chloe's+reflection+page

On the first day of community links i arrived at our lady of the southern cross primary school in manor lakes at 8:00 am.I arrived there early so i could have a look around the school it was a very small school consisting of one one big building which was called learning space one we were told that there was a new learning space that we would be moving into in about a week. At first i thought the school was going to take ages to get used to because the way they taught the lessons was a lot different to the way that lessons were taught at other primary schools. In the fist lesson i helped out preps and grade ones with maths the most difficult task on the first day was getting the preps to listen to what you had to say. Another difficult part about community links was knowing that the children looked up to you as roll models and that everything you did was watched and coppied by them.
 * COMMUNITY LINKS**
 * Entry 1:1/8/2011**

On the monday of the second week back to community links we had moved into the new building and everyone was really excited Father Frank came to the school to take photos and talk to the children.After that a man named John Burland came to the school to teach the children about God John Burland sang many songs to the children and everyone participated.After lunch i helped out with sport and i found that it was really chalanging to get the preps to listen when they are so hyped up. After a few days of being in the new building I started to get used to everything and that made everything so much easier.
 * Entry 2:8/8/2011**

The last day of community links was really sad knowing that it would be the last time that i would ever get to see some of the kids and teachers that i formed such good frienships with over the last few weeks.I think that community links was really good and i would reccomend my placement to other grades at saint marys.At community links i relived the feeling of beeing back in primary school and how everything was so much easier.On the last day i was asked by the principle of the school to come back to the school to help out around christmas time i plan on doing so.All in all i found community links a great experience and opportunity and i am really thankful thatthe program was set up i will miss community links so much and cant wait to go back for a few days during summer holidays. Each student will build their own page for the puposes of Reflection. This is because when two students are using the same page at the same time the page will not save properly.
 * Entry 3:12/8/2011**

Each week for 10 weeks you will need to make a relection about your experiences. Each reflection is expected to at least 200 words in length.

The topic or questions you are asked to reflect on at listed below. Copy these questions to your individual reflection page.

Week 1
The best piece of advice that i have ever been given was given to me by my grandfather when i was around 7. What he said was really important to me becaus i still live by it to this day, my grandfather told me to never judge a book by its cover meaning never to judge someone on how they look on the outside without getting to know them on the inside.This really helped me to undersatand many things such as shows like next top model and beauty shows when they are not really judging someones personallity they are judging on looks i think it si wrong to judge on looks and i try my best not to do it.
 * What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?**

Week 2
If i threw a piece of trash on the ground that one piece of rubbish could do a lot of harm to the environment but if everyone threw trash on the ground it would cause a lot more pollution to the environment, especially at st marys because it is close to the ocean it could find its way into the ocean and can affect many animals living there mainly because they can mistaken the rubbish for food and eat it which causes defects to their bodies and can cause the marine life to die.
 * What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did?**

Week 3
If i saw a friend cheating i would keep going on with my work because it doesnt affect me in any way shape or form the person who is cheating is only letting themselves down by cheating themselves cheating does nothing for no one and if you failed the test without cheating you would get in less trouble than being caught cheating.Courage means to be able to stand up for what you believe in and what you think is right to have courage you dont nessissarily have to be a loud person you just have to believe in what you think is right enough to say it.Things that make a good friend are helping out when one of your friends is upset or unhappy.A good friend puts others needs before their own and does whatever they can to make things right sometimes that means being able to admitt when your wrong and say sorry.
 * What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why?**
 * What do you think courage means?**
 * What do you think makes a good friend?**

**Week 4**
My most indispensable possession is my bed because a lot of nights before i fall asleep i think about how other children in the world have no where to sleep or no where to go at night.Having a bed with clean washed sheets is taken for granted way to much nowadays and i really think that having a bed is a privellage especially because whist i am sleeping during the night other people are freezing,tired and hungry with no where to go.
 * What is your most indispensable possession and why?**

**Week 5**
I dont like seeing rubbish just on the floor i think its disgusting im not saying i have never caused rubbish to be on the ground because almost everyone has and you would be foolish to say you havent.Seeing rubbish on the floor makes me think about how many years it would take for that one piece of rubbish to desintegrate into the earth and actually dissappear.Another thing i think about when i hear the word pollution is what will happen in the future to the earth, i wonder what will happen to my future kids and then their kids because they will not be able to grow up the way we have because we all treat out environment like a massive trash can.
 * What do you think about people polluting the environment?**

**Week 6**
~When i do something wrong i feel guilty for a long amout of time if i have done something wrong to a person that makes me feel even worse usually i will try and appologise if i feel i was in the wrong but otherwise i do tend to get over it because i feel that you cant go on in life regreting everything you do and every mistake you make bacause everyone makes mistakes and sometime its out of our hands to fix them. ~When i do something good on the other hand i feel obviously good because to me it means that it have made someone elses day that one little bit brighter :)
 * How do you feel when you do something wrong?**
 * How do you feel when you do something that is very good?**

**Week 7**
I wish there was a law that said puppy farms are illegal puppy farms are created by greedy people who just want money.What puppy farms are, are farms that are made to breed rare kinds of puppies usually the expensive puppies that everyone wants.The mothers and fathers of the puppies are kept in tiny cages not allowed to run free at any time they are treated like dirt, never given attention and only given the bare minnimum of food.This would be a good law because it means that one kind of animal cruelty would be stopped and most dogs would be treated right.
 * I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...**

**Week 8**
~When i am angry my whole face changes people tend to notice when i am angry bcause my attitude toward everything changes, my face sometimes goes red my mouth drops and all expession and emotion on my face dissappears.I try to keep as happy as possible all the time people often say to me "you are never in a bad mood" this is because i hate when people are in bad moods all the time i find it hard to get along with people in bad moods contantly. ~I like to think that i am always as happies as i can be but i am at my happiest when i am around my cousins and other close family members.I am aslo really happy when i am around friends. ~I feel lonely when i am alone home by myself at night with only my cat. ~I feel proud when people compliment on how i am a happy person.
 * When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud?**

**Week 9**

 * Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why?**

**Week 10**

 * Why do you think prejudice exists in the world?**
 * MELBOURNE EXPERIENCE**
 * I really enjoyed melbourne experience being trusted to walk around the city by myself and other members of my group was great.However i feel that the experience could have been better i feel that a lot of things where crammed into not enough time. Melbourne experience should have maybe gone for 3 days instead of 2 because the tours didnt go for lond enough.My favourite part of melbourne experience was lanes and alley ways and my least favourite was walk along the waterfront.**