Teamwork & Leadership

Science 2023

Miah Davies

For this project we had to create a tower strong enough to withstand an earthquake. You had $60 to spend. The tower had to be 60cm tall and 30cm wide. You have spaghetti and blu tack and each spaghetti is $1 and each gram of blu tack is $1.

Engineering process:

The engineering process was very chaotic and messy because people were either not in the lesson or they were hanging out with other groups. Next time we could all stick to what we are meant to be doing. Next time we have to build this tower I would make it slimmer and more stable so it was the right height and and strong enough to withstand an earthquake. For the future I would probably go with different people because we didn’t get the work done and some of the group members kept on walking to other groups and started talking to them while everyone else was doing the project.

Teamwork:

My group was pretty god because we managed to get the work done but we could’ve spread the work out so one or two people were doing all the work because two people were doing most of the work and one person was doing all the research and most of the still, while the 4th person was walking around talking to friends and not helping. We all communicated well and that’s how we managed to finish the project. Eleanor was the Project Manager, Tim was the Speaker, Cooper was the Equipment Manager, and I was the reporter. Tim, Eleanor, and Cooper created the tower with their patience and delicacy. It took a while to get it right but they managed to complete it. I did the research and some more stile and helped the others with their stile because that’s what I am better at.

Our design:

Dance Reflection

Miah Davies

For our year 8 transition night illuminate festival we made a dance, we looked really goofy but we managed to pull through. This dance routine had a long process with many days of hard work and determination.

We went through a lot to create this dance over a short period of time. First we were put in pairs and pretended we were puppets with a puppet master, we then taught the puppet dances to the other people we got put with then incorporated that into our dance. I was thinking of separating into smaller groups like we have done most of the time but we just ended up staying in the one big group. We then collaborated and worked together to make a tutting dance, we tried to make this dance as cool as possible and did it at different timing so we had a cool effect. Next we added on the breaking free parts then we finished and the ending which was amazing. Lastly we pieced it altogether working with the other class for the first time and we then performed an 1hr later.

The structure of the dance was a binary structure meaning it had 2 parts and the 2 class groups were different but had the same style dance as in the toy dance and the tutting. Towards the end we all broke free and started moving more freely and have a better time dancing.

The toy and tutting dance are stiff dance moves and not very free moving to make a cooler affect and make us look like we are actual toys. We weren’t very energetic at the start as toys but then when we broke free we had to be energetic and stay at the same amount of energy level all the way through. We didn’t have much space between everyone because we weren’t doing big movements, most of it was smaller moves. We had to stay at the same speed for that cool effect.

At the start we were all separated into groups of three and made up our own tutting dances, we then incorporated that into the dance as well as everyone else parts of their routine. We all then collaborated and worked together for a few weeks and ended up creating this amazing dance. Next time we could listen to each other instead of talking over the top and let everyone contribute and not just the one person. In the groups at the end we all mixed up groups and taught each other which made another 2 or 3 counts of 8 to to our dance.

The timing and spacing was really good because we all stood we were meant to stand and went at the time we had to go at. We all committed to this performance because we wanted it to come out as good as possible.

I think the group performed well knowing we only had 2hrs to put the two separate dances together so I think we did well. From what I saw we all did well and we all kept the same amount of energy throughout the dance making it look cool and making it look neat and tidy. The other class did really we with their dance towards the end and I am very proud of them for completing it without messing up. I am also very proud of my group cause we did some pretty embarrassing moves but we managed to pull through and make it look amazing. I think I did really well with my spacing and time with the movements. I could’ve looked at the audience more but it was bright so it made it harder to look at them.

It was very different because it has different levels of height and lots of slopes making it harder to dance. As well as all the natural including bugs and trees also trying to avoid them and having to stay still even with a bug on your face. Also you never know what is on the common and there is all sorts of sticks and dirt while in the dance studio or on the stage it is clean and all one level.

To make sure you collaborate with your peers and even if you don’t want to do something just do it because it is best for the group and it always ends up lookin great. That you have to work with people you don’t really like or work with that often, so just get it over and done with because you might not have to work with them again.

I had a lot of fun doing this project and I hope to do it again someday.

Project Utopia

Miah Davies

 In Term 3 I did a project on Fremantle and my group, and I used these four capabilities collaboration, communication, origination, and problem-solving. When I did this project, I feel like we had some ups and downs, but we still worked as a team. When it came to the showcase I was just out there and talkative and so was the rest of my group, so I was proud of that.

ASC Capabilities

With communication, we did a lot of talking together as one group and we weren’t just sitting there quiet. An example of when we were using effective communication was when we were planning our scripts. What I did is I wrote as much as I could and then my group and I shared what we all wrote down and then we got told we just had to have a conversation so that is when stopped the scripts. We also used effective communication in the showcase because before we started, we were talking about where to stand and reminded each other what we were talking about.

Our organization was pretty good, but it could have been better. Some days we were forgetting stuff and not remembering the stuff we did the day before, but as this journey of Project Utopia, it got better and better till the point where we were remembering this and flying through all the work. Also, with our vision board, we were very organized because there was a pocket on the back for extra paper and we put all the pictures in a special order, so it was organized, and we knew where to point on the day of the showcase.

We used collaboration during every session especially when we were planning our vision board and then making because if we were quiet while we were doing the planning and making the vision board, we all would be doing our own thing instead of working together and that would have been a catastrophe. But in the end, because we all worked as a team, we completed the vision board and it turned out great.

Our problem solving was good, so when we had problems all of working together to get the problem solved, one of our problems is when the presentation finished and we started re-writing what we said in the presentation because we all wrote what we said and then sent it to Daniel to put it together, but as he did it he wrote what he wrote on his script and completely changed it and everyone in my group got angry and Astrid started arguing. But, in the end, I fixed the script, and it was what we said at the showcase.

Public Speaking

I think my group and I have pretty good public speaking and I think it really helped us in the showcase because if we weren’t good at public speaking ten the showcase would be a mess. So, i am really happy that we were all brave and wasn’t scared to talk up in front of all the parents and teachers.

At the end of it all we were so relieved that we had finished and did not have to work on it any longer.