Group18

=H.A.O (Health, Aging, Organisation)=

Kayla K, Nicole D, Natasha C, Gabriel Z, Melissa S.

Organisation and Shared Values
gab.z: Nursing home, making breakfast for the old people.

Aim and Purpose:
gab.z: To help the elderly people be happy and provide them with healthy meal options for breakfast. We would also like to play board games with them.

Desired Outcomes:
gab.z: We will like to leave the nursing home on the last day there and make sure that the old people are happy for what we have done for them and leave our school pride back at that nursing home.

Questions you need to ask and answer:
Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UjECr9mW4oKtxb9SV4RP8J8E1ybSSunZbOvAaUQsYKc/edit?hl=en_US

Blog
This is where you write you weekly or daily achievements and logging of events.

5/9 LJ - This is how you begin each section that you write. You write the date and your initials and then what you did that day, a reflection as well as a detailed account of what was done and what still needs to be done.

5/9 EC - Each member of each group must contribute to the Blog every Tuesday as a reflection; this should be in your own words. However, you should be working on your Outreach in your own time therefore all that work must also be Blogged on the day of which that happens. Happy Blogging!

Gabriel Zalewski; On the 6th of September we had a manager from the western bulldogs come to our school and talk to us about how we should help the community and how o do it he also explained how he did it himself. We also asked some questions and he answered them. Today we also had to move into a few groups and learn how to call people on the phone and email people. we also learnt that working as a team is really important and if we don't work as a team then we wont get anything done on time and we do it all to the best of our ability keeping in mind that this allot about us at all. It was a great day!!!


 * Nicole Darmanin 6/9/2011;** Today, we had a guest speaker come in from the <span style="border-bottom-color: #0066cc; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-left-radius: 2px 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; display: inline; float: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; top: -1px; width: auto;">Western Bulldogs charity branch to talk to us about the work that he has done for the community and how he achieved it. After this, we got into about 5 groups to learn things such as email tips, phone manners and how to talk to older people and how to be professional. It was a great experience because now we are well informed on how to contact people, how to speak, what to say and how to be professional. The other group, where we learned how to talk to the older people was also very interesting. We learned that no matter who the person is, how old they are or wether they are disabled or not, you should just treat them as a normal person and talk to them like normal people. We also learned phone manners. We did this by listening to fake scenarios of interviews and phone conversations and pointing out was good, what was bad and what could have been done better. The last thing we did was with Mrs. Saunders were we had to make a house of cards. By doing this, we learned each others strong points and weaknesses, and strategies on ways to work better and more efficiently as a team.

Gabriel Zalewski; On the 14th of September the first thing we did for deal is watch some youtube videos and they were of a bunch of people come together from all around the world and sing songs in public but they all have their part in the song, so some sing and some play instruments and the are all singing and playing to the same song at the same time. All of their songs are very touching and thoughtful and it is great to see that all of those people give their time to sing songs together for the community. After that we watched a movie, the movie was called pay it forward. This movie describes that we should all do thing for each other and that when we should do something for someone and not ask for anything in return and hope that those people we helped, help other people.n the


 * Nicole Darmanin 14/9/2011:** Absent.


 * Nicole Darmanin 20/9/2011:** Today, the first thing we did was do a survey for Ms Revelman. We had to answer a few questions that really helped us be where we need to be. We have said that our next step is to contact the nursing home and to figure out what we are going to do with the elderly, what food we are going to bring etc. We also had other student's come in to talk to us about, it was a real eye-opener and it gave us a push of motivation. They also talked to us about the experiences they had while do these outreach programs. We called a heap of nursing homes and were given many different numbers to contact but we have now found one that is able to take us.


 * Nicole Darmanin 11/9/2011:** Today we called the Sunshine Retirement Village and they said that we were able to come in to spend time with the elderly and provide morning tea for them as well. We have started looking at foods we are able to make and bring to them and also which games and activities we can play with them. We have called Coles to ask if they could generously provide us a donation to be able to buy food from their shop so we could have enough money to buy the food. If they do not provide enough money to us, we are either planning to do a fundraiser or just splitting the costs evenly. We have written a letter to hand into Coles asking for the donation and are planning to hand it in after school today.


 * Nicole Darmanin 18/10/2011:** Today we organized all the forms and notes needed to be able to go on the excursion and discussed transport, which games we will be playing, how long we are going to be there, which food we will be bringing etc. When we called to confirm today, they informed us that we will no longer be able to bring food to the nursing homes. This was a setback as we had been planning all along to do this and had already handed in the letter to ask for a donation from Coles. We didn't have very much DEAL time today.

Gabriel Zalewski; On the 20th of September the first thing we did was do a survey for Ms Revelmen, it had 6 questions we had to answer and they were not that difficult. This survey was going to help her in her studying, because she is at uni going for her masters. After we finished the survey we started working on our outreach program and we were deciding on what we were going to talk about in the oral presentation and how we r going to present it.

Kayla Kljajic 30/8 KK - We researched which nursing homes would be the best for us, and we discussed what ideas or activities we could do to entertain the residents. We have come up with a letter, which talks about how we are eager to talk to them, and to discuss what activities, dates, and all of the important details we need sorted. But before we can do this, we need to speak with our teacher so we know for sure, we area allowed to go there on certain dates, we need to organize transport and so on.

Kayla Kljajic 6/9 KK - Chris from the AFL team, Western Bulldogs came to the year 9 level this morning and spoke to us about an organization he takes part in. He also gave us tips on what we can do to improve our organizations. This document called the 'Elderly care secrets' helps us to communicate better with the elderly and to build friendships before controlling them. They are the boss of themselves, so they need to feel control. Today Ms Williams showed us the best ways to write a formal email to an organization in mind. We also learnt the key points on what to look out for when in an interview, making a call or leaving a voice mail. Ms Saunders taught us to work together as a team to find our strengths and weaknesses and to do the best we can as a team.

Kayla Kljajic 20/9 KK- Today we got everything organized by answering three questions in the morning today. We have realized that our next step is to contact the nursing homes and to figure out what days would be best, what time would they like us to come, are we allowed to and do we need a police check. When the Sydenham students came to our school to show us how much work they have done, and what a difference it makes, not only to the people they are helping, but for themselves. One of the girls was talking about their experience and how they went to a nursing home, and she said that it was a really rewarding experience because they just spoke about how they went to war, and their experiences and their hardships in life. She also said that she needed to get a police check, and all you have to do, is go to the police and fill out a form, and then they just do a quick history check to see your record. This talk has made me excited to go to go to the nursing homes and to connect with them and become friends. The girl gave us tips to have a better relationship with them, they are to stay positive, don’t treat them like they are little and old, they are human and they once did have a hard, but interesting life, don’t talk too much about yourself, and just listen and make the most of it. Today we called up the retirement village and ended up being given a lot of other numbers to contact, eventually we found a retirement village that was happy to take us, and promised to call us back soon.

Kayla Kljajic 11/10 KK- Today my group called the Sunshine Retirement Village, and they were more than happy to have us come in and spend some time with the residents. We organized a morning tea, where we make desserts and then to bring games in to play with them. We then realized that we had no money to buy the cakes, so we decided to call up Coles and tell them what we are doing and ask for a small donation, around $20 or $30. If we can get this money then we could easily buy the ingredients to make the goods. But if this is not enough we could use this money to get something else and sell it at school and raise even more money. But in order to get this donation we need to write them a letter, saying that this is legit, i go to this school, and this is our program. I am really proud of our group because we have organized mostly everything, i think we are moving quickly and we are already planning to organize dates with another nursing home.

Kayla Kljajic 18/10 KK- Today, we didn’t really get much DEAL time, so all we did was organize the notes or forms which allows us to go, we discussed on transport and how we are getting there, and we organized games. The rest of the lesson we had to pack or camp, and we had to watch a presentation in the hall with the rest of the school.

Kayla Kljajic 8/11 KK- Today we realized that the schools we contacted which were ‘Christ the Priest’ and ‘Creekside’ were not going to reply within the time needed. So instead we decided to contact the library near our school. We were planning to spend the day there and read books to kids and play games, as they have an activity session where children and their parents come. So far we have done the research, but t needs to be done quick as we are running out of time, and we have run out of ideas as everything isn’t working. In the afternoon when i got home, i went to the library on sydenhm road, and the lady there gave me a number to ring this lady where she could find anything for us to volunteer in. And then she didn’t answer when i called so i went on a caroline springs website and rang this lady regarding a wheelchair workout program. She didn’t answer either so i left her a message to get back to me.

Melissa Saliba 8th, November: We Called up Creekside Primary/High school, we asked if we could do our outreach program with their prep's, 1's or 2's. We also rang Christ the Priest as back up incase we get rejected by creekside. Our other option that we've taken into place is the Caroline Springs library. Kayla's going to go there after school and she's going to speak to them about our outreach program and what help we could be to the library. Were interested in doing a baby story time and primary kids story time.

Natasha Cumbo Today the 8th of November we had contacted to schools Christ The Priest and Creekside. We found that it is harder then what what we thought with the time space we have. So we have thought of a back up plan which is to go to the library and have story time with the little kids and play games and just have a fun day with the kids. At the moment we have done some research on what activities we can do there. We have to try as hard as we can to mke this work because we are running out of time.

Natasha Cumbo Today the 15th of November me and my group went to the Caroline Springs Library to have Baby Time with the little kids. We sang songs, read stories and blow bubbles. It was a good time to and i am really looking forward to going back next week and spending more time with the little kids. At the moment we are working on the work sheet so we have everything done by next week. We are on track and final have things going the way we wanted them to go in the first place.

Kayla Kljajic

15/11 KK- After a lot of emailing and organizing, today we finally attended the ‘baby time’ session at the library near our school. This ‘baby time’ session, we just observed, we sang along and tried to participate, but the next class, we will take more part in because we know what is going to happen. When we got back, we completed a lot of actual writing work.