Activity 3 : Concluding the journey

Day 5 : Friday 10th January (late post)

Activity 3 : Concluding the journey

Personally I really enjoyed Week 1, Day 3, Activity 3, for that activity I created a poster of my brothers dream job and how I was going to help him achieve his goal, to me that was my favourite one because I really did like getting to know more about him, personally I also liked the recent activity where we said our points of views towards the Royal family's dance (but that definitely comes second). The activity I enjoyed the least would have to be when talking about people I look up to, mainly because there are not so many people I look up to and sometimes I look up to different people for different reasons which was really hard to choose from. Three things I learnt while completing the program was that...

1. I can do anything I put my mind to

2. I must learn to read instructions properly to get best results and do the activitys correctly

3. learning is more fun when not being forced and pressured to complete it

This program was an amazing experience and I loved every moment of it, although some times I was not able to submit my post on time due to personal reasons, I had a blast!. By saying that, I really can not think of anything they can improve on, and if they really are looking for something to change I know that it will only make these activitys much greater. 

Activity 2 : En Pointe

Day 5 : Friday 10th January
Activity 2 : En Pointe

My : Link

Out of all 25 amazing an inspirational quotes that I had read this one had really caught my eye, the moment I read it, it hit my emotions differently than to when I read the others. The quote I chose was  “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ” by Bonnie Blair. To me it really does mean a lot,like doing your best, way more important than coming first in a test or competition. To me the quote tells me that becoming the best you is more of a greater win than any competition out there. To me it means that to win you don't always have to beat or be better than others but just one-upping the old you is enough. To me that quote means so many things to me, because personally I have had situations where this quote would of really made an impact to me if I had read it before. Personally what Bonnie had said is something I've been trying to say to myself for a long time, I absolutely love this quote and I truly do feel like many people can learn something from it. 

Activity 1 : The world of hip hop

Day 5 : Friday 10th January
Activity 1 : The world of hip hop



Personally I love the Royal family dance crew, I've always found their dances to be very different and cool in many ways, but I do think that there was some things that they should of changed. For starters I really do feel like the pink was an odd choice of colour, to me the females look like they are life-sized highlighters and the boys look like they have bright leather cushions on their chest. I also found it difficult to really see each dancer individually while they danced (which might of been their goal but i wouldn't know). I also found some of their dance moves very funny and odd, for example like when they had some of the girl hang from the boys necks like a chain, I couldn't help but find it amusing. Although I really loved the songs that they had chosen, from watching their previous dances it really is something they would dance to and not only do they dance well to that sort of music but the songs themselves were really good. Another thing I like was how in-sync they were, I really do think it made them look amazing and united like a true Royal Family.

Activity 2 : Caine’s Arcade

Day 5 : Friday 3rd January
Activity 2 : Caine’s Arcade



My favourite game right now is volleyball!!!. I love volleyball so much, I love everything about it, from the thrill I get when serving to the nerves I get when spiking (well trying to spike). To play you need 2 teams (each team must have 6 players each), from there you need a net to separate both teams and a "volleyball" to pass back and forth from both teams. Although, no one can hold the ball, no person can hit the ball twice in a row, the maximum number of hits your team can do is 3 before you HAVE to send it over the net to the other side. To score a point you must hit the ball over the net and on the other teams side of the court, both teams are trying to see who can win a "set" (a set is basically a round that only ends when one team has reached 25 points, or is 2 points ahead when tying at 25 or more".That is just some simple rules for my favourite game, its not very easy to explain in the game words than it is to show, so I have linked a simple video to help explain my favourite game volleyball.

Link : Volleyball rules

Activity 1 : Ministry of inspiration

Day 5 : Friday 3rd January

Activity 1 : Ministry of inspiration 

If our school ever offered up an underwater robotics club I would love to sign up!. At my school we were offered up a number of extra curricular activity's, one of them being "robotics". It may not be underwater robotics but I feel as though it has given me a taste of what "underwater robotics" would be like, but just a bit different. I loved my robotics club and I even competed in a competition with my school, although it was not for the competition but more for the fun and experience. Robotics unfortunately clashed with my sports so I had to let one go and I chose to finish robotics, but all the time I spent programming the bots and making them move were really the best, also after watching the video it made me miss the feeling I got while controlling the bot.

Activity 2 : Leading by example

Day 5 : Friday 27th December

Activity 2 : Leading by example

The random act of kindness I did was help these little boys get their ball from the deep side of the pool. Today I went to the pools and while I was there I met two little boys trying to swim to the deep end to get their rugby ball. I ended up telling them it was too dangerous for them to try (because I could see that they did not know how to swim) and get the ball. I then proceeded to swim over and get the rugby ball and give it to the boys. They were very happy and grateful and I also felt happy and proud that I was able to help them out today. 

Activity 1 : Everyday heroes

Day 5 : Friday 27th December - Humanitarian heroes
Activity 1 : Everyday heroes 

 

5 ways we could support the people who are affected by the fires in New South Wales (Australia) is:

1. hold a fundraiser and send all the money to the people affected
2. get them basic necessities like toothpaste and soap (ect), so they don't need to worry about simple necessity when they lost everything.
3. make comfort food baskets. filled with lots of foods and drinks for the families to eat.
4. Gather gift cards to send. gift cards for foods, clothes and even furniture (for when they get another house)
5. Write a sympathy letter to the family. 

(I made a simple poster because I was not able to make a video/voice recording : poster )

(I was not able to make a video or voice recording due to my netbook being broken and no available devices for me to film/record on)

Activity 3 : Own choice

Day 5 : Friday 20th December

Activity 3 : Own choice 

I know of many famous people who get acknowledged for their good deeds in changing the world, but today I want to acknowledge someone who I think has been very helpful over the years. This woman's name is Lorena, I know this because she is my mother. I'm very proud and honoured to say that to me she is a change-maker. My mother is a social worker, and is very dedicated to her job. With her job she has to help many people who have been wronged or have experienced something very traumatic. My mother helps then not only mentally, by calling them and making sure that they are ok (and other things), but she also helps out physically. She meets up with her clients for lunches, helps clean homes and sometimes even gives them clothes and food. My mother not only does great in her job by working over time to make sure that her clients find their justice and closure, but she is also amazing help outside of her job too. She donates her time and money to people in need, she even drove around at 3 in the morning looking for a man that went missing. She did it because she has such a big and kind heart. You many not think my mother is a change-maker but with every path she has ever crossed she always finds a way to help them out. My mother may not be changing the world on the biggest scale, but shes helping when and where she can, doing it one person at a time. 

Activity 2 : Swimming safety

Day 5 : Friday 20th December
Activity 2 : Swimming safety



The photo I have inserted above is of a very brave and heroic girl, who's swimming skills saved 16 people. Her name is Yusra, born in Syria she was living an ordinary life until she was 13. When Yusra was first encountered the water she was very scared and nervous, but more importantly she was excited. As time went on she not only overcame her fear of the water, but it basically became her new best-friend. She loved the water so much she would compete in swimming competitions, and with the help of her dad training her and her older sister she was "winning competitions left and right". Growing up Yusra did swimming constantly, until one day she discovered that the gym where she did her swimming was bombed. As time went on Yusra and her family kept seeing how bad and violent everything was getting in their country and at the age of 14 Yusra begged her mother to consider running away with her family, but fleeing with all 5 (Yusra, her mother, father, eldest and youngest sister) of them would be too dangerous her mother concluded. Then one day when no one was home, their neighbourhood was bombed and Yusra's home was unfortunately destroyed making them lose everything. That's when her mother came to her with a plan, she had discovered that her two nieces were going to make the long trip to Europe and suggested that Yusra and her sister follow along. Taking nothing more than a phone, clothes and money for smugglers on the day she left Yursra hugged her family goodbye and set off with her sister, cousins and a small group of others to Europe. The plan was to flee and find shelter in Berlin Germany, where Yusra hoped she could finally swim again. First they went to Beirut in Lebanon, then to Istanbul in Turkey. The growing and growing fear of getting caught by the police which if caught they might get sent back to Syria. From Istanbul they made their was south to where they met up with smuggles who agreed to help them in exchange for money, they were to help Yusra and everyone she was with get across the waters to the Greek Island known as Lesbos. Yusra and the others hid in the forest waiting for the right moment to leave the coast, but as they embarked on their first travels, they were stopped by the Turkish coast guards almost as soon as they set off. Returning back, they in the forest again and when night fell they started the motor and pushed everyone out to sea. little by little they got further and further away from the island until tragedy struck. out of no where the motor made a strange sound and then started to slow down, to the point where it just stopped. Then little by little the boat started to fill with water, as the water reached Yusar's ankles she knew she couldn't die there, even when shes such a strong and amazing swimmer. Yusar, her sister and 2 others jumped overboard and swam for over 3 hours, pushing and pulling the boat, and at one point even thinking they were not going to make it. Thats when they saw it, the coastline of the Lesbos Island getting closer and closer, to where they were able to get out of the boat and pull it to shore. From there they traveled north from country to country, crossing boarders however they could. After sneaking across the boarder to Hungary, they were captured by the Hungarian police and were taken to a refuge camp. Upon travelling to the camp the sisters looked at each other and burst out laughing, when the Hungarian police wanted to know why, they responded with more laughter. Yusra just thought to herself "We were going to die in the sea and you think we should be afraid of you?", once ariving to the camp the sisters made a run for it as soon as they saw an opening. After a month long trip, across nine different countries Yusra made it safely to Berlin. She slept on the ground for months after arriving to a refuge camp in Berlin, but she felt safe and wondered upon the rumour of a swimming club. Yusar decided to try out for the team, which was one of the best places for young swimmers to train. Yusar not having trained in 2 year was a bit rusty and unfit, but the coach could tell that there was something special about her. Yusar swam day in and day out, 6am she would wake up just to get in some swim time before school and once her classes were done, she went right back to the pools. Her coach had high hopes for her to swim in the Olympic in 2020, but Yusra surprised everyone when she was chosen to joing the first ever refuge Olympic team in 2016. Yusar was one of 10 refuges to be chosen for the team, she was placed in the 100 meter butterfly race and was the only team member in her preliminary heat, and SHE WON. Unfortunately she wasn't able to get a medal at the 2016 Olympics but fortunately she has her sights set for gold in 2020. 

Activity 1: National Treasure - Day 5

Day 5 : Friday 20th December - Against the odds
Activity 1 : National Treasure



When thinking of things that I treasure many things do come to mind, but if I was only to choose 3 it wouldn't be very hard to pick. I treasure many materialistic things, like my phone and PlayStation but the main one would have to be my "overall excellence award 2019" that I received during a camp I went to in March this year (2019). This award was given to basically the overall best student at camp, and although being in a large group of 30 they chose to give the award to me which was a real honour. Another thing I treasure would have to be my netbook. I treasure my netbook because its the key to my learning. It might sound strange that my netbook is the key to my learning, but now that my school is basically a technology based school, its hard for me to do work when i don't have my netbook (even with the provided computers). The last thing I treasure is nothing materialistic, its the thing that fills my heart with so much joy and makes me feel so safe and secure. That thing would have to be my family. I love and treasure my family just as much as they love and treasure me, they have been a big help to the person I have become today and without them I don't think I would be typing this.