Management Plan

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Wk 8	3✘	4✘	5✘	6✘	1✔
Wk 9	2✘	3✔	4✔	5✘	6✘
Wk 1	1✔	2✔	3✔	4✔	5✘
Wk 2	6✘	1✔	2✔	3✔	Present!

Here is the Management Plan we followed.

✔ = Work day
✘ = No work today

Take Action Reflection

Take Action Reflection

We think that the Lolly Jar Raffle was extremely successful, since we got 44 people to participate (more than an average class!) and even some of the teachers. Everyone was willing to think of an interesting fact for the prize, and the idea was really original.

It didn't take long to prepare, and it wasn't too complicated. Although it was simple, it was a lot of fun, and we got to interact with the rest of Team A. The contest was easy to enter too. A lot of thought was put into it, and although we spent some of our money for the prize (go thank Sara! c:), everything was worth it in the end.

Something we think we did well was having an original yet simple idea. Something we think we could work on next time is managing our time properly since we did all this in the last week. Overall, we think it was a great project and experience.

Cultural Communication

By Deborah Swallow

What is Culture?

Culture is the traits of a specific group of people, described by anything, from language and beliefs to food and styles of music and art. In New Zealand, culture is influenced greatly by the many different groups that make up the country.

Close your eyes for a second...

By Justin Chomyn, Kaylor Coons and Damian Arnouse.

Amount of effort put in by all the group members;

Isabel– 25%

Sara– 25%

Brian– 25%

Tokai– 25%

Gummy Bears Anti-Racism

By Satrianna on Youtube

Bibliography

Google Images

Wikipedia

All Together Now's Official Website

European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance Website

Globalissues.org

archive.adl.org

www.teara.govt.nz
Youtube

Anything else is written from the knowledge of our team!

Stop Racism~

Lolly Jar Raffle

Lolly Jar Raffle

Today we held a lolly jar raffle as our 'Take Action' part of the project. We went around Team A and asked for facts about different countries and cultures. 

Here are just some of the interesting facts we got :-

"Sri Lanka is famous for its tea!"- Akshaya

"White animals are rare in Japan and are considered holy animals." - Kathy

"The national colour of Holland is orange." - Toon

"Indonesia was once ruled by the Dutch."- Mr Daniels

"The French have salad for dessert."- Ms Milea

In the end, the winner was Elizabeth from Room 4, whose raffle number was 44. If you want to see proof of this, you can watch the video of when we drew out the number online here:-

click :3

Thanks for participating!

Marking Criteria

Marking Criteria/Assessment Rubric

	1	2	3	4	5
Blog Presentation	No images or videos. Template is very basic. Little use of colour or backgrounds.		Some pictures, use of colour. Convenient layout. Most requirements fulfilled.		Has the X-factor. Includes pictures, videos, etc. No aspect missing.
Research	No relevant information or very little information.		Basic information in most areas. Research is mostly relevant to topic.		All information referenced. Research is in depth and written in own words.
Organisation	No issue identified. Organisation has no purpose.		An issue has been specified. The organisation is based around it.		A rising issue has been taken and an organisation strongly linked to the issue has been created.
Taking Action	None or very little action taken.		Action is evident.		Action has been taken, original and involves the community.
Mission Statement/Line of Inquiry	No mission statement/line of inquiry identified.		A relevant mission statement and line of inquiry provided.		The mission statement relates to the problem identified and is well thought out. The line of inquiry is relevant and original.
Activity	Barely anything on blog. Lack of pages.		Acceptable amount of work on blog. Made the deadline.		Lots of posts, time managed well.

Evaluation; Central Idea

"Organisations and structures enable people to respond to community challenges"

As you probably know, the Central Idea for How We Organise Ourselves is
"Organisations and structures enable people to respond to community challenges", which basically means that organisations let our community help solve issues.

The Central Idea is mostly correct, although some people may argue that organisations and structures stop us from recognising individuals who are dedicated to helping our community. This is because the organisations seem to take every action people in the community do under its wing, such as donating money. If organisations and structures ceased to exist, it would be easier to identify who was really helping our community.

However, without structures and organisations, it would be harder to find who to contact if you wanted to help the community. For example, if you wanted to help you could contact an organisation and volunteer, but without organisations and structures there would be a lot of people going to the government, asking for permission to perform a said action.

The Central Idea is very motivational to students like ourselves since we may not be able to do anything big, but we will in the future. It is both a fact and an educational thought.

Shhh...

We are planning (just planning..) a raffle soon!

It won't involve any money, and the prize will be edible c:

 

These are just plans, so shhh...

Brian: I am a person who wants to make a difference! 

Images

What is Racism?

Racism is usually described as actions or beliefs that impose members of a race that share the same physical traits or qualities are either more superior or inferior than others. Racism is usually built on stereotypes of certain cultures, the cultures usually being defined as "races", hence the term "racism." The people who perform these actions are called "racists". Racism is generally discouraged in schools and countries worldwide. It is now seen as a major issue, and can affect the lives of people in our community.

Our Mission Statement

"If all our cultures are pieces of a puzzle, it is our job to put this picture together."

Other sites that have been made by the same people

http://somepnetotalkto.blogspot.co.nz/
http:/worldvision.blogspot

Line of Inquiry

Our Line of Inquiry - An Inquiry into: how people with different strengths can solve an issue if they work together, is all about how people with different jobs can come together and solve a problem easily.


For example, Fight Dem Back, another New Zealand organisation preventing racism, has many different people in their organisation. They recruited a lawyer, who also doubled as a professional blogger, a multimedia producer and radio journalist, an author and a well-known community activist. With all these different people working on the same thing, they could quickly pull their organisation together.

The World Wildlife Fund works with fishermen, rangers and other environment specialists. Their main team consists of people who have event management skills, financial reporting skills, and administrative reporting skills. They even have people who go out to educate schools on how humans have intervened with the environment. If their staff didn't have any of these attributes, the World Wildlife Fund wouldn't be as well-known as it is now.

The same applies for Unicef. The chairman of Unicef has extensive business and accounting experience, while their deputy is associated with many charitable trusts. On their board they have a lawyer, a journalist and a cultural communications specialist. It takes different people with a variety of jobs to achieve success.