Today I got up really early at six but I didn’t actually get out of bed until about 6:30 and I had my breakfast which was great because I was really hungry that morning. Today was also the day where I was student leader for the first time and it was really good. The first thing that we did was we had a video call video call with the student leaders in Gnurad-Gundidj campus and the Dinner Plain/Alpine Campus which was really fun and it was interesting to talk to people who were multiple hours away from where we are and I think it was a great experience for me. After I had done that we went out and did our 9:00 presentation in front of everyone. I thought I did I really good job my personal goal was listening, viewing and responding and I think that I have done really well as when others have been talking I focused on them and I did not start not start conversations or fiddle with anything. We also discussed the duties for today for today such as chooks, bathroom and laundry and breakfast setup and pack up. I found being student leader was an amazing experience to really challenge myself and be able to express that in front of everyone else.

A.M Class:
Our A.M. class today was peer skills 1 in which we spoke about body language and how well humans can read it. We also did an activity where we split up in two separate groups and taking it in turns, we were given different emotions and we h and we had to act it out for the other team and then they had to guess it. I thought that this task was really fun. After that we watched a video which showed a social experiment were people had to write a letter to someone that they are they are grateful to. Little did they know that after they had written the letter they had to call that very person and read the letter to them. The point of this of this experiment was to show that being grateful is one of the best ways to be happy and their happiness went up anywhere from 4-19% which is amazing. This goes to show that doing something as simple as being grateful can really brighten your day. After we watched the video we then had to write a similar letter to someone we were grateful for.

P.M Class:
For our P.M. class we had the half day bike ride and we rode all the way to the pier that is located in Marlo and we then rode all the way back. It was really exhausting but it was great to have a nice and relaxing ride. Unlike some of the other groups, luckily no one stacked and no one got left behind. The best part was going down the hills on the bikes because you could draft behind someone and in turn go extremely quick.

Teamwork Tuesday:
I think we should definitely keep encouraging everyone to have a fair go at something even if they’re not so skilled at that because it really helps to keep our team’s vibe going. I think we should stop pushing people to far because I realize that some people aren’t as capable as others so instead of yelling at someone try to be more supportive and help them. We should definitely start being more organized because multiple people are missing items such as bags and Gortex Jackets so we could definitely start being more organised.

Jack, Carrum Downs SC