Quote of the Day:

“We cannot truly face our life until we face the fact that will be taken away from us”
~ Billy Graham

Evening Class:

Last night we attended Snowy Got Talent hosted by 1B. They made a list of all the people that wanted to perform and they all did great. The stand outs of the night were Riley & Finnlay, Jackson & Bonnie and also Alex that performed a really good magic trick that got everyone involved. I loved how some people that never really sing, gave it a shot because of peer pressure. I thought that I gained some respect for those people that went up because they had the confidence and braveness to get up there and do their thing. Jack performed the Mario theme song with his flute and that was really cool. The judges had terrible feedback but none of them were criticizing the contestants. Hayley had the most confidence because she was pretty much forced to go up there with peer pressure. Overall everyone had a great night and hopefully we can share these memories when we meet up again.

AM Class:

Today we had Leadership day, this is when we hop in our expo teams and go through some activities that make us better leaders. First off we had Ms Patterson and she taught us of The Circles of Needs, this is where there are 3 rings that all join and we put one topic in each circle. These topics are Group Needs, Task Needs and Individual Needs. We also learnt about the Maslow’s Heirachary of Needs and that was a pyramid of all the things we need to be a leader. We than moved on to Ms Fuhrmann and she taught us about Role Models and what are they, also what attributes they have. We came up with a list of attributes that represented the alphabet because of the first letter. Ms Fuhrmann then handed out a sheet stating if we had a dinner party which role models would you invite, some of the main people I had on there are Luke Beverage because of his persistence as Bulldogs Coach and how he transformed them to be in the finals after they lost their Captain Higgins to the GWS Giants. Another person on there I had was Adam Gilchrist and I chose him because I am reading his book at the moment and realizing what he went through and how he made that change from NSW to WA and how he got criticised for taking Ian Healy’s role as the Australia One Day wicket keeper. I than went on to Mr Royce’s Class which we learnt about the types of leaders, the types of leaders there are; Autocratic, Democratic and relaxed leaders. We first looked at a puzzle that we had to figure out then he made a solution of the puzzle and explained why it was so much easier. We finally moved out into the common room where we all sat down and referred cooking ingredients to team attributes. We also went on to make rum balls with coconut on the outside and cranberries on the inside.

PM Class:

In our PM class we got the opportunity to finish all of our passports and all the things required for the PPI, the PPI is the interviews we face in front of our liaison teachers and we reflect on our goals. We have to find evidence to know we have achieved our goals.

Selfie Sunday:

Today I learnt that I was more like a democratic leader, I seek opinions so that it can be a group decision. The emotions that I felt this week was excitement and braveness, we had been surfing so I was feeling fresh and cold! Today I felt confident and like a real leader. This week I was student leader and I got the opportunity to talk to our fellow schools like the Noorat/Glenormiston and the Dinner Plain campuses. I had to have fun facts about myself and also present our personal goals.  

By Isaac, Mortlake SC