Category: Innovation & Enterprise

For Terms 3 and 4 Innovat[ED], I did the chicken group. I thought it was a lot of fun and We did a lot of things that I had never done before. It taught me quite a few things.

In term 3, We looked at how we can maximize the wellbeing of the chickens and how we can use them as a learning resource for the early childhood classes. We were also made rosters and were assigned jobs to maintain the chicken coop and look after the chickens at lunchtime. This taught me about organization and responsibility because I had to prioritize my lunch time to make sure that I could get everything else done as well as the chickens. We also did projects such as making storybooks about the backstories of the chickens which was fun because it taught me about creativity and I got to use my art and creative writing skills.

In term 4, we organized tours of the chicken coop for the pre primary and year 1 classes. We learnt communication skills because not only did we have to send emails and talk to the teachers but we also had to communicate with little children and keep them engaged. I had a lot of fun interacting with the kids and teaching them about what we know.

In conclusion. The chicken group was really beneficial because I learnt quite a few of the ASC capabilities as many new skills. I also has a lot of fun.

On the 16th of June, there was a showcase to present our work in Innovat[ED] and how we had expanded our design thinking skills and gained key ASC capabilities.

At the very beginning, I was going to paint a mural on the back of the year 7 & 8 lockers. I empathized with the school and I thought that the locker room would really like something too brighten it up and make it look good, especially with the tours and other things going on. I developed a lot of creativity.

After a while, I realized that this project was a bit advanced for me. It would require a lot of equipment and permission and I didn’t know how to paint. I had no experience doing this kind of thing and at first, it seemed like an exciting opportunity to try something new but I gave it some thought and found that I was probably going too far out of my field. I decided to quit that project and try to do something new.

I joined a group that was making cat blankets to donate to cat haven because I was a keen sewer and I hadn’t done anything like that before. I had a bit of sewing experience before and I wanted to put it use. I learnt collaboration skills because I had to co-operate with my group members to get things done.

We extended our creative skills by thinking up ideas for our cat blankets. At first, the blankets were going to be made out of flannelette, but it was expensive and we were introduced to a better idea. They discovered that there were ASC sport shirts that had been mis-printed and they were forgotten and un-used. It was good to use the fabric for free and know that the shirts would remain un-used otherwise. This way, we extended our problem-solving skills.

The showcase pretty successful. We had decent communication skills and a lot of people liked our stand and we explained the project well. I think we lacked some organization skills because we could have been more productive and have made an actual product in time for the showcase and the prototype was left at home so we couldn’t show it. We used our problem-solving and creativity skills and we found alternatives and solutions to our problems.

Overall, the showcase and the design process was a really fun experience and it was the perfect opportunity to learn. I improved my creativity, problem-solving and collaboration.