Outdoor Education – Muir – Semester 2

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Muir is an outdoor education course that allows students to participate in activites such as archery, orienteering and snorkelling. Through this course you gain knowledge, experiences and life long skills. I really enjoyed my semester 2, Muir experience and have gained lots of key skills that I can apply in the future.

Term 3 – Orienteering and Archery

Term 3 Muir was a great learning experience for me. We learnt the basics of orienteering and archery. In the first half of term 3 our class learnt archery, this was very enjoyable for me. Our instructor Mary was very nice and a great teacher, she taught us the proper techniques and skills for archery and was a fun activity to do. The capabilities I used when doing archery were self-awareness, being on time to class, making sure my bow and arrows were good to start shooting and making sure that my form was good. In the second half of the term we did orienteering, orienteering is a sport/activity were competitors have to locate markers around a course/area with the use of a map and compass. Groups of 3-4 people were sent around a course looking for marker which were things like letter and numbers, I grouped up with Marshall and Mitch Robinson. Towards the end of the term our class went out on excursions to, Manning park, Jorgensen park, and Piney Lakes. The capabilities I used when we were orienteering were, effective communication, when communicating with my group to find the marker and possibly leadership, for example if I have the compass then I would most likely be telling my group were to go.

Term 4 – Snorkelling

In my opinion, Muir, term 4 was the most enjoyable experience for me. I really enjoy being outdoors and I find snorkelling fun. Our class spent many periods in the pool working on our swimming and snorkelling skills. Towards the start of term 4 we did lots of preparation for our Rottnest camp. Some preparation for this was going to Coogee beach, a few weeks before Rottnest our class went to Coogee beach to do the Omeo shipwreck, Maritime trail. The conditions on the day were not the best, the water was unclear and the water was a little bit rough. I really enjoyed it and was a great learning experience for future snorkels. The Rottnest camp took place in week 4. I packed over the weekend and was ready for the Monday morning. I had all my stuff ready to go and was super excited. I had to wake up super early because the bus left at 7:30. I arrived on time and we all caught the bus to Fremantle. The ferry ride was around 25, 30 minutes. We arrived their and hopped straight of the ferry. The walk was around 30 minutes. We arrived at the beach, the conditions were great for snorkelling, I chucked on my wetsuit on and grabbed my snorkel set. The water was really cold but it was worth it. There was amazing fish and sights. Even a dive through. We came back into shore, played some beach cricket and repeated again but following a different path. We arrived at the campsite and unpacked all our stuff, set up tents and got dry. Later in the afternoon we participated in an amazing race were groups of 3-4 would go out and look for clues around the island. This was very enjoyable as it was some good free time to spend with your mates. After that we had some sausages and went to bed. I woke up pretty early. And had some breakfast. We packed up our tents and put all our bags away. We had one more snorkel trail to do at the Basin. After that was finished, we had lunch in the town and headed home. The capability I used most this term was definantly organisation. I had to be organised every time we did snorkelling, bringing bathers, wetsuit and snorkelling equipment. Especially on camp being organised was a huge factor.

Leave No Trace

Through out this semester myself and the classes have followed the principles of Leave No Trace. I my self have practiced LNT by picking up rubbish, not feeding quokkas, cleaning up after myself and more. Our class did multiple emu bobs and picked up loads of rubbish on camps and excursions after doing these.

Year 10 – Keys For Life – Assessment – 2022

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Task: Your advertising company has been contracted to develop a road safety campaign targeting young drivers. It must focus on one of the BIG 4 issues – Speed, Alcohol, fatigue or distracted driving (including mobile phones etc).

What were the biggest things you learnt while completing this task?

What a serious issue mobile phone usage while driving is and the amount of deaths and damage it causes on the roads. I learnt that there are not many adverts or campaigns towards this issue, and it should be a topic the world needs to address.

What one piece of advice would you pass on to young drivers above all else? Why?

That driving while being distracted on your phones can kill you. Because that split second when you turn your head and loose focus gives leaves yourself vulnerable to get in a car crash and possibly die.

Write down a pledge that you will commit to when you start driving. Why did you pick these things to commit to? How will you stick to these commitments?

I will never look at my phone while driving, and I will always stay focused when I’m on the roads. I picked these things because the roads are very dangerous and fast. Looking away for a split second can cost you. I will stick to these commitments by doing the methods I said on my poster.

Science Year 9 – Engineering Project

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During Term 4 science, this year we had the challenge of making a tower out of spaghetti and blue tack. The criteria that we had to follow was, the tower had to be a minimum of 60cm tall, and fits within a 30x30cm base. We have $60 to spend and the cost of the materials was $1 per 10cm of spaghetti and $1 per 1g of blue tack. We were given this challenge in teams of 3 (Simba, Mitchell and I). The challenge was to build an earthquake-resistant building using the materials provided. We were given 3 weeks to plan, design and build our 2 prototypes.

For our engineering challenge, we built 2 prototypes. The first one was very successful and could withstand the earthquake simulator, our first prototype was 61cm tall and had a 15x15cm base. We spent $44.5 on spaghetti and 15.5 on blue tack, which adds up to exactly $60. The simulator moved our structure, left and right, forward and back and up and down for about 30 seconds. Our 1st model was unphased and withstood all the movement. No changes to this model were necessary at all. For prototype 2, unfortunately, we wasted our class time and had to improvise and create a simple and quick design to finish. With very little time left in this challenge we built a very simple structure, it was placed on the simulator for 30 seconds and although it was doing well on the simulator, towards the end it began to tip over. My group could have improved on our time management. Structure 1 was far more successful than structure 2.

The roles of our group in this task were that Simba was responsible for building, the spaghetti structure. Mitchell was away from school and did not contribute to most of the project. My role in the group was to design and plan the buildings. Although we had our roles in the group, Simba and I worked together to complete this task. We looked over many different ideas and chose the most suitable design. Simba was good at building our designs and putting them together. I was happy with the drawings I did. I think my group worked well together on the first prototype. It was so successful that we felt it was hard to beat.

Year 9 2021 – Lock Camp

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Throughout my time on Year 9 OLP I enhanced the All Saints Collages capabilities of, teamwork self-awareness and organisation. This camp was very different to any other school camp I have been on, this camp really challenged my organisation skills. Prior to the camp me and my group member, Simba, had to plan out all the food we were going to bring. This task definitely required a lot of organisation skills. Simba and I planned out all the food and equipment we needed for cooking. As well as packing clothes and personal belongings, I successful had everything I needed all throughout my time at Honeymoon pool. I think that went well organising the stuff for both me and my group members. The organisation is definitely a strength of mine and I used this capability on camp well.

One of the capabilities that I tried to use throughout the Year 9 camp was teamwork. I think that teamwork is by far the most important capability on the All Saints capability wheel. A lot of the tasks that we were required to do, were tasks involving teamwork. I used teamwork very well in camp as it is one of my strongest capabilities. Whilst on camp, me and my group member had to pack the food. Simba and I had to divide out the food and did this very well working in a team. We set up the tent together and participated in the rafting together as a group. I also worked good whilst doing the amazing race. This was a group task that we had to do and my group finished 3rd. Next time whilst doing teamwork I will try and be more inclusive to others who may be feeling left out or not comfortable. Teamwork is a lifelong skill that can help me throughout my time at school and throughout my whole life.

Self-awareness is the ability to focus on yourself and maintain your mental health and wellbeing. At camp, I think that I was very self-aware. I maintain my physical health by doing activities like rock climbing and rafting and I maintain my mental health by hanging around my friends and people who support me. Using this capability helps me balance my life and keep my self inline and be able to do fun things Next time I think that I will try and take in, most of my opportunities and step out of my comfort zone more than I did. Being self-aware in life helps me maintain my physical and mental health.

Honeymoon Pool is an area full of wildlife. And being students camping there is not good for the environment because people leave rubbish on the floor, leave food scraps and disrupt the surrounding area. All Saints College cares about the future of the school and its environment. Honeymoon Pool is a campsite that All Saints Outdoor ed programs use almost every year and we must treat it with respect and look after it by picking up rubbish and doing our best to care for the future people coming through the campsite.

Leadership and Unity on camp

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Teamwork is the ability to work with others to achieve success. During my time on Kalbarri camp, I helped others in my group, by providing ideas to the group and contributing to the activity. At camp, everybody had to be involved, for example setting up the tent every day was definitely a challenge. But with the help of my group members, the job was much easier. Another example of when I used teamwork on the camp, was when I volunteered to divide out the food between cooking groups. This allowed other members of our group to do other tasks that were required, this meant that all tasks were fairly shared between our entire group. Using teamwork is definitely a strength of mine and I enjoy working in teams and pulling my weight through the activity.         

Whilst on the hike to Four-Ways, I believed that I displayed leadership qualities by guiding the group by being the person who was leading the group from the front. I put my hand up to take the challenge of being a leader, this was challenging for me because I was stepping outside of my comfort zone. During the hike there were times where my friends were feeling a little tired so I encouraged them to keep on going and push forward to our destination. It was also very important that I communicated effectively with the rest of my peers to ensure that we reached the destination safely on time.

Throughout the camp at Kalbarri, I believe that I improved my ability to work as a team member and also my leadership skills were improved. These skills are very beneficial for me to have in everyday life and I am happy that I got the opportunity to experience and use these skills effectively on camp.  

HASS Lloyd Rayney

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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 Lloyd Rayney, 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.

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Lloyd Rayney

In the case that I researched the principles of justice were shown. Lloyd Reyney was charged with murder of his wife in 2010. In my essay I will talk about how the principles of justice are shown in my case, notes on the case and how the case can be improved. Lloyd Reyney supposably murdered Corryn Reyney, his wife in August 2007.

The right to a fair trial is a principle of justice that is shown in this case. The right to a fair trial is upheld in this trial this is proven because Lloyd was a barrister in Western Australia therefore he knew all the judges. He and his lawyer decided they wanted a judge, not from WA. A judge from the Northern Territory was used in the trials. In the trials, his lawyer asked for no jury because he thought it would be fair and not bias to a well know barrister in Western Australia. During the Lloyd Reyney investigation, done by the police, the police decided they only wanted to investigate one suspect, Lloyd Reyney. They had multiple suspects but only investigated one. I think that the police and people investigating this case should have definitely investigated more than just Lloyd because this could have changed the outcome of the trials and put the real person who murdered Corryn behind bars. This is definitely not right to a fair trial. Some parts of the case are fair other parts are unfair. The police should have definantly investigated other suspects to make it fairer.

The right to an appeal is upheld in this case because once the case was finished two years later someone appealed him and won the appeal. Trial by media was also shown a lot because many people thought Lloyd did it, and once everybody saw this online the word spread, and lawyers and judges wanted an appeal therefore this principle of justice is shown. Mr. Rayney was given $2.6 million after the appeal and was free from any other sentences.

The right to be independent and impartial is not upheld in this case. This is because the judge and plaintiff ‘were seeing many things outside the courts on social media and many other ways. This is very bad for Mr. Reyney because online many things are fake and can harshly affect the trials. The news was reporting on this a lot and had people talk about their opinions causing some to sway their opinion sometimes even the people working on the case.

There are many facts on this case, but I will only be going over a few. Lloyd Reyney was charged with murder on his wife 3 years before coryyns death. In 2007 Corryn Reyney was missing for 3 weeks and later found her body at king’s park, WA. The police said that Lloyd Reyney was the “prime and only suspect”, but he was definitely not. The police found brick particles on Lloyd, Coryyn, and the house they lived in which was apparently a piece of evidence which it was not because she had just come from their family home. Which is also not upholding the principle of justice, right to an equal/fair trial.

This case has many areas it needs to be improved on. Which are, how fair the trial was and how the police were only investigated Lloyd. I personally think that during the trials Mr Reyney should have had a jury. This would have made the media have less impact on the case. I think that this trial definantly wasted Mr Rayney time. They should have just done one simple trial with all the evidence and ended it besides, they did lots of trials and took lots of time to find Mr Rayney not guilty.

Justice has definantly not been upheld in this case. Through the multiple examples that the principles of justice are not shown. In 2012 Lloyd Rayney was found not guilty. Some parts of the case uphold justice, but others do not. Right to be independent and impartial was not upheld. Right to a fair trial is somewhat not upheld. Right to an appeal is upheld. Justice is not really upheld in the Lloyd Reyney case for those few reasons.

Innovat[ED] $20 boss reflection

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Summary

This term in Innovat[ED] we did a project on business and management called $20 boss. In the project, you had to come up with a business idea and start a business with only $20. You could work in groups and I choose to work with Ayden H. I really struggled with making an idea because it’s quite hard to think of something new. I thought that is project was to have fun, make a business, and enjoy Innovat[ES] for term 3. Right away we realized that dog tags were not going to sell and not be a good idea. A couple of weeks ago we did a workshop about marketing I learned how to interact with customers with our product and attract our target audience. I would change the way we managed our time because it was not efficient enough for us to create a business.

Designing

Our business was called Bush Buddies and we were making little wooden animals with either a magnet or a broach pin on the back. We came up with a few designs and a logo. We would make these pins with the laser cutter and wood. Our idea was that 25% of our profits were going to team trees which plants one tree every dollar you give. Term 3 has been a very fun term and hope my business turns out a success.

Capabilities

The capabilities that I relied on are creativity and problem-solving, I used problem-solving because we did really have a good idea at the start and had to change our idea to something new. I could improve on my collaboration because I didn’t really help Ayden that much.

Prototype
Prototype

Christmas Market reflection 🎅

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For me, the Christmas market was a real success. My group (Thenuk, Amrit, Shray and I) worked really hard on our product and that hard work really paid off. In total, we made a $75 profit. My group was making snowglobes and sold them for $4, we also made snow which we sold for $1 that was a last-minute decision. We made a lot of different print adverts and some of them were really good. At the start of this project, we thought that our idea was going to really good. But during the process of making our product we realized that something was going wrong, the clay we were using on the inside of the jars was dissolving in the water. We then had to use Woolworths Ooshies on the inside of the jar. This change was actually beneficial for us and we almost sold out on our product. The Christmas market was a real success for my group.

Health – online safety reflection

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This term during health my class (7Z) looked at the topic of online safety. I learned a lot of new things about the internet and how to look after yourself. In class, each student got booklets that they needed to fill out, these booklets were filled with questions and information about the internet. There were 3 main parts about this unit, which were being respectful, showing empathy and being responsible online. Each of these sections taught me a lot about the mean people online and the ways you can protect yourself and others.