My goals for this subject

Throughout my journey in Muir, I set out to enhance my archery skills and also explore nature through snorkelling. I have always been fond of the ocean so the snorkelling program gives me a opportunity to explore it. Orienteering, my least favourite of the three still provided me with a lot of fun and positive experiences to take with me. My goal for orienteering was too explore a deeper connection with nature, which I achieved at the Jorgensen excursion where my team and I manage to navigate around a forest. I achieved my goals in archery, getting a significantly higher score in my last week than my first. My goal for snorkelling is to be able to consistently duck dive as it gives me opportunity to see more wildlife which I successfully manage to exercise during the Rottnest Camp. I didn’t get water in my snorkel and didn’t need to constantly take of my mask, a significant improvement.

Significant events.

We did an archery sky shoot where we shot arrows into the sky. Additionally in archery I hit a small balloon in the centre which was very exciting. we went to an excursion into the bush where we found many natural gems, such as a nice stone ledge. In snorkelling, despite being very cold, we saw a baby stingray and an orange octopus which I have never seen in the wild, the reef also looked extremely different to what I expected. On the Rottnest island, I didn’t know what a quokka was so it was very cool to see so many of them around

Weather observations and conditions.

The weather in Rottnest was very windy and cold so we had to speed up our snorkel in order to stay warm, missing some fun parts of the trip. This made the wetsuit very important in order for us to enjoy the experience. Mr J also had a talk to us about our mindset, instead of focusing and complaining about the cold, changing our mindset to its “fresh” definitely made the second swim more enjoyable and less focus on the cold.

Plants and animals I saw(flora and Fauna)

We saw a wide variety of fish, even finding a huge school of fish (about a meter long!). We also saw a baby stingray and some octopus. The reef was filled with moss and algae with some tiny fish hiding amongst them. I also manage to come across a fish trying to camouflage itself in the sand by burying it. On the land there wasn’t much variety but there was an abundance of Quokkas

3 Capabilities

Resilience: The water was definitely cold and it was easier to just not do the second swim however I’m very happy that I decided to push forward as the second swim was the most

Communication: Communicating with my piers on the camp, to make the processes easier. For example setting up the tents

trust: Having trust on your buddy to always be around you, trust in your piers to do the right thing.

What did you learn about yourself?

I learnt how that I can do more things If I have a good mindset

Teamwork by definition is the combined effort of the group to achieve a goal, but does the way we collaborate to combine our efforts matter? We notice that teamwork has to incorporate collaboration and communication skills in order to combine our efforts successfully and effectively. I was given the opportunity to demonstrate and exercise my ability to work in a team by being employed in a Japanese restaurant called Ramen Samurai. Placed in the customer service and hygiene department, I had to adhere to strict hygiene standards in the restaurant (especially since it was the time of Covid 19) as well as manage high customer satisfaction. Even though a restaurant is a service designed to satiate gastronomic needs, ultimately it is a business, and we need to serve as many customers as possible to ensure good revenue, this came from teamwork and collaboration. I was able to exercise and further improve my communication skills during several situations when the members of our department needed a clear communication between chefs and waiters. This became apparent when we were expected to interchange information on the time of arrival, table orders, ordering sequence, personal orders, and table cleanliness with the chefs. This is where true communication and teamwork came into play. Teamwork not only in the sense of sharing information but the trust we have in each other to deliver the correct information, information can be passed on incorrectly so teamwork and trust we have is vital in ensuring we had a good turnover. I had successfully played my role in delivering these messages and so did everyone else which came from effective communication and teamwork skills. This whole experience has taught me effective communication (due to quick information exchange) and the trust we need in others, and I learnt about myself that sometimes we can’t do everything by ourselves, and enlisting help can benefit not only us but others around us.

In this project, we learnt about the principles of justice that uphold Australia’s legal system, such as the presumption of innocence, an impartial judiciary, and the right to legal representation. I studied the case of Andrew Mallard, and analysed how these principles were both upheld and violated in this case. After writing an essay on the topic, we were required to incorporate feedback and edit the essay so that it was fit for online publication. This essay is the end result of that editing process. It demonstrates my ability to take feedback, and to refine a piece of written work to produce a professional result.

Born on 16^th August 1962 Andrew Mallard was a lead suspect of the murder of Pamera Lawrence in 1994. After further investigation, the police pulled a ‘confession’ from him and he was arrested in late 1995. The Mallard family however believed he was genuinely innocent and seeked help from a journalist and an ex-Sargent. After an appeal in 2006 they appealed, and a re-trial was ordered. They won the trial, and he was released.  In this case the principles of justice mainly were not upheld. Most notable being his Inexperienced lawyer and the unfair treatment of police due to his mental disease.

The principle of justice in this case where mainly compromised. On way in which the principles of justice was compromised was shown in an 11 hour interview that the police did with Andrew. Andrew has a diagnose Mental disease and that made him fantasize about the murder. he was giving away theories about possibilities such as the murder weapon and place of death. The police took this as a confession but Andrew believed the police were interested in his abstract theories. This ‘confession’ was the police’s main argument in court. To avoid problems like this in the future the police should find forensic evidence about Andrew’s theories before jumping to conclusions. The polices case was very rushed due to the overwhelming pressure

The principle of justice are laws that is put in place to protect individuals when dealing with our legal system. These laws include:

• Equality before the law: regardless of their race, gender, income level or mental capacity all cases should be treated the same when dealing with our legal system. This include police and legal personnel.
• Right to a fair hearing: Some people are disadvantaged due to background so we create laws to make sure everyone is treated equally. One being right to a legal representative in order to help low income individuals
• Judiciary has to be independent: His means that the court is separated from parliament and the media. This is to ensure the outcome is based on the information in court, nowhere else.
• Right to an appeal: If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of a trial, you can appeal and appeals in many cases save individuals from unlawful arrest such as Andrew Mallard.

SUPPORTED

Most aspect of the Andrew Mallard case wear compromised however the right to an appeal was supported in assisting the defendant in proving his innocence. When initially put in jail in 1995, his family was confident that he was truly innocent. Malcolm Mccusker was hired by the Mallard family in a desperate attempt to free Andrew from rotting in prison. Malcolm was previously a very respect Sergeant in the police force and proved this by finding a lab test that the police withheld from the court. The lab test contained an experiment where the suspected murder weapon was trialed on a pig’s head(which has a similar skull structure to a human). If this lab test was shown to court, then the entire prosecution case would have been compromised. With this new information the Mallard family presented this is court in 2001. Their argument heavily relied on the police being corrupt which the judge found difficult to believe and their appeal was denied. They appealed once again in 2006 and that time, their appeal was sustain and Mr Mallard was released along with a 3.25 million dollar compensation.

IMPROVEMENTS

Although the right appeal was eventually supported, this process could have been quicker if we had a less biased judge. The judge relied on the common thought that the police were corrupt and would do something illegal. This compromised the principle that the judiciary has to be independent. If this principle was sustain and the judge made his decision on the information presented in court and not his prior knowledge.

COMPROMISED

The principle of justice in this case where mainly compromised. On way in which the principles of justice was compromised was shown in an 11 hour interview that the police did with Andrew. Andrew has a diagnose Mental disease and that made him fantasize about the murder. he was giving away theories about possibilities such as the murder weapon and place of death. The police took this as a confession but Andrew believed the police were interested in his abstract theories. This ‘confession’ was the police’s main argument in court.

IMPROVEMENTS

To avoid problems like this in the future the police should find forensic evidence about Andrew’s theories before jumping to conclusions. The polices case was very rushed due to the overwhelming pressure from media which also caused them.

COMPROMISED

Another way the principles of justice were compromised was when he was assigned an inexperienced lawyer and when he requested a new lawyer, the request was denied. His lawyer was so inexperience that the facts that the prosecution had not found forensic evidence wasn’t explored at all. What’s more, the police admitted to going undercover as a drug dealer planting jewelry to Mr Mallard. The evidence was lost but many witnesses saw him with the jewelry.

IMPROVEMENTS:

The second principle of justice need to be supported as Andrew had a new and inexperienced lawyer compared to the prosecution. The request should not have been denied and the planted evidence was simply the police being corrupted.

CONCLUSION:

The principles of justice was not upheld in this case except for his extremely lengthy appea. He was treated unequally and needed to be taken more cautiously when dealing with someone with a mental disability. If the stated improvements were met, Andrew would not have spent 12 years in prison.

He was released in 2006 and enjoyed his final days on earth. He unfortunately died from a car crash in 2018.

My experience:

For innovate ed this term we had a task to create a functional business. This task was named 20-dollar boss. The 20-dollar boss program was a mini representation of the market economy. We started with 20 dollars per person which we needed to use to buy resource in order to make a profit. After many lessons of debating, we decided to do customise pillows. At first, we wanted to laser cut wood and then paint over the pillow but after some calculations we decided it will be too expensive to buy paint. We then pivoted out ideas to iron on transfer paper which was a money efficient solution. Our next problem was that transfer paper required an ink jet printer which the school did not have. We then resorted to using Lewis’s house printer which meant we could not use innovate ed time to make pillows. So, we used to innovate ed time to create prototypes, sample pillows and advertising. We made pillows at home and we started to take pre-orders. The rest was basic preparation for the market. In the end we sold pillows for 11 dollars and pre orders for 15 dollars.

My role in the group was the designs advertisements to help spread the word about our group. I also helped Jaxon in the task of making a website

Solutions to our problems:

-I think we needed to pivot our idea or even change it completely

-We maybe could have hand made the pillow which might have been cheaper

Values I have learnt:

Organization:

-Effective communication. Making sure there are no misunderstandings. Website

-Collaboration  

-creativity. I have learnt how to come up with ideas that are interesting

In the christmas market I had to use tomework to collaborate effectively  together in order to be successful. I used empathy to find out who my target audience is and how to reach them. It was interesting to learn how to make a business successful and all the powers used to make a good amount of profit.