As part of our year 10 Humanities course, we are able to research a project of our own choice, and to showcase at a final exhibition in Term 4. The topic that I have chosen to research is the United States’ atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Our main focus area is the before and after of Hiroshima and how it affected the geography of the city. The steps that I have completed so far have been doing the initial research necessary to start my groups project. Our plan for continuing our project includes filling out a timetable to organise when certain checkpoints should be completed by and if possible, work ahead of schedule. Our hope is to complete a large chunk of our project during the holidays so we have more time to do the research at school and won’t be so stressed a week before we have to present.

There are 10 capabilities on the capability wheel. These are Ethics, Effective Communication, Leadership, Collaboration, Problem Solving, Inquisition, Creativity, Resilience, Organisation, and Self-Awareness. The one I used most in our most recent English task was Collaboration. The Cambridge definition of Collaboration is “the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing”. This was useful in our English task as it was a task that required a group of two or more people to create and perform a play meaning collaboration was the most important aspect of our project. It allowed our group to work well together and create our script and rehearse effectively. Collaboration is a key component in any group project and is an essential skill for anyone to have.

Collaboration with my group didn’t happen immediately. This was due to my group not having all our members for quite a few lessons. This resulted in my group being disorganised and unable to collaborate effectively which meant that our progress during the first few weeks of the assignment was minimal. However, we were able to collaborate well when we were all together, letting us minimise how much we were behind. We were able to organise times outside of school to supplement our limited group class time and used them to finish the script and rehearse.

A small hurdle to our group came in the form of an extra group member. With the addition of a group member, our group had to restructure our script to account for the new member. This required us to add new characters and integrate them into the script. However, we were able to integrate him without too much trouble due to us being able to work together well. This wouldn’t have been possible without collaboration, showing how important it is when working in a team.