Another organisation was called Sport Fundamentals which is similar to Kidz n' Sport, Sport Fundamentals have sporting professionals and a wide range of fun skilled based programs for preschoolers. Our team came out with the Idea of having a sporting program involving Asylum Seekers but unfortunately we had to be over the age of 18 to do it, but hopefully we find something along those lines. With the sport programs run by these organisations I thought that our group could help out in setting up and giving them a hand during the programs on the day. For a Back up or if we decided to change, our second program would be involving animals. The RSPCA has a wide range of events that we could participate in but they are only a one time thing and we need a more on going thing. If this does not work we try to do something involving the Zoo. Today was also the day were we found out who our mentor would be in a game similar to the apprentice. Our mentor is Ms Williams. Kidz n' Sport- http://www.kidznsport.com.au/ Sport Fundamentals- http://www.sportsfundamentals.com.au/ ASRC (Asylum Seekers Resource Center)- http://www.asrc.org.au/.org.au/ RSPCA- http://www.rspca.org.au Zoos Victoria- http://www.zoo.org.au/MelbourneZoo

BC: Today In DEAL, we had our first outreach session, we auditioned for the teachers, to receive a mentor, and we got Miss Williams, *YAY*,we were all very happy to have her as our mentor, because we know that Miss Williams would be an excellent teacher for us to work with, and we will get our work done, while having fun at the same time. After we auditioned, we had a group discussion about what we want to do, and what project we will undertake. We decided on doing sports and other activities with Asylum Seekers, and refugees. You can find more information on: [], we would like to go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and do some work there with the Asylum Seekers, and the refugees. We also thought about doing some kind of project with animals, we wanted to do something about Puppy farming, and work with puppy farms, you can find more information about this on: []. In the end, we want to do both projects, depending on how we go, so we will do the Asylum seeker one first, and then the Animal one last.

ME: On Tuesday, the 15th of May, we participated in various group activities that tested out ability to work as a team. As T6, we attempted to build a house of cards, which was very difficult for us. At first, we tried to build the traditional design but that didn't work because the cards often slipped and collapsed and we would get really frustrated and silently rage. Then we tried our own designs, many of which pretty much failed, except for our final product, which was Kym's idea. When time was up, we all stood up and looked at how diverse the designs were. It shows that all the groups had a different way of thinking and that was a good thing because we will be able to have so many great ideas for outreach projects. The other group activity that we participated in was the //Human Knot.// Basically, we form a circle and hold two people's hands in the middle. Then we try to untangle ourselves by twisting, turning, going underneath people's arms, etc. The Human Knot challenges us to communicate properly and cooperate with one another. All in all, we tried our hardest but I think we have some communication issues that will hopefully improve in time. Subsequent to these activities, we held our first official group meeting. From what I recall, Josip was the chair person and Georgie was the minutes. To be honest, the meeting didn't go according to plan but we got as much as we can done. Then it was finally time to choose our mentor for the outreach project. It was actually an interesting process because it was set up like "//The Voice"//, where the teachers would have their MacBooks in front of them and their screens would say "I'm listening..." and if they liked what they heard, they would press spacebar so the screen would say "//I WANT YOU!"// with a picture of them. I really thought that that was really creative on the teachers' behalf. When it was time for our audition, we had a speech ready to recite to the 'judges'. It went very well and I'm pretty sure Ms Commadeur, Ms Williams and Ms Costantino wanted us. So we had a 20-second conference and with a democratic vote - I said I didn't mind who they picked - our group's mentor ended up being Ms Williams! We all celebrated our achievement of getting a mentor and impressing more than just one teacher. Afterwards, we discussed some of our outreach ideas with our mentor and she in turn, gave us some ideas too. Our outreach ideas so far are as follows: Sports with asylum seekers and refugees, putting a stop to puppy farms. We settled on both - we will start with sports with asylum seekers and refugees and putting a stop to puppy farms will be after that. Overall, it was a great day and we accomplished lots of things but we will try to improve on our communication issues in the future.

GF: Today on Tuesday the 15th of May our group started to make decisions on what we will do for our outreach project, although we were torn on weather to do Sports or help animals, we also were given our mentor teacher. Our mentor teacher is Ms Williams. The teachers did something like the blind auditions in ‘The Voice’ 3 teachers turned around and we all decided to pick Ms Williams. we decided to do sport and if we have time maybe help animals. We have lots of great ideas and Ms Williams definitely helps I really hope all goes to plan.

__** Tuesday 22nd May 2012 **__

BC: Today In DEAL, we had our presentation from the ATO, a man named Richard came, and explained to us about Tax, I found it interesting, he clearly explained what it was, and what it meant to us, and what we exactly need to do. After Recess, the co-ordinator’s from CRC Sydenham, came and spoke to us about VCE, VCAL, and VET. The deputy principal, the VCAL co-ordinator, the Curriculum co-ordinator, and the VET co-ordinator spoke to us about the opportunities and the facilities at CRC Sydenham. They spoke to us about the courses we can undertake, after we finish school, and the career opportunities we can have. They spoke to us about apprenticeships, and Universities. They explained the subjects in CRC, and the different subjects, that you need to do for the courses, you will undertake, later in University.

__**Tuesday 29th May 2012**__

BC: Today In DEAL, we were working on our outreach page, and edited everything we worked on what we want to do in this project, and what we want to gain as a team. We also worked on our group poster, we managed to completed it just before the deadline:) so we were relieved

GF: today we edited and mantained our wikispace and wrote in our reflection entries.

DD: Today we all updated our page as you can see above. Our mentor was also away (Ms Williams). I was chosen to go to Mr Jilbert's masterclass along with one person from every other group to create a google docs. I learnt that you can share the same document with my group at the same time. Google Docs can is were we collect all of our evidence such as e-mails, letters, etc.

ME: On Tuesday, the 29th of May, all of the outreach groups continued to work on their blogs. Our group edited our blog simultaneously, which we didn’t realize was a bad idea until the second half of the lesson. So for periods one and two, we added our aim and purpose for our outreach project (just a brief outline so we can expand on it later) and some members wrote their blog posts. We had many suggestions for our slogan but we couldn’t agree on just one so we settled on Georgie’s adventure quote for now and if we find a better one, we will change it. Our three main values were edited - trust and respect remained, but we changed love to adventure. Most of period one and two presented problems with our logo and shared values because they kept changing into other pictures or html’s, and when Brendan changed love to adventure, it kept going back to love. In periods three and four, everyone’s temperaments were typed up. We decided that Josip and Dean would be co-leaders, Brendan is the web designer, Georgie is the organizer, I am the group’s general consultant, and Kym’s position is to be decided. Dean attended a Google Docs masterclass as a representative of T6 while the rest of the group cruised through periods three and four. Periods five and six were done a little differently compared to the other periods. Firstly, we gathered in the briefing area and took a look at some successful blogs and the example blog. The winner of Blog of the Week goes to our good friends over at All for Love. Because of this, we are going to challenge ourselves and earn the Blog of the Week title in the later DEAL lessons. So onto the activity - we were required to make a poster that informed the other groups about our own group. We also had to include a positive message or quote that would cheer up or cheer on anyone who looked at it. It was a little stressful for us because at first, no one knew who was doing what, but as the consultant, I assigned roles for everyone. The poster was to be done on my laptop, which meant that I controlled everything. Georgie searched for some pictures of our values in fancy fonts and Brendan had some input on where things were placed, as did Georgie. Our leaders were sort of like our motivators; they also stated their opinions on some of our drafts and the final product. We rushed to print two a3 copies in colour and overall, our poster was satisfactory. Today was a pretty full-on day for T6, but it’s bound to get bigger and better so we have to work a little harder to get things done in later lessons.

__**Tuesday 5th June 2012**__

BC: Today in DEAL, we were still organising everything, and we were getting things ready for our project. We are well underway for our project, but we still have a very long way to go.....We have cancelled the idea of sports with kids and teaching asylum seekers how to play soccer and all agreed to work with animals. We will be working with organisations such as Oscars Law, and RSPCA, we really want to work with oscars law, and we are looking forward to get going on our project!!

KV: Today on the 5th of June our group continued to work on our outreach programs, we edited our blog and added to our agenda for this week. We have stopped the idea of sports with kids, and teaching asylum seekers how to play soccer and all agreed to work with animals. We are currently still looking for an orginsation, but have found a few, Oscars Law, and many others, the idea is to go to the place and help out in how ever way we can. Before we can do any of this, there are several steps we need to take before we get there. Next week will will have one organisation picked and hopefully try to start writing our letters and start contacting other people.

ME: On Tuesday, the 5th of June, we kicked the day off with an outreach meeting. Since we didn’t have our agenda ready, we sort of made it up as we went - just discussed things in a haphazard manner. But we did think about a lot of things, such as finalising our project idea - we’re working with animals and putting a stop to puppy farms. That means we had to scrap our idea of sports activities. Personally, I prefer the working with animals anyway, so I’m glad we reached an agreement for that. We also made a group on Skype for T6, where we can hold meetings and put forth some of our ideas when we are not at school. We did not have an official meeting with our mentor, Miss Williams, today because she urged us to organise our ideas and make sure that we have an outline of what we want to do. So when we did our research, we found an organisation where we can volunteer to work with animals. There are opportunities to walk dogs, groom animals, assist with rehabilitative training and more. According to the website, volunteers must be at least 16 or accompanied by a parent or guardian. But when we searched up the address, we realised that it’s too far from where we are, so we decided to look elsewhere. Miss Williams suggested that we visit the //Oscar’s Law// website because it corresponds to our desire to raise awareness and put a stop to puppy farms, and so we did. I looked on Georgie’s laptop when she went on the website and together, we watched the video about the Gippsland Puppy Factory. It was really sad, especially when we listened to the music that it was accompanied with. The video showed what the puppy factory looked like. Inside, there were dogs inside small cages with ripped up newspapers, lit up with overhead lights. There are numerous pictures and videos on the website of those poor dogs that they breed for their own selfish reasons. Georgie read through the website and informed us about the horrible treatment that the dogs put up with. The facts say that a dog dies every four minutes and that when the dogs are unable to breed anymore, they just kill them. We think that this is unfair and so we would really like to spread the word about puppy farms and factories so they will be shut down eventually. We were also required to write our reflections for DEAL and Rock and Water in period 5 and 6. That’s what we basically did this time. Next DEAL lesson, we are planning to compose the mock email to send to Oscar’s Law and confirm EXACTLY what we want to do for our outreach project and expand on our purpose, aims and projected outcomes. Hopefully, we will get this done so we will be on our way to getting out there and taking action.

__**Tuesday 12th June 2012**__

BC: Today in DEAL, we were rescheduled into the science lab, due to exams. We started with our meeting, and we were researching different organisations to work with. We finally decided that we are working with Oscars Law, but after a lot of further discussions, and Miss Williams’ help, we are now working with Pets Haven, where we are going to donate items and pets things to the cats and dogs.

KV: On Tuesday the 12th of June, we were in the science lab for two periods because we had exams. We have two organizations Oscars Law and pets Haven. We printed out information about Oscars Law and we were planning to go around to peoples houses and get them to sign a petition to make people aware of what happens Oscars Law. After all the planing we decided Oscars Law wasn't for us and finally decided to work with Pets Haven. We started writing an email to Pets Haven asking them if they needed any volunteer help. That is about as far as we got because we had some group troubles and we lacking communication.

ME: On Tuesday, the 12th of June, we got straight into our work because it was a short DEAL day due to exams. Firstly, we held a brief group meeting and talked about how we were going and what progress we were making. We were behind the other groups so we agreed to work solidly to catch up and get things done. We initially agreed on working with Oscar’s Law, and so Brendan started printing some petitions and flyers to spread the word. The problem is, he didn’t consult us before doing this. So we ended up wasting pieces of paper that could have been used for something else. After this, we met with our mentor, Miss Williams, and discussed our progress as a group. She told us that we should get a move on and to work as a team. She also suggested another organisation that we all took a look at, which was Pets Haven. We realised that doing some work for them would be a better option than Oscar’s Law, so we scrapped our old idea and started talking about what we would like to achieve and how we would achieve it. It was a short day for DEAL, so this is a short reflection, but it was a pretty easy day and we cruised right through.


 * __Thursday 21st June 2012__**

BC: Today in DEAL, it was probably our most productive session, we decided to put aside our differences, and focus on our task. First, we had our meeting and we discussed where we were at. Miss Williams was fairly happy with our work. We brainstormed our ideas of what we would like to work on, and we now have a decision. We are finally working with Pets Haven, but that is if we receive an email back to us, We sent an email to them and Miss Williams said that it was good. We are now waiting for them to contact us and we hope for the best.

KV: On the 21st of June, today in outreach T6 are finally getting somewhere. Today we put most of our differences behind us and we were able to get some actual work done. First of all we had our meeting and discussed where we were at, then we brainstormed some ideas of how we can help and lastly we finished writing the email to Pets Haven and Miss Williams said that it was good enough to be sent. Now we are currently waiting on them to reply back to us, hopefully we will get some very positive feedback. We also started writing our proposal, but that isn’t complete yet, we will work on finishing that next week.

__**Tuesday 26th June 2012**__

KV: On the 26th of june, today before my group even got started with our work we had to have a quick chat with Miss Williams and Ms Elma about some group issues we were having. We put all our troubles aside us and we left the room with a positive adittude. We were all ega to get started and show Miss williams we were willing to change and get started. So the first thing we did as a group was check our emails to see if Pets Haven had gotten back to us, and they did, and they agreeed for us to come down and help. This is such a major step for our group as it is proof that we are progressing somewhere. After reading the email we were asked to make a 2 minute video about what our group is about and how we are going to help Pets Haven. Miss Willams called Pets haven and spoke to a lady named Trish Burke and she is going to be guiding us through what we have to do when we go there. Trish told Miss williams we had to watch the video on there website, so we did. It was a very sad video and told us what Pets Haven was all about. After watching the video we got started on our activite submission form, we are all so excited to go there and help out. We already know a few details, we will be meeting at watergardens train station which will require us to wake up a bit earlier then usual but that is ok. That is all we got up to today and we are excited to finish out submission form so we can actually get started.

BC: Today in DEAL, at the start, Ms Elmer and Miss Williams pulled us into room 20, to discuss our problems as a group, in there, we talked about our problems and the difficulties we are having as a group, we discussed everything, and let our anything we wanted to say but after that, it was my happiest session ever!! We received an email back from Helen at pets haven, and she stated that she would be extremely happy for us to work with them. We were all extremely excited and so happy and proud of ourselves, there was a situation where two other groups wanted to work with pets haven, and they got rejected, but we were a different story, we got accepted on the first email, and they even said that we got first priority. It was probably because we have Miss Williams as our mentor, and they accepted us because she is awesome! We only have one problem, because the shelter is in Woodend, and it would take us 45 minutes to get there, that is why we have decided to go there by Train, we will be taking the Bendigo line on the V-Line train. WE were a bit confused as to why they accepted us, because we are underage, and we thought that they have an age restriction, but Miss Williams called up them and spoke to Trish Burke, who is the boss/leader of the shelter, and she was very delighted for us to be working with her. she also recommended for us to watch a video that she had on their website, it was about her life experiences and what they offer as an organisation and what they do there. We were very sad after seeing what they had on the video, they had to put down a dog, because he had all kinds of problems, and I realised that they only did this because they didn’t want the dog to suffer, and they didn’t want him to undergo anymore living pains. So, we got stuck into what we are doing, Moira and Georgie are working on the Activity submission form, Josip was editing our group video, that we also had to do, we had to do a video that shows what we are and what we are going to do, and what organisation we are working with. We are definitely going to be working with pets haven, and we are happy to be going there, what we are going to do is going over there, helping the staff, cleaning, feeding, walking dogs, experiencing what they do they, and just generally working with them and helping them.

ME: On Tuesday, the 26th of June, Miss Williams and Ms Elmer pulled us into room 20 for circle time. In there, we talked about our problems as a group, what’s currently happening that is not working, and the bullying between some members. We each spoke about our concerns and opened up to each other and the teachers. After this, the group was dismissed and the teachers called us one by one to talk to us personally. When it came to me, Georgie and Kym were also called at the same time. They told us to be the peacekeepers, the ones who would take control if things get out of hand. We agreed to this and Georgie and Kym were asked to step out, with me left in the room to confide in the teachers privately. I will not state what was discussed in there, as it is private, which I mentioned before. When all of our problems and issues were talked through and taken out of our system, we continued our outreach work. Firstly, I checked my email to see if Pets Haven has replied. Good news: they suggested that we volunteer at the shelter for a day and we accepted it without any further thought. We went through this with our mentor, Miss Williams and she was very pleased and proud of what we have achieved as a group. Then we started to film our two-minute video about our group, T6. Basically, it was an introduction to who we are and what we are going to do for our outreach project. The filming stages were hilarious, with everyone bursting out with laughter in many of the earlier takes. That was probably one of the very few occasions where we got along VERY well as a group. We each spoke in the video and everybody co-operated with no problems. Josip and I went on to edit the video. We added music, an opening news broadcast sequence and more. The final product was great and the group was very happy with it. Then we watched a 20-minute video about Pets Haven - one that was inspiring, insightful and very sad. Our group had the uncommon chance to watch a veterinarian euthanise a poor little dog. It had so many problems and that was the only choice. There was also another dog, one that was blind due to a genetic abnormality. It was in a lot of pain so they had to take its eyes out. To this day, that dog is still going strong. Overall, we talked through our problems and set aside our differences to work together and achieve a lot more than what we would usually achieve. It was a such a great day and I hope that we will have a lot more days like this in the future. Good job guys! :)

__**Tuesday 31st July 2012**__

BC: Today in DEAL, we were told about a very devastating factor, that we were not allowed to do anymore outreach programs, we can't go out to the sites that we want to do and go to, and help them anymore, due to the fact that the Australian Government has made some regulations and policies about what we can and cannot due. So we have worked around it and now we are doing an Outreach fair, or festival. We are holding this on Tuesday the 18th of September, the last Tuesday of Term. We contacted Trish Burke from Pets Haven, and she is happy to donate merchandise to us, to sell at the fete, but all profits made during the sale, will go directly back to Pets Haven to help them. Trish will give us 20 Lanyards, 10 Calendars, 50 Pens, 40 Keyrings, 50 Stickers, 20 Plush Toys, and 15 Fridge Magnets, and she is also sending posters and signs to advertise at our stall, and 150 Pamphlets and Brochures. Also, Trish said she will be happy to send out someone to our school on the day, to come and talk about Pets Haven at our Stall!! So, now we are ecstatic and really excited for it!!

__ **Tuesday 7th August 2012** __

BC: Today in DEAL, we continued on with our outreach project, I contacted Trish and left a voicemail message to ask her if she had received our e-mail, and to confirm with her if she is still sending someone down to talk about Pets Haven at the fair, and if she is still providing us with merchandise, and if she is giving us advertisement posters, and things to promote Pets Haven at our stall at the Festival. We also had another idea, that we call Melbourne Heart in and they come and teach people soccer, and there is an entry fee, so that money will go straight to Pets Haven. Our group is on the right track, we just need to communicate and co-operate more with each other.

ME: On Tuesday, the 7th of August, we started off with a brief, non-official meeting on Skype. We just figured out where we were at and our current ideas for the stall. Miss Williams came along and discussed some more ideas and strategies to promote our organisation on the Outreach Festival. Some of the thoughts that were thrown around included getting an athlete or a whole team to come over to raise money for Pets Haven, a benefit concert with a local artist or students to perform, and a couple of other ones too. Now we are in the process of getting Melbourne Heart to come and help with the fundraising by holding some one-on-one sessions, group workshops, photo op's and signing some autographs. The sessions and workshops will be advertised for a low price so we can get a lot of people to pay money for a good cause. There will also be an entry fee for the meet and greets, photo opportunities and autographs as a whole package - also for a low price. We are definitely thinking outside of the box and getting some creative ideas flowing through our minds. I think when it comes to taking action, our group does a very good job. An issue though, is that we don't really get through all the paperwork that is needed. Based on that, I think T6 is mostly a hands-on group, and that's not bad, but we just need to work on all the essential paperwork before we get in too deep into anything else. We should definitely focus on update our Google Docs during the next lesson. Overall, I think we are doing pretty well. Keep up the good work guys! (Just remember that we need to do the paperwork still!)

GF: On the 7th of August, i was at a rehearsal for the school production and was unable to be with the group but i am up to date with what my group is doing.

__ **Tuesday 14th August 2012** __

KV : Today in DEAL we listened in to a summit, we had various people come speak to us about youth and how education is important, and that if we don’t act and change today, our future could be at risk. They spoke to us and told us stories about things they seen and heard. Some of the stories weren’t very pleasant, one man told us a story how these guys in a gang met up and planned to fight, they were fighting with knifes and this lead to a result of the kids arm getting cut off. From sitting in this summit we had all gained and learned a lot of useful information. It was a bit hard to understand them due to technical difficulties but that just meant we had to listen harder and try to understand what there message was. But all of there messages they were trying to get across were all very similar. We also had a player from carlton come in and talk to us. He spoke to us about how working hard pays off, and that when he was a kid he couldn’t do most things his friends did because his hard work wouldn’t pay off. He also told us about how he had to work as a team because he wouldn't only be letting himself down he would be letting his team down.

ME: On Tuesday, the 14th of August, the whole year level had the opportunity to attend a youth summit, featuring a variety of speakers including Mr Twentyman from the 20th Man Fund. I think each of the speeches went for about fifteen minutes each, give or take a few minutes. They all had different backgrounds when it comes to careers, and so they each talked about a diverse range of topics and current situations, but they all had similar messages. Sitting there, I heard stories about gangs, the difference between proactive and reactive, and what different groups and organisations in society are doing. To be honest, not all of them captured my attention so I sometimes zoned out a little bit with a few of them. Those who did capture my attention and actually spoke well got their message across. It was certainly an interesting experience and I’m glad that the whole year level was invited to come to the youth summit.

BC: Today in DEAL, we were privileged enough to have the opportunity to have in a few guest speakers from the 20th Man fund, and some other youth support ambassadors. The guest speakers were Les Twentyman, from the 20th Man fund, Abeselom Nega, from iEmpower, Heath Scotland, from the Carlton Football Club, and various other guest speakers. They came in and talked about the different problems we have as a youth community, and they said that giving children the opportunity to be educated, is extremely important and taking it away from them, is not good. They also spoke about the gangs, and the different issues we have in our community, related to violence.

GF: Today on the 14th of August CRCCS held a youth seminar and the year nine were especially invited to attend as there might of been a chance that we could not come Lest Twentyman was one of the few guest speakers that spoke today there we also an CEO of iEMPOWER a person from the Geelong football club and the bulldogs football club they basically spoke about needing to be at school and if we Leave school we will have Jobs that wont fit or aren't right or what we really strived for when we were younger, a couple of social workers also came and spoke to us also. So really we have to put in lots of hard work and be able to sacrifice for the things we want most.

__ **Tuesday 21st August 2012** __

BC: Today in DEAL, it was a bit disappointing because only four of us from our group were here today, so two of us had to miss out. We started off with our outreach meeting, then we started with our outreach project, so far we have got everything sorted, but we just need confirmation from Trish, that it is still going on, I called Trish, and she said to e-mail her back the details from the last email I sent her, because there was a technical error, and she didn’t receive the email I sent her first, a few weeks ago, so she requested for me to send her the same email again, but to a different e-mail address. Trish stated that she will reply to the email in less that half an hour, but she still hasn’t replied.

ME: On Tuesday the 21st of August, we started off with a Skype meeting. For this meeting, Kym was doing the minutes, and Dean was the chair person. It’s unfortunate that only four out of six group members were present. It would have been better if we were all here so we can get more done. The Skype meeting also included Miss Williams, even though it was quite short. We briefly discussed what we should do today - contact Trish, begin gathering evidence to go towards how we are marked, and more ideas/backup plan for our stall. We were originally getting a band to come (courtesy of Kym), but we just didn’t see how that would get the message across. So basically, we scrapped that idea and had to think of more things to do. Then it was time to give Trish a call and talk about the current situation. A group actually pushed in front of us and it was almost time for lunch, so we didn’t get a chance to call her until after lunch. When it was time to call her, Brendan went by himself because Kym and Dean insisted that he doesn’t rely on me all the time. After calling, we were told that Trish has a new email address, which is why she didn’t receive our email. In addition, the voicemail message Brendan recorded didn’t get through for some reason. We sent her another email, and this time it was sent to her new email address. Kym and Dean took care of getting a better spot for our stall, and so our stall is now in area D. There was also this business about another group promoting Pets Haven like we are. At this moment, I don’t really know what is going on so once I clear things up, I will update this entry. Update: Our two groups met up and we had to convince the teachers that merging our groups into one for the festival would be beneficial. So we wrote up a SWOT chart and contributed our ideas through Skype.

GF:On the 21st of August I was absent due to sickness. but my group looks to be doing well.

__ **Tuesday 28th August 2012** __

BC: Today in DEAL, we started off with a brainstorm, and a discussion because we now have to find a way of advertising our stall at the festival, we came up with some ideas such as: posters, speeches, and video teasers, but they were all already taken, luckily Georgie suggested that we do tickets:), and we all agreed on that, I think that was a really good idea, well done Georgie:) During the time, I decided that it was time to contact Trish Burke from Pets Haven, because we have sent her about 4 emails, called her, and we still haven’t got any reply from her yet, I called her today, and she said that she hadn’t got the e-mail yet, so I was shocked, because I had sent her 3 or 4 of the same emails and I called her to check, but we didn’t get any replies yet. We are now really worried, because our festival now relies on Trish, because we need the merchandise, a Guest speaker, and now we also need a prize for the raffle, because we also decided that we should have a raffle, so we don’t waste any tickets, and we need to have a prize ready, preferably from Trish. Anyway, back to today, Moira was awesomely helpful, and mentoring to Georgie and myself when it came to designing our tickets, I don’t think that our group can survive without her. Kym and Dean are doing the Year 7 tickets, I am doing the Year 8 Tickets, Georgie is doing the Year 9 tickets, Moira is doing the Year 10 tickets, and All of us are doing the Staff tickets altogether. Altogether we need about 700 tickets to give to the whole school, because the Year 7’s need 210 Tickets, the Year 8’s need 180 Tickets, The Year 9’s need 150 Tickets, The Year 10’s need 120 Tickets, and the Staff need 40 tickets.

GF: Today on the 28th of August, my group did pretty well. We got set a new challenge which was to promote our group and for people to come to our stall, this proved difficult as every creative idea we had and looked up had already been taken so in the end we decided to give out tickets even thought the event is free and we turned it into a raffle ticket to, yet another way for people to gather at our stall, i also found out this week that we are collaborating with pets Haven. today we finally worked out an attraction (the raffle) We are doing well with our paper work and finally we are well on our way to having a successful day on fete day, next week i will not be here due to going on a family holiday, but i hope that that the group does well with the last minute details, the raffle will be spit into five groups (year 7,8,9, 10 and staff) and have a raffle separate for everyone to have an even chance of winning, we dont know what the prizes will be yet as we are going to ask Trish if she has any ideas otherwise we will have to look to our own sources or on our other sources or call up ourselves and see if someone will be kind enough to help us out. i hope it goes well next week.

__ **Tuesday 4th September 2012** __

GF: On the 4th of September I was not at school due to a family holiday.

BC: Today in DEAL, we finished off our ticket designing, and we printed them out, we also sorted them out into little packets, so we can easily organise them to give out to the whole school.


 * __ Tuesday 11th September 2012 __**

ME: On Tuesday the 11th of September, we got straight into our sub-group tasks. Brendan, Georgie and I continued to organise the tickets, while Kym and Dean worked on the Pets Haven banner. We decided to print even more spare tickets, as well as get the Year 9 tickets printed. To be honest, Brendan always acted like he was in charge with the tickets, and ordering Georgie to change specific aspects of her ticket design. Another thing is that the other sub-group, consisting of Kym and Dean, always went off to work on whatever they’re meant to work on, but without telling us anything. It is kind of sad really, because I don’t think the group knows what’s happening all the time. There’s always a kind of clueless atmosphere, and sometimes we just didn’t know what to do because we didn’t know what the current events are. With Brendan, he is quite bossy and always wants his way. He uses a very loud voice most of the time and he gets into verbal arguments with other people. I don’t mean offense to any of them, but I just wanted to express what I issues there were within the group. Anyway, we went on with the tickets. We spent a bit of time cutting them out and putting them into zip-lock bags. Then I wrote up an A5-sized informational sheet to accompany each classes’ set of tickets. The information was basically an expanded and explained version of what was on the tickets, with some further information about our stall. We stapled each sheet to a corresponding set of tickets and showed Miss Williams. From her comments and suggestions, we cut out the part that refers to how the Year 10’s should write their details. She said that they were something extra that puts them off from entering the raffle. At first glance, she also said that it looked, and I quote, “a little wordy”. I guess cutting out the part that refers to how the Year 10’s should write their details was beneficial. After lunch, periods 5 and 6 were all about finishing off pretty much everything, and compiling all of our evidence. I asked Brendan how he thinks the group is going and he said, “Our sub-group is doing well, but Kym and Dean are doing bad”. I disagree with this, as they are actually getting things done. The banner is fantastic and I commend them for their efforts. Overall, we will probably have to finish the evidence at home, and confirm some things through Skype.

GF: Today on the 11th of September I finished my tickets for the year nine students and changed it a bit (under Brendan's orders) and it looks really good they will be given out in homeroom tubs tomorrow, Moria made a sheet of information that are attached to the tickets. The raffle prize will be a large plush toy dog that Trish will be providing us with, and there will be the guest speaker coming next week with all the merchandise and the fate will run from period three until the end of recess, today there were two groups well sub groups Moria Brendan and I all worked on the tickets and evidence, while dean and Kym the other sub group worked on a banner which is really looking pretty okay, other wise we have to gather the evidence which I have been doing for the last double and it looks as if we will have to continue it at home on Skype as a group.

BC: Today in DEAL, we sorted out all of our tickets out, and Georgie had to print her’s due to her being absent last week. We continued to cut out all of the tickets, and we put them into zip-lock bags, and we stapled them to a sheet that refers to the instructions for the teachers. Kym and Dean were working on a Banner, which I think is unnecessary, because we are already getting some from Trish, but when I saw the banner, I totally regretted not wanting to have It, because their banner was amazing!, I was shocked at how good they made it look, I am proud of them for working hard, and producing good work. I received an email from Helen Marks, a Volunteer co-ordinator at Pets Haven, saying that she was confirming all of the info for the day, and the merchandise. After School I checked my email, and she asked the following - (‘Would you like her to bring a dog along?’) This shocked me, because our stall is now going to be a huge success, not all of my group knows yet, I’ve put it on Skype, but not everyone has seen it yet. I have a feeling that our stall is going to be Awesome because we have everything ready to go, and we are ready more than ever!! Bring it on guys!!