Task Description
Today, Glen Taylor had a cultural exhibition. We were glad to get the opportunity to share our hard work with the wider audience. All of our creations greatly showcased our identities and who we are for example, I created something called a Pale. A pale plays a big part in my identity as it is something worn during Samoan cultural dance. This experience was not only enjoyable but very memorable as I was overjoyed to share who I am to everyone.
Here are some photos :))
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Task Description
For writing, we had to write a step by step formula on how to create what our groups had made for LCS. We had to include what we were making, what we will need and how to create the model/what we made for LCS. For example, I made a cultural wood art which is basically cultural art drawn onto a piece of wood. It is quite simple but the results are spectacular! So here are some steps on how to make an easy but, satisfying piece of art.
Procedural Writing: How to make cultural wood art
What we are making: Cultural Wood art
What you will need:
50 cm long piece of wood (19.6 inches) can be longer or shorter depending on your personal preference
Coloured felts or Paint (Could be either or both)
Pencil
Sharpie (Black)
Process:
Step 1: First, get your piece of wood and lay it on a flat surface to get the best results. (But if needed or preferred, your piece of wood can be put on a bumpy surface, but you need to be extra careful to make no mistakes)
Step 2: Secondly, get your pencil and start sketching your cultural art onto the wood.
Step 3: Thirdly, get your Sharpie and start outlining your sketch (If you do not want to outline your art, it is not necessary)
Step 4: Get your colouring resources and colour your art however you prefer it to look like!
(For people who used paint) Step 5: Now lay your wood outside to dry off or run it under a hairdryer or something that produces strong winds.
Now there you have it. A beautiful cultural art piece to admire 🙂
Task Description
For this task we had to think of 4 different topics on what makes a good leader. In my opinion, what makes a good leader is somebody with confidence, commitment, communication and vision.
This is my writing :))
What makes a Good Leader?
What makes a good leader? “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality’ , as some people might say or, somebody who can turn somebody’s dream into reality without a magic wand, somebody with confidence, commitment, communication, and most importantly, a vision, that is what makes a good leader.
Confidence
‘When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lose commitment’
What does this mean? If a leader isn’t confident, how will their voice be heard? All leaders that were shown before, how did they come to be leaders? They spoke. They used their voice to their advantage and raised the bar that was set. They didn’t block out the voice that wanted to be heard despite others stopping them, because they didn’t think for themselves, they thought for the people that their voices were too small to be heard. With these leaders, more leaders were then brought to the light but what if these leaders decided to give in to everybody else’s opinions? There would be no change, that is why confidence is an important quality of a leader.
Commitment
‘The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment’
Many people might say they’re ‘committed’ when they actually aren’t. Many people take interest in things and say to themselves ‘I will be committed to this’ but slowly lose this commitment, that is why nothing gets done. In my opinion there is a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in something you only do it when it’s convenient. However, when you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results, and that is what a leader should try to achieve. Not only results but great ones.
Communication
‘The art of communication is the language of leadership’
Being able to communicate with others is a big part of being a leader, being not only able to teach but listen to what other people have to say to you is a big part of being a leader because having this type of understanding of others will make them feel open to you, not scared of you, will help them to communicate well with you, that is how you should make somebody feel as a leader, safe. Being able to just communicate with somebody, to help them, you never know what miracles you could be making. You could inspire that person with your words, even if it is just a simple ‘You can do it’ or something uplifting, this person could be inspired and that is the job of a leader. To not only lead to create more followers but to create more leaders of the future.
Vision
‘A great leader’s vision comes from passion. Not position’
Vision in my eyes is the most important part of being a leader. It is like the base of leadership. How do you expect to lead somebody, people, a village, maybe even a nation, without a vision? You can’t. Every leader starts with a vision, ‘who am I?’, ‘Who am I trying to be?’, ‘Who am I leading?’, ‘What is my purpose?’. Without being able to answer these questions, don’t expect to be able to be a good leader, but don’t give up. You might be thinking, ‘Oh well, I’m young, I can’t be a leader’ and in my honest opinion, you’re entirely wrong. If you have a vision, put it to action! It doesn’t matter, age, gender, race, position, if you’re a leader, you’re a leader. It is your time, and to be a good leader you have to believe you can do it! So don’t wait for somebody to tell you to do something because did any of the leaders of today wait? No, so don’t wait for tomorrow, be the leaders of today.
Conclusion
So after this think to yourself, am I a leader? Am I a worthy leader? Am I leading my people with not only respect but pride? Am I going to make a difference? If so, you’re a great leader. Just think, Great leaders don’t set out to be leaders, they set out to make a difference. It’s never about the role, it’s about the goal. What are you aiming for as a leader? In my opinion the role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas, it is to create an environment where great ideas are to be made. That is what makes a not good, but a great leader.
Task Description
For LCS we had to create a presentation on our culture group(Samoan) and the wonders of our culture and identity.
I am Samoan and something interesting about my culture is that we were the first ever Polynesian country to be found which makes us the oldest Polynesian country as well.
This is my presentation
Description:
On Friday, Glen Taylor had their annual Athletics Day! There were many different stations like shot put, discus, high jump, long jump, relays etc. which we all enjoyed. We were very thankful to Matua Atama and all of the leaders for putting such an amazing event together for us kids to enjoy.
My favourite station was probably the junior obstacle course because it was nice experiencing leadership with the kids and of course seeing them smile was very uplifting :))
Friday was overall a very enjoyable day and I had lots of fun!
Task Description
For LCS we had to think of a country for each letter, A to Z and pair it with a celebration starting with the same letter of the country. We also had to add a short description to describe the celebration and how it is celebrated!
Task Description:
For writing we had to find words to pair with a suffix and prefix. For example, co and operate, operate is a word but if somebody were to put co and smo which would make cosmo it wouldn’t count because the letters “s, m , o” are not a word.
We learnt that a prefix is normally at the start of whatever word you had chosen and changes the meaning of the word as well.
A suffix belongs at the end of a word and also changes the meaning of that word
This is my presentation (and Liana’s)
Task Description:
For this task we had to pick any topic of our choice and write a persuasive writing to try and persuade somebody to believe/side with us. My topic was Social media is the reason why people suffer from mental disorders. I was very confident that I would be able to deliver this topic well :))
Here is my writing
Persuasive Writing
Social media is the reason why people suffer from mental disorders.
How would you feel not being able to embrace your own self? Or having other people control your body without your consent. It would be horrible.
As you can see on social media, there is a lot of cyber bullying. Most of the time people only see the positives about social media and not the negativity it could bring to somebody’s life.
I am writing this to persuade you to not only be more careful on social media, but to embrace your natural self, you do not need to be like anybody else in this world to be perfect.
Firstly, as I mentioned before, cyber bullying. You might think that real life bullying is worse than online bullying because you can get physically hurt but some people do not realise how much words can affect someone, especially children.
These ‘harmless’ words can cause kids to fall into depression, get anxiety or even commit suicide, this is what words do to us.
Secondly, the image that people portray online. As you know, there are many people who put on filters, wear revealing clothes to show their bodies off to people and have the most CRAZIEST diets. People start to believe that these people actually look like that beautiful person that they appear to be when in reality they are just like the rest of us but of course, nobody knows that.
These types of videos cause people to grow insecure about themselves so they start to follow in that person’s path. They start to wear lipstick. Not enough. They start to wear light makeup and eat a little less than usual. Still, not enough. They start to wear millions of layers of makeup, wear the most revealing clothes and eat one small meal a day. Still, not enough. So they get plastic surgery, eat close to nothing and wear the most revealing clothes ever. This is what social media does to us, how much it affects us.
We slowly start to lose ourselves and want to be like other people, but once we realise, it’s too late, so the only way to get rid of all the pain is to leave the world. Do you think we all wanted this option? No, of course not, but we slowly get brainwashed by what we see online.
And last but not least, jealousy. This one really doesn’t affect us but more, the people around us. We sometimes go online and see things like people dancing, singing, playing video games, etc which leads to us being jealous of them. But what do we do? No we don’t ignore it like we should but instead try to make us feel good by putting down others. We say horrible things without realising how much of an impact our words might’ve had on other people because we didn’t think much of it. These words could cause the other person to suffer from the things I had mentioned before, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, insecurity etc.
Even once we realise we have caused these things for these innocent people we don’t stop. We are stubborn and just want to make ourselves feel good about the things we have done without giving a single care in the world about what others are going through, which is horrible.
Somebody once told me that committing suicide is bad but making somebody else commit suicide, getting rid of all of their options of living so that they only have the last option left, which is to leave the world, is the worst thing somebody could ever do and experience.
So in conclusion, we should accept ourselves as we are and not follow what we see on social media but instead be ourselves! Because our uniqueness is what makes us who we are.
The End :))
Task Description:
On Thursday there was the Matariki festival so I had to write a reflection on how I felt about the day.
It was lots of fun and I really enjoyed it! But here is a deeper writing on how I felt :)))
Reflection
Yesterday the Matariki Festival wonderfully took place at Glen Taylor School 🙂
Lots of schools had come and performed like, Pt England, Glen Brae, Glendowie School and Best Start (Apirana) which was quite fascinating seeing how many schools had come to our event which made this one of my highlights of the day!
I also had a stall with my group and we sold pastries such as brownies, cookies and star shaped fudge cake! Our food was yum and the process was quite enjoyable but honestly I don’t think my group’s stall went well for many reasons, for example, disagreements and our quite poor understanding of money splitting.
Otherwise the experience was quite enjoyable despite the small things that I would’ve changed if I could but everything happened and I had lots of fun!
For Tongan Language Week, we had to pick a famous person from Tonga to find 10 (6) facts about them.
I picked King George Tupou VI, he is the king of Tonga
Here are my facts :))