Must do leadership Merit #5

I did garden to table today. We were in groups of three. My groups job was to rake and level out a triangle of dirt covered in weeds and rubbish. We had three kids to help us and for once they were actually quite helpful. We completed one wheelbarrow load, then we had nearly finished a second and we were on to levelling it out when we were told it was time to go inside. We packed up and got ready to wheel the wheel barrow back. We tried to wheel it and then we realised it was stuck. We tried to fix it but in the end it took all three of us to carry it back full of dirt.

The value I showed was Active Thinking by trying to fix it.

Must do leadership Merit #4

Today I did garden to table. This week my job was to dig over a garden bed. My partner was Holly-mae. We had 4 kids to do hardening with. First we all got gloves, and so of the kids needed help getting them on. We then got trowels and started. We had to show the little kids how to do it. Some of them just dug holes or something like that, so we showed them what to do: Dig and flip, dig and flip. We also found a couple of worms, and when that happened we dug a hole and put them back. 

The value I showed was Community by being patient with the new entrants.

Must do leadership Merit #3

I did Garden to Table on Friday. I got to do cooking. We cooked spring onion and pumpkin fritters. I helped the little kids chop spring onions and grate pumpkins to put in the fritters while Lauren mixed the mixture. Once we had mixed it together I cooked most of the fritters while she cut them into pieces then she did the last batch and I helped the new entrants cut them. Once they were done we served them to a year two class and ate the leftovers ourselves.

The value I showed was Active thinking by swapping the jobs around.

Pals leadership merit #5

This week for Pals we were on Kauri. We played Capture the cones. It went alright. We set up a large playing area and placed 5 cones at each end. People started coming over and asking what we were playing and by the time we were ready to start we had enough people. The game was good and we also joined in. When the bell rung some people helped pack up.

The value I showed was Community by joining in with the game.

Must do leadership merit #2

On Friday I did the Garden to Table program. What we do in the program is we help the new entrants in the garden by doing some jobs we have been given. At the same time about 6 of us get to help the little kids to cook. I was in the garden, my partner was Sasha and our job was to plant bok-choy and surround the plants with pea straw. First we got the little kids to put on gloves, then we dug little holes to put the plants in and planted them. Finally we got pea straw from next to the glass house and spread it around the plants. By then we were done so we washed our hands and went back to our class for lunch.

The value I showed was empathy by helping a boy get some gloves on.

Pals leadership Merit #4

On Wenesday I did Pals. The field was closed so we did Pals with the other group in the hall. We went around and told people that Pals was on while the other group set up dodgeball in the hall. We played for about 10 mins then the bell rang so we packed up.

The value I showed was collaborate by working with the other group.

Librarian leadership merit #5

At lunch today I did librarian. I was on with Sasha. When I got there, there were lots of books to put away. It took a while. When that was done there wasn't much more to do so I sat at the front desk in case anyone wanted to get books out or return them. At about 1:25 we closed the library and I played King for five minutes before the bell rung.

The value I showed was be resilient by staying for my duty even when there wasn't much to do.

Must do leadership Merit #1

On Tuesday I went to technology. I am in science. We did robotics. For robotics we got to make a robot, then program it to do something. Tracy and I programmed ours to draw a picture. To do this we had to make a pen attachment. It took us a while to figure out how to attach it to our robot. Turns out we were trying to put it on the back. Oops.

The value I showed was be curious by finding out a new way to program robots.

Pals leadership Merit #3

Today I did Pals. Tracy, Warisha and I decided to run a game of football for Kakano. By the end we had about 30 boys playing football. The two teams were fairly even and the game went well. There were no issues. At the end we handed out pozis and some kids helped pack up. They got extra pozis.

 The value I showed was be resilient by at the start we didn't have very many people but I kept going and the game went well.

Pals Leadership Merit #2

I did Pals with Tracy and Waresha. We did Kakano and played Octpus on the field. The kids were really into it and mostly stayed the whole time. They took turns being 'in'. Near the end we joined in as well. 

The value I showed was collaborate by working with the others to make the game work.

Librarian leadership Merit #4

Date:13/5/16

Merit evidence for: Librarian.
Today I did my librarian duty. I put away some books. I also issued and returned some books. The learner value I showed was communicate. I showed this value by communicating with people respectfully.

Librarian Leadership Merit #3

Date:11/4/16

Merit evidence for: Librarian.

I did my Librarian duty. I put away books and learnt where the graphic novels go. I also issued and returned some books. The learner trait I showed was Question because when I didn't know where a book went I asked.

Pals leadership Merit #1

Date:5/4/16

Merit evidence for: PALS

I did PALS. We did relays and running races using stilts. I showed the value interity by being patient with the little kids.

Librarian Leadership Merit #2

Date:4/4/16

Merit evidence for: Librarian.

Today I did my librarian duty. I put away some books and also helped someone find a book to read. It took a while to find a book they were interested in and hadn't read. I showed the leadership value trustworthy by turning up on time for my duty.

Librarian Leadership Merit #1

Date:29/2/16

Merit evidence for: Librarian.

Today I did my librarian duty. I issued and returned some books. I also put some books away and sorted books. I showed the learner quality Be self aware by concentrating on my job and learning new things about being a librarian.