Impact Programme Handbook

Service Reflection Form – Example (Year 7) To be awarded the hours for your service please submit this form, prior to the Semester examination period, by email to your Head of House (Years 7 to 10) or by Week 5, Terms Two and Four, to your classroom teacher (Year 6).

Student Name: John Brown Tutor Group/class: V 7-2 Date: 14 May 2019

Number of hours: 4.0

Type of activity: Carinity Cedarbrook – Aged Care

1. Summarise what you did in this activity and how it benefited others: I attended visits to Carinity Cedarbrook aged care facility to provide friendship and conversation to their residents. By doing this, I was able to provide older people with company on what can be long and lonely days where they have no or few visitors. They shared their stories with me and we played games together. I hope I helped brighten their day. 2. What did you learn about yourself and others through this activity/ project? I learned that it wasn’t really easy for me at the start, as it was new, different and a bit confronting. Not like visiting Grandma’s. I had to push myself to make small talk at first. I looked at friends and saw what they were doing so that helped. But the more I went the easier it got. I felt comfortable asking questions and sharing things about my day or myself with them. I learned to ‘stick at something’. It would have been easy to have stopped at one visit but I am glad I didn’t. It really helped develop my skills in conversation and perseverance. 3. How can you apply what you have learned to different situations? I feel more confident that when I am out of my comfort zone and a bit anxious, I can push through this feeling. I know I can look to others for examples and I can develop relationships with people I would not normally mix with.

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