My connect badge evidence. by Ben Taylor

Communication Badge Evidence

2334153 — 2021-11-22 11:54:53 UTC

Evidence 1-About me power point-
We made a power point about our selves giving everyone a good idea on what sort of life style we had an our day to day hobbies also things we enjoy eating and drinking.
I did this by standing up in front of everyone and explaining this information this boosted my confidence and I did not gets nervous as I previously would.
I was confident when I was speaking presenting my power point.
I could improve on me speaking a bit louder and maybe fix up my posture when speaking so that I look interested and not bored
Evidence 2-Enrolement-i went to enrolment to discuss with the tutors on what course I would be going on to and what I would be doing on this course.
It gave a better idea on what sort of questions people answer when getting interviewed and how I can work on this to apply for a job.
I managed to get onto a level 2 course with hardly any GCSE'S
I could have made seem like I was a lot more interested and asked a lot more questions

Evidence 3- Job Interview-You got to apply for a job and get asked questions that are to do with the job and if you are suited for this job.
This developed my communications skills by getting me to answer questions to someone I do not even know this aloud me to discuss things with people and gain my confidence to talk to more people.
I got the job and felt good about it after it felt like and had got my self something in life I thought I couldn't get.
I could have asked more questions this would have made me look like I was more interested in getting the job.

Team work Padlet

2334153 — 2022-02-14 12:00:18 UTC

Table Top scenario 1. explain the activity- We was coming up with table top scenarios, this is where we all gave ideas on how to improve the speed and different ways on how we could have done this.
2. what went well- what went well on this activity was when we were all working together giving ideas and working as a team this made it a lot easier and to do it in a more efficient way, to increase the speed of completing to the task.
3.what did not go well- not everyone got involved which prevented it from going as fast as it could have gone
4.what would you change/improve- try and get more people involved in it to make it speed up this meaning get them involved and encourage them.

Terrorist attack situation
1. in this activity we were put into teams and we had split the the group so that 3 of us stayed inside and 3 went out and tryed to find the clues that we needed, the people that went outside would have to try and find clues around the campsite, and then they would come back and we would figure it out as a team.
2. what went well- we managed to be the 2nd team to figure it out this this made it easier for us and make it so we can complete the task faster
3. what did not go well- we could have gone abit faster so that we could have got 1st place.
4. what would you change- we could have worked harder in this meaning that we could have gone faster we worked well as a group, which sped the process up.

Ball of string task.
1.explain the activity-We all stood up in our places and passed a ball of string round we all held abit of the string and was very tangled up.
2.what went well- we were able to un ravel the string in a very calm and fast manner this made it fun and an enjoyable activity to complete, it also had challenged us and communicate with each other.
3. what did not go well- some people had given up and just let go of the string and had gotten fed up or frustrated
4.what would you change- we can have encouraged more people to do it and make sure they didn't drop the string

Motivation padlet

2334153 — 2022-03-28 10:13:47 UTC

Evidence 1- Attendance
1.Explain the task- my attendance shows me how much i go into college and gives me a good look and how often i am going to into college.
2.How did this develop your motivation skills? - this gives me positive feed back and shows how often i am coming into college and makes me want to come in more often to have the best attendance i possibly can.
3. what went well - it has made me feel happier about my self and feel more motivated.
4. I could have more motivation to come in if i dont feel the best or feel un well.
Evidence 2
1.Explain the task-I go to work so i can get money to save up for a car and be able to buy things i enjoy having for example pepsi and new parts for my pc.
2. How did this develop your motivational skills- makes me want to go to work so that i can buy things i want and gets my confidence uo by going out and meeting new people.
3. What went well- this built my confidence up and made it so i can meet new people without being as shy
4.What could you improve - At this moment i have nothing to improve on
evidence 3 - good feed back
1.explain the task- i would hand in my work and get feed back saying what i could do better.
2. How did this develop your communication skills- gave me a good idea on what i could do better and how i can improve on it to do better on the next time that i do the assignment
3. What went well- made me motivated to do my work more because i am getting positive feed back and being told that i am doing well.
4. What could you improve- if someone has not given me feed back i could push my self to ask them and see what i could do better so that i feel better about my self.

Public service leadership badge padlet

2334153 — 2022-03-28 10:26:30 UTC

Leadership activity 1-
1.explain what you did- Took the leader ship role when we went on ncs and built a raft
2.What went well- we managed to build the raft well and very stable, also got told that it was the best raft that had been built.
3.what did not go well- we had not tied the strings together properly and and it had fallen apart.
4.How did this develop your communication and confidence skills- Made my know how to take control and give tasks out to people so that we could work fast and efficiently, this also gave me confidence to take charge more and help the team out.
Leadership activity 2
1.Explain what you did- We were told to try and make a fire with just sticks and a flint.
2.What went well- we managed to start and make a fire after many attempts and over an hour we were able to finish the task that we were given.
3.What did not go well- Took us a very long time to successfully do it and it being good, we could have done it alot quicker if we had worked on our technique.
4.How did this develop your communication and confidence skills- We were able to have a laugh when doing this making this enjoyable, this made us work better and work with less stress making it easier to meet each other for the first time and having a good memorable time with each other.

Mentoring and Support

2334153 — 2022-03-28 10:56:41 UTC

Evidence 1-Mentoring a friend or someone
1.Explain the task-i supported and helped people by working with them on the padlets make sure they are getting on with it ok.
2.How did this make you feel- made me feel good about my self because i am supporting them and making sure they are getting on alright.
3. What went well- i was able to help people get on with this and be able to complete there padlet.
4.What could you improve- at this moment i have nothing to improve on.
Evidence 2-supporting someone to be more confident.
1.Explain the task- By talking with people and making them feel better about there self, by encouraging them to to do better at the task that they are doing.
2.How did this make you feel- This made me feel better about my self because i am helping other people out so that they are able to do well as well.
3.What went well- They managed to do the task correctly and feel good about there self.
4.What could you improve- At this moment i have nothing to improve on.
Evidence 3- Another time you have helped/supported someone
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2.How did this make you feel-
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Reliability badge

2334153 — 2022-12-01 13:39:13 UTC

Evidence 1 - Attendance record
My attendance record and for when i have attended all my lessons and turning up on time to lessons (98%) attendance (100%) punctuality

I have the above average attendance this meaning that i have more than 95%, meaning that i have attended the majority of the lessons and not been late to them.

I could improve on still coming in more even if i dont feel well try and push my self to come in to get the extra attendance.

Evidence 2 - No Red flags for behaviour

I haven't had a behaviour flag or any sort of flag last year.

What went well, i did get any sort of behaviour flag and behaved very well last year, didn't do anything to disrupt anyone.

What could i do better, there's nothing that i can improve on because i haven't done anything bad.

Evidence 3 - All deadlines for assignments

The deadlines for assignments are due in on time so that you can get the best possible mark, if it was to be in later than the deadline you would be limited at a certain grade (time might be given to finish)

All the assignments that have been given out i have completed and they have been due in on time this meaning that i am able to get the max mark possible.

The only thing that i could get better at is not completing my assignments on the day before it is due in this meaning that if i need any help on the task i can get it the day before its due in.

Social Responsibility Badge

2334153 — 2022-12-01 13:56:12 UTC

Evidence 1 - Take part in a charity or community fundraising event.

The activity that we did for charity was a colour run at college, this is where we ran round and people were throwing coloured powder at us whilst we ran for charity.

What went well, we were able to raise money for the chosen charity and we also got some fun out of it by running about and getting coloured.

What i can do better, i did not run around that much as i had ran out of breath fast and was not able to run much, next time i would try and stay in and run alot more.

Evidence 2 - Make a difference to your community – set up a group, improve your surroundings or help others!

The activity that we did last year was there was a group of us that went to a old persons home and went and sorted there garden out so that they can have fun and relax outside, we had trimmed all the bushes and gotten rid of all the rubbish in the garden.

What went well, we were able to clear a lot of the garden and made the people at the home feel very happy and comfortable they were happy with the work that we did.

What we could have done better, we were not able to get them new benches and more plant pots to make there garden look even better than it actually is.

Evidence 3 -Participate in College events.

We participate in different events in college to help raise money for example when we helped raised money on children in need day we went and played money to splash teachers with wet sponges.

What went well, the day was well organised and was fun we all had a lot of fun and i would do it again we played football and multiple things to raise money for the event.

What i could have done better, I could have brought more money in for the day so that i was able to a lot more activities and able to donate more money to charity.

Sustainability badge

2334153 — 2023-01-19 14:05:16 UTC

Evidence 1-Tutorial

1-Explain the activity - We had someone from student services come down and talk to us about recycling and what sort of food has gone to waste and the statistics of foods that go to waste every year

2-what went well? i learnt new things and it shows us how badly the world is, it makes me want to take recycling more seriously so that the world is not affected by all the plastic that is being dumped into the oceans

3-what would you change? Once i listened to all the facts i could have taken notes so that if i ever needed to know something again i would have had it in my notes so that i can remember what i am doing to the world if i am not recycling

Evidence 2 - KAHOOT

Explain the activity- in the first activity we did a Ka hoot where we answered different questions about recycling and how much in total was wasted.

What went well - i got the majority of the questions right and learnt new things such as that £7.5b worth of bought food is wasted every year and that you need to clean all you're recycling before you actually put it in the recycling bin so that it is not bringing any other bad things with it

3-what would you change?- When doing the kahoot i could have put some of the question and answers down so that i will have learnt more from it instead of just answering the questions.

Evidence 3-

1-Explain the activity- In this activity we did a poster putting the facts we had learned from a video that we had watched we added some logos that represent recycling

2-what went well - we managed to put quite a few logos and facts on the poster making it look good this meaning that it was a very good poster with a lot of information on it

3-what would you change - we could have crammed some more facts on the poster and made it more vibrant making it more appealing to people and them wanting to read it to find about what everyone is doing the world

Digital gold, silver and bronze

2334153 — 2023-03-15 11:25:29 UTC

Digital gold, silver and bronze

2334153 — 2023-03-15 11:26:35 UTC

Digital gold, silver and bronze

2334153 — 2023-03-15 11:26:53 UTC

Digital gold, silver and bronze

2334153 — 2023-03-15 11:27:06 UTC

Digital gold, silver and bronze

2334153 — 2023-03-15 11:27:18 UTC

Digital gold, silver and bronze

2334153 — 2023-03-15 11:27:35 UTC

Resilience

2334153 — 2024-04-10 12:56:19 UTC

evidence 1 - showed up to college during restrictions

Explain it - i came into to college even when there were restrictions i pushed my self to come in and step out my comfort zone.
what went well - what went well the more and more that i came in i was able to stop struggling as much to come in it made me more determined to do my work.
what can i do better - i could do more activity's that will encourage me more to come in and not be scared.

evidence 2 failed my gcses and came to college to try and pass them
1. explain it - In school i never tried to pass my gcses i failed all of them and then when i came to college i came and passed the gcses i needed to carry on my course.
2. What went well - what went well i was able to get my gcse grades do peruse my course and make it so i can get my level 3.
3. what did not go well - it took me an extra year to pass my gcses meaning i was not able to progress onto level 3 straight away
4. what would you change - i would make sure that if i could go back and try and pass my gcses for the first time so that i could go straight onto level 3
  
  Evidence 3 - an assignment that ive struggled with but battled through and presented it
  1. Explain it - i didnt understand the assignment and needed to contact my teacher to help me understand it better and i didnt have motovation but i pushed through.
  2. what went well - i was able to get the assignment completed and got a distinction it.
  3. what did not go well - it took me some time to do it has i was struggling so much with it.
  4. what would you change - i would try and get a better understanding for how to do it meaning i would find it easier to complete

Cultural Capital badge

2334153 — 2024-04-17 12:34:55 UTC

Evidence 1 - ncs

Explain it - ncs we had 4 days 2 were activates and 2 were volunteering helping an old peoples homes we re did there garden space so that they were able to sit out back and enjoy there time, the activities that we did at ncs was we went to a water inflatable place and were able to do it we then went some where else and did team building tasks one of them was building a raft we successfully did this and the raft floated.

what went well - we were able to help the elderly and make sure that they were having a better more fulfilled summer, the activities was to bring us together and make sure we got closer as a group.

what would you change - i wouldn't change a thing overall it was a very good experience it was a good way to get some life skills.

Evidence 2 - Church on Sundays

explain it - i got to church every other Sunday this is so im able to pray this makes me feel comfortable and have a more peaceful mind i feel relived once i have been to church

what went well - doing this will make me a better person because the more i go the better and more relaxed i feel making me a all round nicer person.

what could i do better - what i could do better is trying to go to church every sunday instead of going every other sunday.

evidence 3 - food tasting

explain it - we had a variety of foods brought in from different countries and we had to try them and give our opinion on them.

What went well - i tried the majority of the foods and liked some of them this will open me up to start trying more foods that i havent tried or seen before.

what i would change - if i could go back and try these foods again i would i was afraid to try every single one of them as some of the textures didnt look to appealing but we only live once so next time i will try them.

Enterprise and Innovation badge

2334153 — 2024-04-17 12:43:49 UTC

Evidence 1 -crime and justice week

explain it - crime and justice week is a week where people come in and talk about there experiences they have for example we have had people come in who her husband tried to stab her to death we have another women come in and talk about her son being killed it gives us a good insight on everyone else point of views and shows what impact knives have on people.

what went well - we got to experience other peoples problems in there life and got a good insight on it.

what would i change - i wish i could go to more of the talks or make it to them so i can find out how badly the problems of crime is in life.