Month: September 2021

HASS Project Progress: Update 1

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For our last assessment of the Year 10 Humanities course, we were granted the task of constructing our own project of our choice from Civics, History, Economics and or Geography. The ultimate goal is to showcase our outcome at a final exhibition held at the CPA in Term 4. 

The project that my group and I have chosen is to create a mini ‘restaurant’ that sells food from World War II and the money earned will be donated to World War II Foundation. We will have a display store selling bundles of offers which will provide a little refreshment while incorporating a little ideology of what the soldiers would’ve eaten. However, although our group has not achieved our target yet, we have made some progress that will contribute to our final product. Originally, we had brainstormed other creative ideas such as incorporating the idea of Georgian Fashion or creating a virtual room of a concentration camp from WWII. 

Our essentials questions are:

  • What are the struggles that the soldiers in WWII faced?
  • What are the conditions of the food that soldiers in WWII had?
  • What is the difference between the Allied and Axis’ portion?
  • What is in each ration for the soldiers?
  • How do we set up a successful business?
  • How do we spread our marketing skills?

The steps that we have completed include doing research and bibliography to discover the struggles that soldiers in WWII face; the conditions of the food given; the difference between the rations given to the allies and axis soldiers; how to set up a successful store. An interesting fact we have discovered from our research is that the British soldiers were given 2 pints of tea to drink every day! We have also discussed our visualisations of how the store is going to run and the types of products we may sell (at this stage, we have decided to sell plates as ‘rations’ with a sample of each type of food). 

A source from our bibliography

Our plan for continuing to progress with our project includes looking into the economics side and planning financially to ensure profits are being made.

  1. We need to decide on how much everything is going to sell for, where we can gather our resources at the lowest price possible. 
  2. We need to decipher the amount of profits we are targeting, and from there, the amount of portions that are needed to be sold to have that desired outcome.

Overall, our project has started out strongly as we have set our main goals and our next steps to be completed.

Nulsen Quiz Night

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This year, I’ve had the privilege of being a Youth Patron for Nulsen Group. My fellow Patrons and I were given the responsibility of organising and executing the annual Nulsen Quiz Night. Throughout this, my capability of effective communication has grown substantially.

We had started proposing the overall event seven weeks prior and was delegating tasks in our weekly meetings. Effective communication was crucial between the patrons as we had to ensure the finalised date with the Quiz Night did not clash with other events and that our desired venue was free. After our discussions, we decided that we needed to contact Roz Collins, the All Saints’ Events Coordinator, to discuss the creation of our marketing posters and the Try-booking link for purchasing the tickets. I demonstrated effective communication in this circumstance because I had to clearly state to Ms Collins the message that I wanted to get across to different target audiences.

On the night of the event, we had to examine the roles of each patron, such as selling raffle tickets, packing the gift baskets, or welcoming everyone with an address. While selling the raffle tickets to each table, we had to listen to the requests and demands of the buyers for clear communication, confirming that our full attention was on them. A struggle that occurred was when we were approached by multiple people, requiring our divided attention. To ensure effective communication, I maintained full focus and favourable body language without being overwhelmed.

Admittedly, other capabilities of organising, collaborating and leadership have also been demonstrated in the duration of the planning and process of the Quiz Night. But when reflecting on my experience, the development of my personal capability to effectively communicate has allowed me to deliver multiple messages with clarity. I am grateful for the opportunity to utilise effective communication and recognise that this capability will continue to be advanced in the future.

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