Our topic at the moment in Science is Forces and Motion. These 2 days we were given task to make a Catapult that would send a ping pong across the room. Although ours was last minute, it was really easy to make considering the equipment we were given. It was nerve racking when doing the final tests, but it was nice watching everyone's ping pong go the distance they went.
My group: Tamarah, Ocean, Miria, and Me.
Our new task for Future Planning in Social Studies is researching a NZ Entrepreneur. We were asked to choose a well-known Entrepreneur in New Zealand and answer questions pertaining to their business and their business journey. I choose Season Mary Downs, who is a young entrepreneur and owns the Tukau Law Limited combined with Tukau Legacy clothing line.
Tukau Law Limited is a company that was launched on the 20th of October in Kaikohe and is a part of the Legal Service Industry. Their main focus is Legal for Maori and the community in general.
Tukau Legacy is what she mainly became famous for, her clothing brand that have the words from both Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Whakaputanga o Nga Rangatira o Niu Tireni. The backstory of her clothes are “By wearing their words, we are able to continue their legacies”.
Season has always been eager to help her community in any way she can, she contributes a portion of her funds that she gets from her company to the community with events such as the Menstrual Cup Fundraiser, food parcels to kaumatua kuia and organising community events such as Christmas functions.
So far in term 3, we have been based around the topic of Future Planning, and we've been focused on the Working World. All things of jobs, interviews we had covered in this topic.
Firstly, we were tasked to actually choose 3 jobs to look into on a website we were given. I had chosen Secondary School Teacher, Pharmacy Technician, and just as a fill I did Bank Worker. We looked into things like the wages, skills we’d need to have for this job, and also the different tasks you’d have to do. From there we narrowed it down to 1 job and we continued to make an Interview for this job, or any job that you’d want to go for. To plan for our interview we were given a doc with different things like that we had to fill which were hobbies, goals, values, and a few more. After pointing all these things out we had to put in a paragraph and filmed ourselves reading the paragraph.
During this time we were unfortunate to be hit with Covid once again as a result of our second lock down. Due to this event, we returned to the online schooling via Google Meets. I must say it’s been a challenge because I’m more used to being physically present in a class. Considering I’ve come to my cousin's house for the lock down it hasn’t been hard to focus. It's been easier considering they are also working as well, but I still rather be in a more time-managed class room and being able to ask a teacher a question without the whole class having to hear you. Despite all of that, All of my classes have been amazing, and I hope everyone is doing well in their bubbles.
In Social Studies we have been looking into Leadership, Government, and Democracy.
Firstly, Leadership. We mainly looked at what we thought a leader is and the 3 common attributes I chose were Humility, Confidence, and Dedication.
Secondly, Democracy. I learned that Democracy is a Government System where the community chooses who they want for Government in elections every 3 years.
Lastly, the Government. Government is a wide group of people whose aim is better for the country.
These topics are relevant because 1 it is the name of our topic and 2, there is actually a ‘Democratic Government’ where the Government of that country abides by Democracy. We can also link Leadership into our schools. One of our activities was an Hierarchy of Leaders in our school and we looked into the positions they hold, and the importance of their roles. An extension of work that I had done was an action change regarding Marae Funding and how money should be given to marae to rebuild our whare. Rebuilding our whare begins the rebuilding of our tikanga and Reo. This topic challenged my thinking by learning the different types of councils and what each has to do individually for our communities. Overall this unit was very educating with not only Leadership, Government, and Democracy but also who these people are and what they do for us and I am very thankful to those who have taken hold of those positions.
Kia Ora, and today I will be reflecting on our topic ‘Leadership within our School’.
We were given the task to make a Hierarchy about Leadership that is in our school. At the top, I had put the Ministry of Education and bottom was us students. We’d name the positions and all the names of people that take part of those roles.
I have learnt in depth who takes up these important roles within our school and who to acknowledge in what they do.
Another topic which I’ve completed that I think relates to this assignment is my ‘Leadership Speech’. In my speech, I talk about the three main attributes of a true leader, and one of which is dedication. The Hierarchy shows us the people who have dedicated their time and selves to our school.
Overall, I’ve realised that leaders aren’t only the people that are doing things for our country, but they are also people making changes within our school. I have taken notice of these people, and will forever thank them for providing the best possible experience for my school life.
To kick off our topic of Leadership for Social Studies. Whaea Muritere made us do speeches. Half of the reason was because she heard about English Speeches so she wanted us to do one for Social Studies. We were given the task to write a 2 minute speech about anything along the lines of Leadership. The one issue I had with this speech was time. The speeches were assigned right on the week of the kapa haka regional so time was not on my side. I had decided to have the speech in 1 week so that I didn't have to worry about it too much afterwards. So although I had a somewhat decent speech done, I feel it could've been more depth and detailed. In the end we had been given a whole extra week to get them done, so rushed for nothing but oh well. I based my speech on the 3 main attributes I thought made a true leader those being Humility, Confidence, and Dedication. Here is my speech for you...
Leadership:
There is a saying that goes 'actions speak louder than words' which to me in a nutshell is what a true leader is all about. Leading from the front, putting the needs of others first. When there is a problem a true leader stand us for their team and takes the full grunt of the ridicule and wears it on the chin. All of what I've shared is part and parcel of the three main attributes that signify a true leader.
Firstly, be Humble. As a leader the achievements are not defined to the individual. But a true leader gives credit to where credit is due, that being to their group, peers, and those who have helped in getting them to where they are.
Secondly, be Confident. Let your yes be a yes, and your no be a no. A true leader is able to stand up accordingly and be that person that people can always rely on to do what needs to be done, and say what needs to be said.
Lastly, be Dedicated. Sylvester Stallone quotes 'It ain't about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you take and keep moving forward'. That's the dedication of a true leader, taking the hits, taking everything and still being able to continue.
In closing this what a true leader would say "Whenever you call me, I'll be there. Whenever you want me, I'll be there. Whenever you need me, I'll be there. I'll be around." (Song: The Spinners - I'll be around)
Thank you.
