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S Lacerna (SKL):

Today we got the opportunity to meet up with our groups. We were required to have a meeting and follow an agenda that the teacher created. Before that, we gathered up as a group and began to do some activities that require us to work as a team and test our co-operation skills. We started off by playing a game that asked us what items we needed if we were to be stuck on the moon. I believe that we worked well together in regards to getting the work done, but one thing that I noticed is that one person always has to take the lead, regardless of who it is. We did really well and we got really close to the actual answers. I believe that means that we worked well as a group and that we will be efficient once we are working on our real projects.

Once we had finally completed that task, we started another game. We needed to make a tower of cards, using all of the 52 cards we were provided. Our team had finished first, but I admit that we did take the easy way out. So then, we decided to challenge ourselves and we made it the hard way. We finished but unfortunately, we came second place. But I was still proud of our team.

Once we had our recess, we worked on our agenda tasks. My group was a little talkative at the start, but eventually they quieted down and took the task seriously. I was appointed chair, meaning I have to ensure that my group always stays on task and that everyone is getting along. We began to work on our speech for the “The Voice” presentation. We worked really quickly, but that did not lessen the quality of our speeches. I was very happy to see that all of the teachers, except for Ms. Elmer, wanted to be our mentors. We chose Ms Commadeur because we felt that she was a very serious person, as well as being fun when she wanted to be. We knew that she would be able to give us advice and would help to keep us on track.

Once the day had ended, I allocated homework to the members of my group. I made them find an organisation and research about them and make them fill in task six of the agenda template. I also have to complete this work and I need to create an agenda for next week’s lesson.

Jesse Galea (JAG):

Today we got the opportunity to meet up with our groups. we have to have a meeting with our teacher that is our mentor teacher and follow the table that we have been given. Before that, we gathered up as a group and began to do some activities that require us to work as a team and test our co-operation skills.

we played a game that we had to talk and communicate what we would kneed if we got stuck on the moon. I believe that we worked well together in regards to getting the work done, but one thing that I noticed is that one person always has to take the lead, regardless of who it is. when we finished that task we played another game for this one we had to make a tower out of cards. I that we worked well as a group because we all built our own and then worked as a group and joined them.

Once we had our recess, we worked on our agenda tasks. our group was a little talkative at the start, but eventually we quieted down and took the task seriously. after this we started working on our voice presentation and we had to pick a mentor teacher and as a group we picked miss commadeur.

Louise-Ann Aguirre (LAA):

Today during ‘outreach’, we had to do our first ever meeting in our groups, and before hand we had to, of course, plan it. During our planning we had to write down what we were saying during the meeting, and followed questions that we had to answer. We also had to figure out our agendas. As a group we worked really well, everyone participated in the meeting, and we all had something to say.

During P1&2, we played group building games, that helped us figure our our creative differences, and how we worked well together as a team. As well us helping us become more closer in our group. Sadly, in most of the games we came in as 2nd, never first, but luckily, we were not last.

Another thing we did was choose our mentors. At the end when they told us were going to say a speech, we actually didn’t know that we were going to do our speeches right away, as in after lunch, but luckily we already knew what we were going to write, so we just typed it up and printed. In the end, we chose Ms. Commaduer, since she was a teacher we knew was going to help us and give as a lot of advice.

At the end of the day, Stephanie appointed us homework ( Questions we had to answer ), and also our journal entries for the day.

Nick Disco (NCD):

Today we met up with our outreach group and had to work out an agenda and write up the minutes for a meeting we had to try figure out our mentor and work out what could possibly clash within our group. What we found out was that we had a rare mix of temperaments. Our group has every temperamental colour; Isabella and Louise are both gold, Zak is green, Jesse and Steph are blue and I’m orange. This mix of people gives us a wide spectrum of ideas but the mix can clash but I think personally our group can get over them.

When we were trying to figure out speech to get our mentor, we wanted a mentor with the same views as us, some one who was “is well organised and listens to our thoughts and opinions. We would like someone who is just as enthusiastic as we are about this project and will not lead us astray from our rightful path. We want someone who will guide us and help us through the struggles we will surely face.” this led us to choosing Miss Commaduer, even though every teacher besides Miss Elmer “turned around”. The reason we went with Miss Commauer was because we thought she was very organised and would keep us on track.

Zak Zammit (ZAZ)

Today our group for the out reach program. Today we started working on our group name and figured out what our common values were, our biggest value in common was respect. Even though we have some common values we still have a wide variety of value so that is why our name of our team is Students Of Values (S.O.V).

We had gotten in our group but we had an excursion so some of the group was at school. Fortunately we learnt about our temperaments that our personalities show and how to manipulate ours temperaments and use their abilities.

We had come to the next week and now we had to work together to win competitions that evolved the whole group and no easy way out. After we worked on the contests we began to wri

Jesse Galea (JAG)

today in outreach we called some organisations and we got some good feedback. i called the melton shier pound and they said they will contact someone and they will call back. hopefully we get to go as my group and i love animals. we also contacted best buddies and we can go help them on the 29th of november which is great but a long time away.

Isabella Oliveria (I.M.O)

Today all students were given the opportunity to meet up in their outreach groups. Our task was to have a meeting and work on the agenda that teachers had set up for us. In periods one and two, all groups worked on a series of activities (three in total), which required teamwork. Our first activity was to list items we needed to bring if we were stuck on the moon. I think all of us can agree that we worked well together on that day, in terms of giving every member an opportunity to share their ideas. I take this as a sign that we’ll able to work well with each other.

We moved onto our next task, which was to build a card house with a deck of cards that we were provided with. This game was quite challenging and we weren’t game enough to build a proper house. After a few minutes, we decided to challenge ourselves and built it properly, it looked awesome. Unfortunately, we came 2nd place.

Once morning had passed, we gathered into our groups and wrote our speech in which we presented in front of the outreach team. This speech managed to push the buttons of five out of the six members of the outreach team. We narrowed it down to Ms Commadeur, as we believed that she’s straightforward, no beating around the bush, as well as having a good balance of having fun and being serious.



Isabella Oliveria (I.M.O)

Today all students had the opportunity of meeting up in their outreach groups. In the morning of our DEAL classes we gathered into our respected groups and continued with our first agenda. After doing further research, we were able to find ideal organisations that our group could possibly work with, in working towards our goal. Finding these organisations, personally, was a struggle because there were terms and conditions that our group must consider. Such as, were we old enough to perform the required tasks? How would we get there? Would our group be of much help to these organisations? How is this fulfilling our goal? Etc. That’s why it was quite an achievement to have found these organisations, as it meant we’re one step closer in accomplishing our goals. All members, I believe, put in the required amount of effort in finding these organisations.

Once we finished having recess, our group got together with our mentor, Ms Commadeur and basically discussed what we’re doing and what we’re working towards. Our next task (if we haven’t already) was to create a banner/logo that would be displayed on the front cover of our groups blogs. Nick and Zak volunteered to create our logo and the rest of us made our own version and incorporated those designs with the official logo. It may not be as fancy as the other groups, but I’m still happy with the work that we’ve produced, because it demonstrates what this particular groups values are.

After having lunch, we recruited into our groups once more and were assigned our next task. This task was to create an inspirational poster that inspires us to persevere in all that we do. Creating this poster was probably the most exciting and fun activity that we’ve done all day. No one was afraid to speak up, and we all contributed great ideas and designs for our poster. We were first told to find an inspirational quote to place on our poster. Our group chose a quote which basically tells you not to wait for great things happen, go out and make them happen. We used a picture of Rocky fist pumping in the air, to symbolize accomplishment and what motivation and perseverance can bring you. With the help of Stephanie’s MacBook and creativity, we were able to produce a poster which I thought looked awesome!

I.M.O

Zak Zammit

Today we did the most work we have done since we had been assigned. Today we worked on finding a good charity or organisation. We have began to agree with some organisations which we will be researching over the week and during our next DEAL lesson to see if our age is acceptable for this organisation. After we finished researching we went on starting and finishing off a inspirational poster to put up around the rooms.

Z.A.Z

Jesse Galea

Today we worked on finding a good charity or organisation. we still need to pick our 3-4 good organisations and contact them which we will be researching over the week and during our next DEAL lesson to see if our age is acceptable for this organisation. after we wright our email we will give it to our mentor teacher to look over and to see if is acceptable to send.

J.A.G

Louise-Ann Aguirre

29th of May 2012 Today we went off in our groups, and we started researching all of the organizations and charities we want to work with, we also considered some local groups that need some volunteers such as the ‘kindergarden’ at creekside. We thought of doing a foundation called ‘Big Brother and Big Sisters’, since it seemed like the group we want to work with because of our values. Our next meeting will consist of ‘finalizing’ the charities we have chosen, and maybe perhaps getting permission to contact them? My group really put their heads together today, and so therefore we did a lot of reasearch on multiple organizations.

L.A.A

Today, we finally got the opportunity to meet up with our group once again. I had an agenda ready that I prepared earlier, but we didn’t get to that until towards the end of the day.

We were given the opportunity to figure out which direction we wanted to go in as a group and what kind of people we wanted to help. In my previous blog, I talked about how I gave my teammates some homework, and I was quite disappointed that only three of us actually did the task that was set.

We were to choose an organisation, and I chose Open Family Australia, because I feel that homeless youths have a lot of lost values, and also because I feel as if we have a better chance of being able to volunteer at that organisations more than the ones we have previously looked at. But my group did come up with some great ideas, like working at the Smith Family, or are the Red Cross (with the help of Ms Commadeur).

We were given a task, which was to create a poster with a quote that helped to symbolise what we believed asa group. I found the quote “Don’t pray for life to be easy, but for yourself to be strong.” I asked the group if this was okay, and luckily everyone agreed, but Isabella did come up with a lot of very good ones. I actually don’t know why nobody wanted those ones. But I am very proud of my group for being able to finish the task by the allocated time.

We planned a new agenda for next week, and next week, we plan on picking the organisations and focusing more on what we want to do with those foundations. I feel as if, my group and I just want to start volunteering, just like leaving this classroom so that we can do the practical work, but unfortunately, life is not like that. We have to the hard work first.

I am actually looking forward to next OutReach lesson because we get to start putting our thoughts and ideas into plans and then hopefully; action.

S.K.L



When my group and I came together to work on our OutReach project, we were very confident. We started to look at the various organisations that we could work with and we came up with a list of organisations on our agenda list, done by our minute keeper, Louise. I was quite happy to have researched this beforehand so I knew what company I had chosen, and one that we had a chance of working with. I was very excited to hear about the other organisations my group members came up with. I was very pleased to see that they all found one that we could help out. I was the appointed chair again this week, so it was my obligation to watch that everyone was staying on task, but I am afraid to say that I was the one that needed to kept in check because I was getting very distracted. But in the end, I believe that we did alright in regards to progress. I gave my team homework to write up a draft email to our chosen organisations, about being able to volunteer at their sites. S.K.L

Zak Zammit

Today we worked on finding a good organisation that will accept us even with our age and application. This will be our longest job but with patience and excitement we should find an program perfect for our needs and wants. I am looking forward to finding a group that will invite us in working as volunteers to help the community around us.

Z.A.Z



Zak Zammit

Today we worked on fixing and finalising our email draft which we would hope to send to a charity and hopefully they may choose us and we will have a organisation to work with. Even though we did not have many periods to work on today we made some progress to asking our mentor to call and email a organistion, This is important because if we find a charity we can do the practical things rather than trying to find one.

Z.A.Z

Nick Disco (NCD) Today louise and I worked on an e-mail to send to the "best buddies" organisation to ask if there was anything we could do to help out in there program. We didn't have a lot of time though but got it checked by Ms. Commadeur. Next lesson we are going to finalise the e-mail and send it to 'best buddies'

Today we got the opportunity to meet up with our groups in the afternoon as we had our first exam today. I feel like I did well in this exam because I was not stressed out at all, or as much as other people, and hopefully, when I get my results back, I will have done well. Once we got into the classrooms, a majority of us were pretty drained from exams, so thankfully, Ms Commadeur gave us a break and didn’t expect too much of us this lesson. My group and I were getting very sidetracked, I have to admit, and we didn’t do as much work as we possibly could have done, but we did happen to pull our heads together in the end, and get at least one thing done. Bella and I had completed our formal draft for our email to the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, and hopefully next week, we can get it checked by the teacher so we can submit it to the teacher.

S.K.L

Liam White (LMW):Today was my first day at Crccs and im having fun and i feel welcomed. Today we sent an email melton shire pound to see if we can help out with anything.

Nick Disco (NCD) Today we got a new member in our group, Liam. He seems to be a hard worker and i think he has settled in our group really well. Lousie and I had finished our e-mails to "Best Buddies" and sent it. We also created a draft for all other e-mails, which the other guys used. We sent e-mails to AMF, Kids Fit Kinder Gym and the Melton pound.

Zak Zammit In this DEAL session we received a new group member Liam White who has settled in nicely with our group and personalities. Our group has worked together to make four separate and which we are going to check with our mentor. to the organisations of Melton Pound, AMF, Kids Fit Kinder Gym and Best Buddies.

Z.A.Z

Today, after Rock and Water, we got to meet up with our OutReach groups. We were working quite hard on our email/enquiries. We also got a new member of the group, Liam White, and we have tried our best to fill him into what is happening in our group. Today, I feel as if we have achieved quite a lot, but unfortunately, not all of the minutes were taken down. We got a chance to email Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Best Buddies Foundation and Melton Shire Pound. I have helped contribute feedback to the drafts and I feel if we have achieved quite a lot. Next Week, we will have to work on our proposals and activity submissions, so that we can get permission from the leadership team to leave the school on Tuesdays. Now I have to keep an eye out on whether the people we have emailed to reply to our questions. I look forward to when the people reply to our emails.

S.K.L

Jesse Galea

Today we got a new member in our group, Liam white. Liam and i went to primary school. today we worked on geting our emails together and working on sending them. today we sent 5 emails and we all worked hard and Liam is very welcomed.

J.A.G

I.M.O In today’s DEAL class we were given the opportunity to get into our Outreach groups and continue with our agenda. For today, our agenda was to get our emails written and verified by our mentor, Ms Commadeur. Our group S.O.V also welcomed a new member into a group, Liam White, and I look forward in what we’ll achieve together as a group. Our agenda was completed and we’ve sent five of our emails to three of our chosen organisations; Alanah and Madeline Foundation, Best Buddies and Melton Shire. We also got a reply from AMF saying that they’re considering our group as volunteers. Our group didn’t always stay on task but we completed our agenda, which is the main thing.

L.A.A

Today for outreach, we got a member in our group, which was an old classmate. We had to explain to him what we were doing and why we’re doing it. After we were done explaining, we went on to our e-mails and split into 3 smaller groups so that we could get more done. In the end of the day we sent about 5 emails to 5 different groups, which were; “The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.”, “Melton Shire Pound.”, “Best Buddies.”, “Kids Fitness Kinder Gym.” and “Open Families.”, so far we have only received a ‘genetic’ reply, but I guess that’s better than anything. In period 5/6 we had a small group meeting that lasted about 5 minutes, to decide what we had to do next week, and we also started working on what jobs each person will be assigned. At the end of the day we did our entries. I think my group worked fairly well today, though we did get off tasks through some parts of our session.

Louise-Ann Aguirre

Zak Zammit Today in outreach we worked on a video that would explain our group for what we are and how we work. After we completed the video we went on to finalise and call a organisation that we would hope to be volunteering for. We had Best Buddies say we can have a job in late November for a fun night and two organisations that said they would call us back. We are hoping soon that in term three we will work with an organisation and be able to give something back to the community. Z.A.Z Jesse Galea (JAG)

today in outreach we called some organisations and we got some good feedback. i called the melton shier pound and they said they will contact someone and they will call back. hopefully we get to go as my group and i love animals. we also contacted best buddies and we can go help them on the 29th of november which is great but a long time away.

J.A.G

Today we got the opportunity to meet up with our group. I had a small idea as to what we were going to do this lesson, but as time went by I found that we were quite productive. At first, we were required to make a video about our group and what we are all about. We completed that task fairly quickly and we got to go on with our other tasks. Today I was chairperson, and the minute keeper because I didn’t feel as if my group was getting the minutes done properly. I think that today I did a fairly good job. I got each person in my group to contact an organisation, and we got two phone calls done today. Our first one was to Melton Shire Pound and we got a reply that they would respond to our call the following day. We also called Best Buddies and we are definitely in on the Best Buddies night which is on the 29th November. We have decided that this will be used as a back-up plan if we do not complete any volunteer work prior to this date. Today, I worked on our mentor presentation speech that we did not get to complete. I also cleaned up the website and made it what it is now, and I fixed everybody’s blogs. I did well today, because I was working independently and I just told people what to do, but today my group did well, compared to previous meetings.

S.K.L

Jesse Galea (JAG) Today in outreach we called some organisations and we got some good feedback. i called the melton shier pound and they said they will contact someone and they will call back. hopefully we get to go as my group and i love animals. we also contacted best buddies and we can go help them on the 29th of november which is great but a long time away.

I.M.O Today, in DEAL, S.O.V managed to complete quite a few things. The first thing that we were told to do, was make a two minute video of our group and keeping other outreach groups updated with what we’ve achieved so far and the challenges we’ve faced over time. We filmed ourselves in the staircase area and finished this task fairly quickly; all group members contributed to the video. Our next task was to create a draft phone call, so we could make phone calls to our desired organisations, then had them verified by Ms Commadeur. Stephanie was our chairperson as well as minute taker for today, Ann, Nick, Jesse and Liam worked together in making these phone calls and Zak and I worked together in making these drafts. We managed to call the following organisations: Alanah and Madeline Foundation (AMF), Best Buddies, Melton Shire Pound and Kids fit kinder gym. I believe our team was pretty successful with these phone calls, because we weren’t rejected by any of the organisations that we contacted, unlike some groups who’ve had the misfortune of being told they aren’t able to help. Best Buddies also told us that they’re interested in working with our group and AMF is considering us. As you can see above, our group took lots and lots of pictures that Stephanie so kindly put together and added it onto our website. Our website now looks more welcoming and it shows the different personalities in our group. We were very successful in this meeting and Stephanie did well working on her own.

Today in outreach, we were given the not so devastating news, that because of the law, we are no longer allowed to leave the school to go on any outreach excursions. It was not so devastating for my group because we had not gotten a reply yet from any of the organisations that we contacted. Ms Commadeur explained to us how it wasn’t such a bad thing for any of us, because it gave us an opportunity to work on something more worthwhile. So in replacement for not being able to go on any excursions, the year nines are having an Outreach Festival, and this is the time where people get to showcase the organisations they have been working with and who they are and what they do.

Our group had decided to work with Kids’ Helpline because we thought that this organisation would be of good use to a lot of people in the school. We wanted people to be aware of the resources available to them and how it is all free of cost. We also came up with the idea of putting up a photo booth to raise money so that we could donate the money. We would buy film, and we’d open up a stall that takes polaroid pictures and charge the students $1 to get their picture taken. Bit after a while of contemplating, we decided that Beyond Blue would be a much better organisation to work with, firstly because they have all the details of how to organise a fundraiser and we could theme our stall blue. It would be easier to have it this way. But we are not going to completely dispose of our original ideas, we are just working around what was thrown at us. -S.K.L

Today in outreach we were told that the new laws would not let us be able to go out on our own for our outreach project. We were hoping to go to AMF and work with that foundation but now we are going to do an Outreach Festival were now we can show off our new foundation Beyond Blue. Our stall will show what Beyond Blue is about and we will be putting a photo booth to make people smile. Z.A.Z



Louise-Ann Aguirre. (L.A.A)Today I was left alone with the boys. Since Isabella and Stephanie were away doing rehearsal for the upcoming production, I was left with Liam, Nick, and Zak. We worked on our new project for deal, since the first one got scraped. We decided to do a photobooth to help us promote our charity, which we chose as 'Beyond Blue', which shares awareness of depression and other anxiety issues. We didn't manage to reach beyond blue because we had trouble getting in contact with them, but we promised ourselves that we would contact them in the following days (Hopefully). Sometime during period four, I had to leave because of my interview with Ms. Flack, so I had missed about 10 minutes of what seemed to be a run down on the areas we are allowed to use. We are working/sharing with Wendell's group for the mics and stage, so we had to compromise how that would work out, and also how we could plug in the music systems and such. We still have not decided whether or not we would use a polaroid or a SLR to take photos, and also how much we have to charge them. One of our members also suggested we do a jellybean count, in which people had to guess how much jellybeans were in the jar/tank. At the end of the day, I think we did a good amount of work, but since we were missing two members, we didn't have enough people to help. We did manage to get some things done, but a little more help and management would have been better.



Nick Disco

Today we spent the day at a youth summit held by the 20th Man Fund, in the hall. We had a few guest speakers including Les Twentiman, Detective Pat Boil and _ Scotland, a footballer for the carlton football club. A common theme that all the guest speakers spoke about was find a way to stop the youth violence and homelessness in the western suburbs of Melbourne, rather than keeping a lid on it. The speaker who spoke to me the most was Les Twentiman. What he spoke about was why he decided to become a youth worker and what he has done. What spoke to me the most about what he was saying was that he remembered all the kids that have died while being helped by the 20th Man Fund. It showed how much he cared about the youth his charity helps and how dedicated he is to his cause.

We have missed a lot of days in outreach due to various things like production, and simply because we are not working on our Outreach programs. Luckily, we got the chance today to come together as a group and discuss what we are going to do now. Today, we thought that we would call Beyond Blue and see if they have any suggestions on what we can do as a group to raise money for their organisation, and I called and got sent to someone’s voicemail. I left a message about how we are raising money for their organisation, and if they are able to give us any merchandise to sell on the fair day, that would be good. Unfortunately, they have not gotten back to us. So Isabella called again to give them the details, and luckily, she went through to a different person and that person is now going to send us some merchandise that we can sell. We will be contacting them again to see if they have any ideas or if they would like anything specific to be advertised on the day. I feel as if our group is moving at a slow pace, because we are all feeling a little bit lost at the moment, but I know that in the end, everything will come together. It always does, but that does not mean we can slack off and hope for the best. I look forward to coming back again as a group and working on this. I am a little bit frustrated because nobody knows how to take minutes properly, and that is what the teacher is marking us on. So from now on, I am going to be the minute keeper, just to be safe, because I do not like relying on other people to do a job that I can so myself. -S.K.L

It’s been a while since both Stephanie and I have attended DEAL days, due to other commitments such as the production and not having DEAL days in general. Fortunately, we were given today to work in our Outreach groups and continue where we left off. I don’t feel that my group is working as effectively as I would like us to, because time isn’t spent wisely, and things are taking more time than it needs. Therefore, our group has only achieved a small portion of what I would like us to accomplish in the critical time frame that we have. Contrary to that, I can see that group members are starting to become more efficient in regards to their work ethics, and the pacing is gradually building. I’ve noticed that Ann and Nick work well together, and are able to get the job done in a reasonable amount of time. Although, group members other than Stephanie need to build on their independent skills and seek guidance if they’re unsure of what to do.

I’m proud of what S.O.V has accomplished today, as most members have had a turn in undertaking different roles and have succeeded remarkably. Today, we decided to call Beyond Blue and ask if there is any merchandise that we could sell, information they would like us to advertise, and if they have any suggestions to raise awareness from their organisation. Stephanie was the first to contact them, however she was disappointingly sent to voice mail. So we figured, second times the charm (usually it’s the third) and I decided to call. I was sent to a different person, where I informed her about the Outreach festival and how Beyond Blue can help us significantly to help raise awareness. The lady was very kind, and willingly gave our group fifty packages of merchandise which consisted of wrist bands, information sheets etc. We issued a date of it’s arrival, and it will be arriving in five business days.

I look forward to our next meeting. -I.M.O

Today in outreach we went to a summit that included Les Twentiman, Heath Scotland a Carlton football player, detective Pat Boil and others. The main subject for the speakers were the consequences of gangs, pulling out of school early and misbehaving in school. We learned a lot from most of them and said that scholing is the most important skill in life. It was obvious that all the speaker were passionate of their charity.

Z.A.Z

**28/8/2012**

Today we got the chance to once again work with our groups. We got straight to it. We started to work on our stall straight away. In briefing today, we were told that we would need to have three different groups. One for working on our stalls, one working on our evidence and one working on the publicity side of things. I was the minute keeper so I was floating around and helping with each part of the process. Apparently, we have drafted what needs to be done to have evidence and what we need to collect and what we have completed. Next week I will help with working on the finding of the evidence so that I can ensure that we have everything we need for the week when everything is due and the festival is on.

I think that overall, the group did a fairly good job on progress, and I feel as if we are actually going to get somewhere based on the progress that we are making. All that we have to do now is start making everything and start making the quizzes and activities that we will be having on the day. -S.K.L

Today during outreach,we had to think of ways we could publicize the festival and our stall, so our group thought of doing a jingle over the P.A. So our group decided on splitting up into three different groups, just for the first two periods of outreach. One group was making the song, the other was collecting evidence, and the last one was getting started on the stall, and where and when people were going to need equipment. We managed to finish the jingle and collect most of the evidence, and finalized the areas, so during the last two periods. We based everything on the stall, and what we were going to do on that day. We also had to think of the constraints and considerations, as well as book the school camera for the photobooth. Next session, we might have to think about how we’re going to attract people to our stall, and that might mean dressing up/making announcements/ handing out different freebies etc etc. I think we made the most out of this session, because almost everyone participated, and didn’t slack off. We all had something to do and thought of many ideas that we could use for the day.

-L.A.A

Today for outreach we went to figure out what way we would be able to advertise our stall and what we will be representing for our organisation. We got our firs preference of having a jingle over the P.A so the whole school will know about our organisation and group for the festival. Later we went to the place we will be holding our stall and figuring out where we should place our information, freebies and photo booth, it was agreed that the way we advertise our stall is through signs that will be colorful and outstanding, we are also putting music around our stall so that people get attracted and will be able to speak to them about Beyond Blue and give away some notifications about it. We have started to create a poster to hang above our stall and have made a jingle for the P.A broadcast.

Z.A.Z


 * 4/9/2012 **

Luckily today we got a chance to work with our Outreach groups on our stall for the 18h of September Festival. I am becoming quite excited about this festival. We got started on the banner, and we all worked on that. I came up with the idea of making it a collage because it shows that we have put in a lot of effort on this stall. We still need a bit of time to work on that, so we are coming together as a group on Friday at lunch. I am excited to be with my group because, honestly, I think we all get along really well and we have a variety of mindsets. I was thinking about what would attract people to our photo booth and I thought of the idea of having a face-in-the-hole cardboard cutout that has something with the theme of blue and we would take people’s pictures with their faces in the hole. I was quite happy to think of this idea, but I was very open to more suggestions. We worked on our P.A speech and also I worked on a draft of what our stall would look like. We also decided who is doing what on the day.

Isabella: Advertising the Photo booth with the banner

Ann: Taking photos in the Photo Booth

Liam: Handing out the wristbands and telling people to come to our stall

Jesse & Nick: Helping the other groups with the P.A and microphone system.

Zak: Watching and working at the stall

Steph: Advertising the quiz competition and the prizes (chocolate bars.) -S.K.L


 * 11/9/2012 **

Thankfully today, we got the chance to have the whole day to work on our Outreach Stall. We got Ann to do the minutes and we allocated the jobs and tasks to the members of their group. Basically, all day, I spent making the photo booth sign. It as a collage so it required a lot of effort and time to complete, but the end product looked amazing. I kind of think that we may have spent too much time on this booth and not enough time on the actual photo booth itself. Supposedly, we have finished all of the gathering of the evidence, and the draft of the stall, so all that is left to complete is the Face-in-a-hole cardboard cutout. Isabella and I have decided to work on the cutout at home, so that we will get it done. If this is not completed, than our last resort will be to just put posters in the background of our photo booth. We still do have a lot to do, but I don’t think it should be a problem to complete everything that needs to be completed. As long as my group and I get it done by Tuesday next week. Right now all I have to do is:

-The P.A System Speech

-The recording of the song

-The Flipper And Lopaka cardboard cut-out

-Draft of the stall

-Check evidence sheet

11/9/12: Now that we no longer have Rock and Water, we were given the entire day to work in our Outreach groups. The year nine teachers made it very clear that we’d only have today’s DEAL class to finish everything that needs to be completed, and that message definitely got through to our group. We worked efficiently throughout the entire day and without having to discuss much, we allocated ourselves to different tasks and jobs to complete during the course of the day. We knew what needed to be done. Ann volunteered herself as minutes; avoiding the argument against who should be in charge of minutes. Stephanie and I worked together in completing our group’s banner, later in the day, we had the assistance of every group member. It was a long process. We were also aware of how limited our resources were, and so we had to make use of what we had. Nick, Jesse and Zack worked on the evidence and completed the evidence sheet at the end of the day. Jesse worked on the timeline, Zack helped with the banner, and Ann and Nick worked together in creating the quiz.

In periods 3 and 4, our group was running short on supplies for our banner and we were brainstorming how we could be more resourceful. After returning from our lunch break, Ms Commadeur had been kind enough to donate a few resources to our group, and truly saved the day. In periods 5 and 6, all members of the group helped with creating the banner. This is one of the few days where we all worked as a team, and I am proud of what we’ve accomplished.

I.M.O

** 18/9/2012 ** Today was the big day. We had everything prepared, materials wise, but I don’t think the group members were prepared mentally. Some of the members seemed as if they did not know what they were doing. I feel as if some did not do their part, beforehand but they did make up for it by helping out as much as they could on the day. Previously,

-Ann went home and wrote up the quiz questions as well as printing them out

-Stephanie drew up the hole-in-face photo booth

-Isabella helped paint and create

-Liam was absent

-Everyone bought a chocolate bar to put in the prize box for the competition

I was pleased to see that everyone had done their homework and had done everything that was required to be completed to finally put this stall together.

When we first got to the stall, the first thing I did was put up the photo booth. That seemed like the most important part of our stall. Everybody helped put that up, with opinions and suggestions from each group member, as well as more suggestions for our stall appearance. We then put our tables together, and displayed the box of wristbands and the chocolate prizes. Those were the most appealing things to a customer. We got the sheets from the Drama room and put them on top of the table to make our stall look less plain. We then put the poles on the “photo booth” sign to advertise our photo booth. We stuck that into the ground and it looked pretty impressive. Once the people started coming in, I was really excited to start speaking to them, we also played music. I was quite frustrated because people from other groups kept coming to the P.A system and changing the song or the music, and spoke into the microphones. This was because he had specific songs that were approved by the teacher and those were the songs we could play. Only those. But eventually, everybody loosened up, even myself and I began to enjoy the day. I think the music was helping me with this. So, Isabella and I went to the office to make an announcement on the P.A to tell them to come to the booth, and to go have a look around at the other stalls. We sang a song, and I was very proud of it. We then thought to use the megaphone to start walking around and advertising our booth, so we went to the office, asked to use it politely, and they gave it to us. Isabella and I walked around and started talking to people about our stall, to go to it as well as handing out the flipper cards. Once we got used to how things were running and progressing, we started to relax and I had a break and ate sausages. We then began to perform to draw more people in, and in between the songs, we would promote our stall. I think that the photo booth was a big hit, compared to how I thought it could turn out.

I am proud of the group’s efforts, and I am happy that we were able to make people actually come to our stall and have a look at what’s there. It’s amazing how easily you can persuade people, with just a change of a few words. I would love to do something like this in the future, even if it’s not just for school. It was an enjoyable experience, as well as a rewarding one. -S.K.L