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Mentor: Ms.Costantino


__**//Group Members://**__ DP - Dom Pittari - Orange Temperament (Leader) AP - Angeolina Pisani - Blue Temperament (Co-Leader) MD - Michael Dimovski - Gold Temperament (Revisor) AC - Alisha Custo - Blue Temperament (Researcher) MD - Matt Dinh - Green Temperament (Graphics & Website Designer) JW - Jordan Way - Orange Temperament (Organizer and Paperwork) AB - Amber Ballard - Blue Temperament (Undecided)

Blue = leaders, passionate and emotional Gold = generous and responsible Orange = optimistic, fun and live in the moment Green = intelligent, organised
 * STRENGTHS OF EACH TEMPERAMENT: **

Blue = takes everything personal and to heart Gold = too giving Oranges = live in the moment too much and too passionate Green = get carried away with interesting things
 * CHALLENGES OF EACH OF THESE COLOURS: **

__//**Our contrasting temperaments could make or break our team, yet with our great workmanship and passion of helping others we will succeed and make a difference to the younger people of our community.**//__

= **Group Values:** =
 * Respect - Our group chose respect because we treat people the way we want to be treated.
 * Courage - Our group chose courage because courage isn't just being brave but bravery for doing what's right.
 * Trust - Our group chose trust because we trust in each other that we all contribute and get our work and what we have to do done.

= Reachout for kids (Aim/Desired outcome) = //Hello we are REACHOUT FOR KIDS! Our purpose is to help children who are in need and are suffering alone. We want to focus on children in primary school who are victims of bullying and suffering mental disorders such as depression and autism. We are determined to achieve these goals as we want to help these children to live fully and give them brighter futures.//

// Why bully victims & kids suffering mental disorders? //
//We believe happy childhoods lead to happier lives in the future - so we decided to work with the children that need our help and someone to talk to. Bullying is a very serious and emotional experience to have to go through, and something no child should have to suffer. Mental disorders can affect many aspects of peoples lives especially children as their too young and sensitive to take in hardship and can't bottle up emotions for long. We are hoping to make a difference in these childrens' lives and help them realise they are not alone.// Everyone deserves a happy childhood. Also bullying could cause mental issues so that is why BULLYING & MENTAL DISORDERS are our focus.

// What are we going to actually do? //
// We are hoping to go to primary schools and offer some support and fun teambuilding and engaging activities the children can participate in during recess and lunchtimes. This allows us to see who is getting bullied or being excluded in the school yard. We would like to build relationships with the students and for them to build confidence to tell us how they are feeling and if they are being bullied. If they are any children suffering mental disorders we will set activities to participate with them and make them feel happy and welcomed in the school community. //
 * 1) ** To change peoples daily lives for good, help sort themselves out  ** - We chose this goal because we feel not a lot of people choose to help people whose lives are messed up, so we decided to help people who are ** really ** in need because every human being deserves a second chance.
 * 2) Work with kids to guide them from their bully experiences - This goal is very special to us because we all know what bullying is like and how unpleasant it makes us feel inside, ways we can help bully victims is by comforting them and giving people tips about how to confront a bully or an adult. We feel this particular goal is unique because some people always forget about the bully victims.
 * 3) Give kids what they need in life - Basically we want to give kids something that they do not have such things like food or money. We will only help those who need it because kids need more help than adults. Organizations who encourage people to donate for kids is what we are going to do, we are going to donate money and clothes to these kids.
 * Bullying. No way!**
 * http://www.bullyingnoway.gov.au/**


 * National Federation of Families for Children with Mental Health**
 * http://ffcmh.org/**


 * Kids Help line (1800 55 1800)**
 * http://www.kidshelp.com.au/kids/**

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//This is a forum in which students can post how they are feeling and express how they are being bullied. It is designed to offer support to those who are being bullied.// //However, this is a UK based website and we do not know if it is safe to use.// //So perhaps we can make a safe, cyber-bullying free and children based website/forum for kids who are being bullied. It is important theres no cyber bullying and everyone can be anonymous. Its truly to help kids get bottled up emotions off their chest and get the support they need.//

Activities for Schools:
1. Space Jump - 30 minutes 2. Around the World - 30 minutes 3. Interactive Video - 30 minutes



This is the first official blog from me and here I shall be writing about my experiences throughout my outreach project. To start off our first day we started a program organised by the teachers called 'Rock and Water' which taught us how to control our emotions and remain focused. Then we were split up into groups where we did rotations, some of the rotations were tips on how to get a job, how to approach someone in an interview and to propertly write a letter. We didn't actually get to form my group but I got a feeling very soon we will.
 * Domenic.P- 17/4/12**

This is the first blog for DEAL that I have written, so today we started this program called "Rock and Water" the idea of this is to help us learn Safety, Integrity, Solidarity, Self-control, Self-confidence and Self Reflection also teaching us to keep grounded centered and focused. We were split into 6 groups as a year level 3 groups of boys and 3 of girls. In the first period the boys went down to the library to complete some activities that will help us get a job and be able to talk more confidently to companies and organisations. In the second period the boys and the girls swapped and the boys went up for their first rock and water session. We learnt the solute which basically shows that we are going to act in friendship and solidarity and that we will not hurt the other person. We then learnt how to be centered and focused. To finish the lesson off we learnt the golden rooster.
 * Jordan.W- 17/4/12**

In today's lesson of DEAL we continued the program 'Rock and Water' which we did last lesson. In this session we learnt what a key eye is, a key eye is a shout that people use to unleash their 'power'. It was very interesting to hear everyone's key eye because everyone's were unique. And finally afterwards we were given our outreach group, the people in my group are Jordan, Michael, Angeolina, Matthew and Aleisha. The way we formed our group was by writing down our individual values as a person and we were told to find people with the same values and those people had the same. The shared values were friendship, courage and trust. I am a little worried about our group because everyone in the group has friends that they hang out with and I'm afraid we will get off track.
 * Domenic.P- 24/4/12**

Today we continued with rock and water and learnt the key eye which is helping us let out our full power. We also found out our outreach groups and did a little bit of value work and getting to know each other. I am with Domenic, Angeolina, Matthew.D, Michael and Alisha. We named our group Outreach 4 Kids because we all wanted to work with little kids and help them learn or just help them in any way possible. Our key values as a group are friendship, courage and trust. We all seem to be getting along at this point in time.
 * Jordan.W- 24/4/12**

Today in DEAL we formed our outreach groups. We formed the groups by which VALUES we valued. We had to list 5 core values on a post-it note and were put into groups in which we had 2 or more values in common. (Everyone in the group had to atleast have 2 values in common with all members of the group)
 * Ange.P- 24/4/12**

Today we had the first lot of excursions, I was on the lego excursion and partnered up with Matt for the day, the day was split into three sessions. In the first session we built a lego crocodile and programmed it to open and close is mouth when something is in its mouth. In the second and third session we worked with a NXT-Robot programming it to do different sets of maneuvers and missions. The first one was a space rescue were there was a space shuttle that we had to make our robot rescue it without knocking it over. In the final session we had to make our robot do a little bit of a dance and a square check where the robot would go around the moon in a squared motion, finally we had to make our robot go around the surface of the moon tacking light from dark.
 * Jordan.W- 1/5/12 **

Today in deal we took down notes in the morning from Ms Elmer on film and then we watched pay it forward, I came into this movie thinking it was going to be a really old and boring movie, but then I found it interesting and thought about relating it to deal. By the middle of the movie it had sparked many ideas in my head and by the end I had found one final idea for the deal project that could actually relate to our original plan. I found that the movie could relate a fair bit to what we are learning about and putting into action in deal.
 * Matt.D- 8/5/12**

Today in deal we took down some notes and then after that we all watched a movie called, Pay It Forward. I first thought that the movie would be an old movie and not that good, but then I found the movie interesting about what the boy tried to do for his project. One thing that was really interesting for me was how the 12 year old boy came up with the idea to do something good for three people and then they do something else good for another three people and then it keeps on continuing on for as long as it could possibly go for. Then after the movie had finished I thought to myself that my outreach group could do something like for the other people out there that are in need of our help as a group. Hopefully at the end of all of this, our outreach group would have made a change in other people's life that needed our groups help.
 * Michael.D- 8/5/12 **

This is my first blog for my outreach project, for my first blog I was assigned to write about the film Paying Forward. I had never heard of the movie before but after watching it I’m glad I did. It’s a very powerful film about a 12 year old boy who decides as his project at school to help three people. Then those three people would help another three people, and those three people would help another 3 people and so on. This film proves that anyone no matter how big or small can change the world. The sad part of the film is when the kid dies, I felt this was sad because the boy helped so many people through his idea and every single one of those people were given something, except the boy. He got no reward, no gift or present, only the knowledge that he has changed hundreds of lives. I hope my outreach project ends up being as successful as the Pay It Forward.
 * Domenic.P- 8/5/12**

This is the third outreach blog that I have completed, todays task was to watch the movie // Pay It Forward // the movie was about a school project to earn bonus marks. The project is put out by the same teacher each year, The project: think of something to change the world and put it into action. One student named Trevor McKinney took this project home and thought long and had about it, he came up with his assignments name and aim. He was going to Pay It Forward, he would go out and help change three peoples lives for the better and instead of them paying him back a favor they would pay it forward to three others. He tried helping many people most of which ended up failing but then he finally figured out he could "kill 3 birds with one stone", he helped his mother, himself physically and his emotionally scarred teacher Mr. Simonet. He helped his mum and Mr. Simonet by making them go out which then went to help him by making sure his dad stayed away and didn't hurt him or his mum, and then helping Mr. Simonet get some confidence and self esteem.
 * Jordan.W- 8/5/12**

Today in DEAL we watched “Pay it forward”. Its a movie about doing a good deed to 3 people and passing it on to another three people. It was an inspiring movie related to our “outreach program”. It inspired us to think about what exactly we are going to do for our outreach program and what we want to change in the world. Being selfish wont get you anywhere in life, generosity is what people seek in others, and if you expect kindness and generosity you also have to be that way towards others. I had watched this movie prior to this class and I loved it from the first time watching it, when I watched it in DEAL I understood the movie more and realised how I could put actions into words.
 * Ange.P- 8/5/12**

today in deal we took down notes about what Temperament we where then we watched “pay it forward” as a class.Pay it forward is a movie about doing a good deed for 3 people and passing it on to another 3 people .its a very sad movie thats about a 12 year old boy that decides to help other people.he helped and showed what he can do my helping and supporting other people such as when he helped the home less man) its inspiring to my outreach group because it helps us to achieve what we wanna do for our project, helping children that are in need that need support that don't have anyone to talk to , so helping others so that they can have a better future.
 * Alisha Custo- 8/5/12**

Today in the morning we had to finish off the rest of our Naplan testing. After recess and everything else we all had the chance to get in to our outreach groups and talk about what we could do for our project, but before that the teachers set up a few activities for our groups that would have helped us out on our teamwork skills and also help us with our communication skills as a group as well. After all of that we all got together as a group once again to discuss about what our goals were going to be and also what our aim was as well. Later after that we got called up and had to discuss what we were about and what we were going to do as a group. Then out of the teachers we got chosen for Ms.Costantino to be our group mentor and for her to guide us through our project and to also help us as well.
 * Michael.D-15/5/12**

Today in outreach we were given the oppurtunities to finally come up with some ideas for our outreach project, our group came up with helping kids who have experienced Bullying and who need support. Our job would be to help them through their time of struggles and teach them how to overcome a bully. Another idea made was to build a playground so kids less fortunate then us would have fun on this playground and use their imaginations. But we realised this was a very big task and we realised that it was very achievable to we scraped the idea. Then we Ms Constantino chose us to be her mentor, the mentor basically keeps us on track as we got through our outreach project. I feel the group is going along well for now.
 * Domenic.P- 15/5/12**

This is outreach blog number four for me, today we had naplan testing meaning we didn't do our rock and water but we did work with our outreach groups. Angeolina and Alisha were away so Domenic, Matt, Michael and I were given the task of brainstorming ideas of what we were going to do as our project and as our group we kept working on thinking of things to do with kids and how we could help them. I came up with two ideas, my first was to help out and build a playground so that kids can use their imagination in a much more friendly environment and then we thought it wasn't really achievable so we scratched it and kept thinking of other ideas. My second idea was to run little gym sessions to raise the issue of child obesity and help kids stay active and have fun. We kept this idea for that lesson and were going to bring it up in the next with Angeolina and Alisha.
 * Jordan.W- 15/5/12**

Today for our outreach, we all got together as a team once again and had the chance to work on our outreach groups page and type on it what we were about, our aims, our goals together as a group, what we going to do as a team for the project and also got the opportunity to finally work and complete on working on our team logo which has been added onto our outreach groups page. After recess Ms.Costantino called us up to check on what we were doing and what we were up to on our page, then after checking our page she told us about the more things that we could have added on to our page and told us the things that we had to catch up on as well. After our discussion we got back to work and tried to finish our outreach page, and it took us almost the whole day to finish it. Then after lunch Ms.Costantino called us up another time to see what we had completed, the overall result was excellent and that she also told us that we were all up to date and were going good as a group so far which was a good thing to hear
 * Michael.D-22/5/12**

In today's lesson of DEAL we did not get a chance to go in our outreach groups instead the first two periods were about TFN (Tax File Number) which I already had. And because I didn't hand in my parent consent form, I was allowed to listen to what the visitor speaker had to say instead I had to stay in a room with other people and do work. It was a good time to catch up with homework but I was a little boring because we weren't allowed to talk. Then after recess we were given tips on how to study for an exam in preparation for our upcoming exams. After lunch we resumed our 'Rock and Water' program from last week, after that session we went down to the library where we got our exam timetables. Then we prepared for our exams and that was the end of school.
 * Domenic.P- 22/5/12**

Outreach Blog Number Five: Today we had the TFA come in to talk to us about our TFN and give us a few tips in applying for a job. Unfortunately there was a group of students that didn't hand in their forms so they couldn't listen to the Tax File Agency talk, even more unfortunately I was in that group. For the first four periods of the day we were in room 20 studying for exams and finishing homework. In periods 5 and 6 we made it back to rock and water revising what we hd already done and getting ready to get back into it, in the second half we swapped with the girls and went down into the library where we made a study guide for our exams so that we could manage our time with other homework and other commitments.
 * Jordan.W- 22/5/12 **

Today was our first real outreach session and I had to say it went fairly away, until my group had a fight. But I'll get to that soon enough. First we slacked at the start but after a talk with our mentor we pulled up our socks and got to work. Each member volunteered for a job to do on the wiki space, and by recess our entire wiki space was completed, we were very proud of ourselves. We had our emblem made by Matt and we had set up for our next group meeting. But then after recess we talked to Jordan through Skype because he was sick at home, then I told him that I was leader and then he started getting mad because he wasn't part of it. I was a bit mad at him for saying that he was the only one who actually did work when the entire team contributed. Then I apoligised to him for my immature behavior and then we got back to work, for the rest of the day we worked on our blogs.
 * Domenic.P- 29/5/12**

Today I was away sick but I made the effort after recess to come onto skype so that I could communicate with my group and get work done. We had our first fight as a group about roles in the group and about work loads. I was claimed to not do any work and that I wasn't helping the group in any way, and that today they got a lot more work done thanks to me not being there. I found it unfair that someone that hasn't contributed to the group until today gets the role of co-leader without a vote, we sorted things out for the moment but need to have a group meeting about it when I get back to school. I also found it unfair that I wasn't given any sort of role. I was give the role of "Jordan" and I find that having roles is an un-needed thing for our group as we are all leaders in helping each other keep going, that we all revise each others work and that we are all researching for our organisations and assignment. The only real role that was given to somebody was Matts role as Graphic and Website Designer. I also find it unfair that the group isn't talking to each other about who wants what role and that the leader is just choosing who gets what role.
 * Jordan.W- 29/5/12 **

today in deal we worked in our out reach groups to build on our blogs and the what we want to get out of this project. We also got to make a poster that showed the other groups what we stand for. We also got time to look at what we have worked on over pervious class, so that we can build on it to make it a better and more do able project. Most of the day we got to fill in what we needed to for our blogs. At the end of the day we where asked of write up our agedness for our next meeting first thing next tuesday.
 * Alisha Custo**

Today in deal we first had our rock and water program that we are continuing on with. After recess we got straight in to our outreach groups and got straight to work, but before that we went to our mentor Ms. Costantino to tell us about what we had to do and reach by the end of the day. Then we got in our groups and discussed what we were going to do for the day and hopefully get it all done by the end of the day. A little while later we discussed that we were going to get in to groups of two and find videos of any type of bullying scenario that could possibly be happening to people right now, and paste those videos on our page to show people what our group is about and what we are trying to prevent from happening.
 * Michael.D - 5/6/12 **

In today's lesson of DEAL we had our 6th lesson of Rock and Water, in today's lesson of Rock and Water we learnt a move where we go on our toes and raise our arms up and down. After we had to pair up and try and make our partner fall by leaning on each other's hands. After recess I had my 2nd outreach meeting and it went quite well, we cleared up the leadership role and the argument over Skype. I then found out that youtube was working on our macs and I decided to try and look for some commercials of bullying. Then that's when I got the idea of making a commercial for our group to promote bullying to other organizations. After the ok from the teacher we are going to go film our quick commercial.
 * Domenic.P - 5/6/12 **

Todays lesson has been quite productive, we started off with a meeting but because I had made the agenda last week we were ready before any other groups. We had a lot of different issues to resolve after last week which we did as a group and now we are on our way to finish our outreach for the start of next term and visit the schools on various dates. We decided to look at different videos on youtube that were linked to bullying and put them on our blogs. We have found 2 videos (which can be seen at the bottom of our page) which we believe will be great inspiration to speak up for those being bullied.
 * Jordan.W- 5/6/12**

Todays DEAL lesson was quite productive. We started off with a great group meeting, it seems that we are on the right track and we have resolved most issues which is great! After our successful meeting we added to our ideas and decided we’d like to make an anti-bullying video, so we spent time watching some touching bullying videos on YouTube and also we completed our email to our organisation. We’re doing great, I’m pleased with my groups progress and I hope we continue our great work!
 * Ange.P - 5/6/12**

Today in our deal lesson we had our 3rd outreach group meeting. Our meeting was about what our plans were for today and what we going to do. Our idea is to go to primary schools and tell them about how we can stop bullying. We suggested a few schools to go to such as Resurrection and other primary schools. Our plan is to run some activities at the primary schools that are about bullying and how we can prevent that from happening to them, and the different scenarios that could possibly happen to them. Before our outreach ended we orded some materials that the primary kids could take home to have a look at.
 * Michael.D - 12/6/12**

In today's lesson of DEAL we had our 3rd meeting for the whole assessment and this meeting the entire team weren't putting 110% into the meeting but others were. For so long we have wondered how are we going to raise awareness about bullying, so we came up with teaching younger at Primary School everything about how to stop bullying. We agreed on younger kids because when the younger kids grown up they will have knowledge about how to prevent bullying when it does happen. We discusses which schools I suggested Resurrection because my mum works there so it will be easier getting permission, then the other members suggested Cane and Park wood Green. Our actual idea is to run activities with the students which will involve interactive activities and fun games which are all educational. Before class ended I ordered some promotional material from Reachout.com which I will give to other students.
 * Domenic.P - 12/6/12**

Today we had our third meeting, not all people were putting in their efforts to the meeting and were just having fun and talking the whole way through. We have been trying to think of ways to raise awareness of bullying and have always wanted to work with kids in some way. Things we have come up with may not have a long term effect on bullying, but today we have come up with the idea of going to different schools and teach the students between grades 1 and 4 about what to do if your being bullied and how to stop it. We have thought of three schools so far, which are Resurrection, Cana and Park Wood Green. We have made the idea of running activities with the kids that will help improve the chances that they will not be bullied. The activities we have thought of are at the top of our blogs. Another thing we did was before class ended Domenic ordered promotional and helpful material (including pamphlets and posters) from Reachout.com which we will give to other students to read.
 * Jordan Way- 12/6/12**

Today in deal we worked in our out reach groups to build on our blogs and the what we want to get out of this project. We also got to make a poster that showed the other groups what we stand for. We also got time to look at what we have worked on over pervious class, so that we can build on it to make it a better and more do able project. Most of the day we got to fill in what we needed to for our blogs. At the end of the day we where asked of write up our agedness for our next meeting first thing next tuesday.
 * Alisha Custo- 12/6/12**


 * Michael .D- 21/6/12**

In today's session of deal we had a new member join our team Amber. We first worked on our group meeting and discussed what we were going to do today. Our ideas that we came up with was to do a few activities at primary schools, that would teach them about bullying and what they could do in situations if that was to happen. A little while later we started on a video that was going to be based on bullying and different scenarios that could happen at school. The things that we have to get hopefully done by next week is to get our video all finished and finally posted on our outreach group's page.

Today's lesson of DEAL we got a new student named Amber who joined our team, we filled her in on our progress as a team. We had our meeting and discussed our activities needed for the primary schools, the activities include Space Jump, Interactive Video and Around the World all of which will educate students about bullying and how it can dramatically affect people's feelings. I worked on the Interactive Video which I thought involved a scenario is given on a keynote and the students must choose the right answer. But later I realized it was supposed to be a video so for the rest of the day we worked on our video. While we were filming Matthew looked through my phone and I grew angry so I pulled him off the table onto the floor. Next week we have to work on the video.
 * Domenic.P- 21/6/12**

DEAL today was very interesting, we gained an extra member who came from Mowbray named Amber. We worked together to fill her in and get her up to speed together, we feel that she may have felt a bit awkward as Ange and Alisha were away, but we still tried our hardest to help her out. We have come up with three activities to run with the students at the primary schools that we can go to. Matthew and I went down to the library and called up a group of schools (including Cana, Parkwood Green and Resurrection) and we received 2 maybes and a no. Receiving the "no" was our 2nd setback as a team but we worked together to overcome it and try more schools.
 * Jordan.W- 21/6/12**

In today's lesson of DEAL we established our GOALS that we will accomplish. We decided the primary schools we'd go to are Ressurection, Cana and Parkwood green. I also emailed Mr Defazio to see what organisations our school has worked with. Also our group has thought about maybe working with our school community as well as reaching out to others!
 * Ange.P- 21/6/12**

In todays lesson in deal we established our goals as a group and we organized what we wanted to do for our organizations, which organizations our school is already working with. We as a group are thinking of going to primary schools (Cana and Parkwood green). within our community and helping them and talk to them about bullying and children that need someone to talk to that suffer depression, etc. We are willing to teach and to talk to the younger year levels such as 1-2 and 3-4.
 * Alisha- 21/6/12**

Today in our outreach we got in to our outreach groups and worked on a video that we had to make. It was about what our groups goals were and what we wanted to achieve in the future, then we had to show the video to another mentor so they knew what we were going to be doing. After a little while we had finished the video, and then moved on to the next thing we had to do. After lunch we got back in to our groups and were told what we had to do for the rest of the day. I had almost finished the activity submission form with a bit of help from the others in my outreach group. Overall, I think the day went fairly well and we all did a good job.
 * Michael. D- 26/6/12**

For outreach our group filmed our clip talking to the camera about our feelings on the group as instructed by the teacher. Each person told me to write their response to 2 questions then we had to film it using our MacBooks. Jordan is going to edit it so each person is going to finish the other person's sentence, it's going to be really good. But today our group had another argument, the argument was about letting Angeolina and Alisha in the same video and Jordan didn't want that. I kinda agreed but I got confused to what they're intention was so I decided not to get involved. After recess Angeolina and Jordan weren't talking to each other so we got to work, me and Angeolina organized the transport, Michael was working on the activity submission form, Jordan and Matthew called the primary schools for confirmation. Turns our we are allowed to go to Resurrection on the 7th of August which is very exciting. Things we have to do now is organise the activities, create our video, contact more schools and sort out any issues as a group. 1st semester of DEAL has been tough but I'm sure Semester 2 will be just as thrilling.
 * Domenic.P - 26/6/12**

This is the final reflection for semester 1. Today we worked on making an "advertisement" for our group to send to our companies. For us we made clips of us talking to the camera in reply to 2 questions that we made as a team. I will be editing the clips so that it goes into one video were we finish each others sentences and forming a team to answer the 2 questions. We had yet another argument today because Angeolina wanted to disagree with what we were doing with the videos and have all the girls in the frame for their clips, where as I was trying to explain to her why we can't have that due to the fact it would wreck the point of it being individuals talking and having one or 2 words at a time. We made contact with Resurrection again via e-mail today and it turns out that we are allowed to go there and we have set the 7th of August as the date that we are going there.
 * Jordan.W- 26/6/12 **

Well I was away and couldn't participate on skype as I was out all day, at the optometrist and doctors.
 * Ange.P**

Todays DEAL lesson started off very heated. The personalities of the group once again were clashing. I feel it is very male dominated and that everything has to be a certain persons way. I feel that FRIENDSHIPS OF THE GROUP hang on a very thin thread, and disable the girls from having an input in the group. Its unfair that this has to happen AGAIN. Hopefully we can stop taking steps backwards and just move forward in both friendships and our work. Nonetheless, we have welcomed a new member of the group, Amber. We have tried to make her feel as comfortable as possible, and to understand our groups goals and what we have already achieved.
 * Ange.P- 26/6/12**

This lesson in DEAL we recieved the news that would change our OUTREACH groups completely! We were informed of the new laws and legislations of excursions etc and simply, we arent allowed to go on our outreach excursions. This brought upon disapointment and sadness to the year 9 team, yet we came up with an alternative! We decided we would have a OUTREACH CARNIVAL promoting our group and our organisation we are working with. We were resilient and bounced back from a hard situation in which we had to face.
 * Ange.P- 31/7/12**

This lesson in DEAL we focussed on our carnival for outreach. We planned exactly what each member of the group will do and brainstormed all of our ideas! It was great to see everyone having an input and passionate for our group. Yet we slowly started slacking off at the end which shouldnt happen, so hopefully next week we arent as slack and are consistent.
 * Ange.P- 7/8/12**

Today we did not start off the day with our normal rock and water and outreach. Instead, we started the day with some spokespeople to come and talk about the people that are less fortunate than us. One of the spokespeople was Les Twentymen who is the founder of the 20th man foundation. We also had one other known person to come and speak to us. His name is Heath Scotland, and he was here to talk to us about is football career, and all the sacrifices and commitments that he had to make for his football career, and how he went with his schooling. At the end they were all here to talk about the same thing that is still happening to the less fortunate.
 * Michael.D- 14/8/13**

Today in DEAL we were invited to a summit held by Les Twentymen about the troubles in youth. There were various other people that spoke to us about the issues youth face in society. As teenagers grow up, they possibly get involved in crime, drugs, and truancy. It is due to the kids not being occupied and perhaps being less fortunate than others. I think its important kids have something to do other than school because otherwise they get involved in bad things, yet sometimes thats not the case. There are students that attend private schools, and do a sport after school and still get involved in drugs and violence in a young age. Alot of the problem is the crowd these kids hang around with. It is a very complex issue that needs alot of attention, because youth is the future.
 * Ange.P- 14/8/12**

For periods 3/4/5 we worked in our Outreach groups finalizing any changes to the stall. So far we are planning to organise 5 activities to be run at our stall these are; Word-find, Survey, Friendship Bracelets, Raffle and Promotional merchandise. All these activities will hopefully make our stall run smoothly and also be very enjoyable to students in the yard. We have all be allocated positions for the stall and also for organizing them, me and Michael are in charge of creating the survey for the students to complete. This lesson went quite smoothly and successful, I feel over time our group is beginning to realise just how important our Outreach project really is but there are moments when the group can slack off. Hopefully we'll be ready in time for the big day!
 * Domenic.P - 21/8/12**

Today for deal we started off our day with rock and water. In rock and water we had a talk about integrity and what it means. Then we got started off with our breathing and punching at the same time. A while later we got into partners and practiced our punching on punching bags, I thought it was actually pretty cool to finally use something to punch. Then we got in to our outreach group and had our meeting. Finally we knew what we were going to do for the last lesson of outreach. After lunch we came back in and started straight away on our outreach work. The final thing we did today was typing down what we are going to do on the day of our outreach festival. We managed to get what we were doing on to the school bulletin, to let everyone know what our group is about and what we are going to do on the day fro our group.
 * Michael.D- 21/8/12 **

Michael.D- 28/8/12 Today for the last four periods we had got in to our outreach groups. The negative side for most of our group was that three people were away and most of the group did not have their mac books with them at the time. After lunch we had got back in to our groups and got started straight away with our meeting, and what our plans were for the day. After our meeting I was trying to find more videos about bullying to post on our page, and hopefully raise more awareness about the bullying that happens today.

Today for Outreach Angeolina, Aliesha and Jordan were absent so it was only me, Michael, Matthew and Amber to continue our work for the Outreach stall. We could not have our meeting first because our MacBooks were taken for updating so instead we organised the surveys and I displayed the promotional material. We counted the surveys and concluded that there are 142 surveys printed, we also ordered more merchandise incase we rain out of them on the actual day. After lunch (when we finally received our MacBooks again) we had our meeting, we finalized any last minute changes such as changes in the prizes. Then afterwards we made a start on the evidence document which is assessed by our mentor, with half our team away we worked reasonably well but we could've been more productive with our time.
 * Domenic.P - 28/8/12**

Michael.D- 18/9/12 Today we finally had our groups outreach festival and I got to say our group was pretty successful. Throughout the day we had a lot of people come and visit our stall, and we did quite a lot of explaining to everyone hat came past our stall. We had plenty of prizes up for grabs but we only had a few that were very valuable. Overall for the day I thought it was one of the most funnest days that I have had throughout the whole of the year.

Today was our 2nd last Outreach lesson to plan for the stall, so today I reminded the group to work extra hard today since we still have so much to do. Luckily the entire group was here so we had our meeting and finalized any plans for the stall. We were set roles for the day Jordan and Matthew were in charge of making the brochures. Ange and Aleisha were in charge of making the banner for the stall and Me and Michael and Amber helped everyone else since we finished last lesson. We created our poster and after we did all of that it was already the end of the day. We quickly discussed our final plans and explained next week we need to finish.
 * Domenic.P -** 2/9/12

Today in outreach we had our last lesson to plan our stall for next week, we were pretty much done so we just made some more banners. I feel very confident about our stall, I also feel that we will be very successful.
 * Domenic.P - 28/8/12**

=**Documents:**=

Meeting Minutes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x5rYxE9LQd-khYUADmQ_iYP7jn2UbkGaWNf43IupIa8/edit

**Formal Letters:**
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Qc3IKCWhStTwD80hVf95al-BWZ-DdNBkHtk5B70JaU/edit

**Evidence Guide:**
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_FV_am9Gqt1uWiNHlizTcy1xSNCJasehJldzEY_4D94/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/126rwRQDcm3T5YGXcocuhcFAiUd-aflKzmN5UT_8PS_s/edit
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= Inspiring Videos: =

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Ronan's Escape is a 9 time international awarding short film, this stunning short film is set in the heart of Western Australia and focuses on bullying. The video is about a boy Ronan that had constantly been bullied at school and had always felt like he was the kid that was the odd one out from everybody else around him. This short film represents things that happen to hundreds of kids everyday, the reason we posted this video is because we think that there are people out there that want to commit suicide to stop the bullying. **NO ONE SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION!!!**

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**Survey:**
Please take 5 minutes of your own time to complete our survey which we can use for statistics for bullying. Thank you :) media type="custom" key="19395776"