Connect Badge Evidence by Elisha Smith

Communication Badge-

2344544 — 2022-10-10 14:50:13 UTC

Evidence 1- About me.
1. Explain the activity
For this, the class had to make an about me tiktok or presentation and presented this to the class. This could mention interests, favourite things etc.
2. What went well?
Presented my tiktok successfully and answered some questions I was asked.
3. What would you improve on reflection?
Adding more things I am interested in and answer more questions. Having more confidence and being less anxious while presenting.

Evidence 2- Enrolment.
1. Explain the activity
Enrolling into college by explaining why I want to be in this course and showing my GCSE results to see if I can enrol or not.
2. What went well?
I successfully enrolled into college by getting the right grades. I turned up to my enrolment on time and talked to Luke to enrol. I remembered to bring my results and enrolment letter to this.
3. What would you improve on reflection?
I would be more confident and communicate better to the staff so that I could ask more questions.

Evidence 3- Getting to know new people.
1. Explain the activity
I have made new friends in college that I didn’t know before. I talked to a lot of new people while getting settled into college.
2. What went well?
Made new friends within my class and the whole college in general.
3. What would you improve on reflection?
I would like to be more confident while speaking to others and being less anxious while speaking to new people.

Resilience Badge-

2344544 — 2023-01-19 09:12:40 UTC

Evidence 1- Doing exams.
1. Explain the activity
I revised for my mocks and any questions I didn’t do well on, I re looked at them so I can do better on questions like it in future exams.
2. What went well?
Getting a merit on my mock so my revision helped out to achieve a good grade.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Revising a little more to achieve a distinction in future exams.

Evidence 2- My attendance.
1. Explain the activity
Coming into college to get good attendance and be at all of my lessons.

2. What went well?
Having a 93% attendance so overall I am doing well and being resilient to get good attendance.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Having no more days off so my attendance can get past 95%.

Evidence 3- Getting a bus to college everyday.
1. Explain the activity
Everyday I leave my house at 7:25 to get on my bus and arrive at college on time. When I was last to college because of my bus, I decided to go on a earlier one to be on time.

2. What went well?
It has helped to improve my punctuality and means I am on time to college everyday.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Wake up earlier so I have more time to get ready and get on a earlier bus so I am more organised and more resilient.

Teamwork Badge-

2344544 — 2023-01-23 14:36:54 UTC

Evidence 1- Group Scavenger Hunt

1. Explain the activity

We worked in groups of 4 to complete a scavenger hunt finding things within the college and outside the college to try and be the first group to finish the hunt.

2. What went well?

We managed to complete the scavenger hunt within a good time frame and wrote up feedback to improve better next time.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Next time our group should be more organised to finish the scavenger hunt first and have better evidence to prove it.

Evidence 2- Activities with the Army.

1. Explain the activity

The army came into college to do some army related activities and help us understand what the army is like in the future, we did 3 activities with the army soldiers to build up our time work.

2. What went well?

We managed to do 2 out of the 3 activities working with my team to try and complete them to the best of our ability. Using communication to help us complete these.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Create a better plan to make sure we completed all 3 activities the army provided us with as during the last activity, our team didn’t have much organised and didn’t manage to complete it.

Evidence 3- Create a paper blanket.

1. Explain the activity
During this activity, our class worked together to make a paper blanket with everyone’s names on a piece of paper. We had to work as a team to get the same length of the paper and tie each sheet together.

2. What went well?
We managed to cut each square the same size so the blanket was even with our communication.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Next time, we should finish the activity so we have something we created as a team that is finished: we can show how well we work together with evidence from the blanket.

Sustainability Badge-

2344544 — 2023-01-23 15:04:04 UTC

Evidence 1- Using Public Transport.

1. Explain the activity

Taking a bus to and from college everyday when I’m in to help keep the world more sustainable.

2. What went well?

Everyday I get the bus to college and set off early in the morning to make sure I’m never late, I also take the bus back instead of going in the car.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Using more public transport when going to other places and not just college.

Evidence 2- Using reusable bags while shopping.

1. Explain the activity

When going shopping, using reusable bags instead of buying new plastic bags every time I go shopping.

2. What went well?

It makes sure there Andre less plastic bags on the streets and in the oceans be reusing the same bags each time.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

When going clothes shopping, not buying a bag if it’s plastic and bringing my own bags there.

Evidence 3- Recycling.

1. Explain the activity

I put my rubbish in the correct bins and recycle and plastic to make sure there is less rubbish in the streets and the ocean.

2. What went well?

Placing the correct rubbish in the right bins so they can be recycled correctly and using paper straws as-well as paper bags.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Recycling more often and not every now and then to make sure there is more recycling. Not using as much plastic so there is less overall to recycle.

Motivation Badge-

2344544 — 2023-01-23 15:08:11 UTC

Evidence 1- Setting SMART targets.

1. Explain the activity

Setting targets and reviewing them to make sure I can achieve the targets set weekly.

2. What went well?
I have reviewed all targets and I’m on track to doing well and having motivation to carry on trying my best.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Managing to complete the targets more often and reducing the time frame for each target so I can achieve them faster.

Evidence 2- Balancing social and college life.

1. Explain the activity

Making sure I do my college work but also giving myself free time to do things like seeing friends and spending time with family.

2. What went well?

Having a good home and college balance by doing college work and spending plenty of time with family and friends aswell.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Making an organised timetable to see when I should have free time and when I should be focusing on finishing college work.

Evidence 3- Walking my dogs.

1. Explain the activity

When I have time I walk my dogs for exercise and to spend quality time with them.

2. What went well?

My dogs enjoy walks and seem very happy after, it also ensure I stay active and do daily exercise.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Making sure I walk my dogs everyday so that it keeps us healthy.

Public Services Leadership Development Badge -

2344544 — 2023-02-06 14:44:15 UTC

Evidence 1- Scavenger hunt

1. Explain the activity

I got into a team of 4 and did a scavenger hunt I was told to do, by using leadership to lead a team into collecting all the evidence and to finish the hunt.

2. What went well?

We managed to finish the scavenger hunt and collected all the picture evidence.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Using a different type of leadership so we could’ve finished the hunt more effectively.

Evidence 2- Space activity

1. Explain the activity

I got into a team of 4 and had a list of what should be taken into space, putting them in the order my team found more effective. We used leadership to decide what the correct order is.

2. What went well?

Wrote an answer to which is considered more important and finished the leadership task with time to spare.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Spend more time considering what should be more important and using a different type of leadership to complete the activity.

Evidence 3- Doing a Presentation

1. Explain the activity

For one of my assignments, I had to do a presentation in-front of a few people and explain certain things linked to the class.

2. What went well?

I managed to do the presentation and got a distinction.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Next time I would be more confident so I can present better and present my presentation in-front of more people.

Reliability Badge -

2344544 — 2023-02-06 14:58:27 UTC

Evidence 1- Attendance and Punctuality

1. Explain the activity

Turning up to college all the time and being on time.

2. What went well?

My punctuality is 100% so I have never been late to college and my attendance is 94% which is 1% less then the expectation.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Not having days off so that my attendance increases.

Evidence 2- Met Deadlines

1. Explain the activity
Handing in all assignments on time so that I can achieve the best grade I can.

2. What went well?

I have always handed in my assignments on time so that I can achieve more then a pass.

3. What would you improve on reflection?

Next time, I would hand my assignment in earlier incase there is an issue and I can get help with it.

Evidence 3- Behaviour

1. Explain the activity

Having good behaviour which is backed up by the teachers words.

2. What went well?

Having good behaviour in classes and not being a disruption to the lesson, also not talking over the teacher so I can understand the lessons more.

3. What would you improve on reflection?
Asking more questions so I understand and participate in the lessons more.

Social Responsibility Badge

2344544 — 2024-04-11 13:39:12 UTC

Evidence 1 - Sustainability talk

Explain the activity
I attended a talk about sustainability and what we can do to be more sustainable.

What went well?
Being more aware in how to look after the environment more.
What would you like to improve on reflection?
Do more research on the environment to help get begter knowledge.

Evidence 2 - Stress talk

Explain the activity
I attended a talk about stress.

What went well?
Learnt what stress is and how to cope with it.
What would you like to improve on reflection?
Do my own research on the best methods to help me cope with stress.

Evidence 3 - Litter picking

Explain the activity
Did litter picking at my own school to help keep the school tidy and volunteer to litter pick.

What went well?
Managed to clean up rubbish in dirty areas.
What would you like to improve on reflection?
Volunteer more so that i can help out more.

Work Experience Badge -

2344544 — 2024-04-11 13:56:19 UTC

Evidence 1 - Part time job

Explain the activity.
I have worked in my part time job at burger king for 9 months being a front counter staff helping out customers.
What went well?
I have managed to keep the job for 9 months and helped out with service customers on tills, handing out orders, making fries and running drive thru by myself.
What could you improve on reflection?
Keeping the drive thru timer down to make sure its below 2:45.

Evidence 2 - part time job e-learning

Explain the activity.
For this, i have spent time doing my bk uni e-learning and watching videos on thrive to better my knowledge for my part time time job. I spent hours learning how to follow each procedure.
What went well?
I completed hours of learning so i know how to do each procedure well and watched videos on thrive to be more culturally aware.
What could you improve on reflection?
Watching more videos on thrive so i know more about different cultures.

Evidence 3 - riot training

Explain the activity.
We participated in helping out the police with riot training by being rioters and throwing things at the police.
What went well?
They successfully did their training and get through all the procedures. I managed to hit some officers that had their shields down to make them more aware.
What could you improve on reflection?
I could’ve got involved more with the training.

Mentor and Support Badge -

2344544 — 2024-04-18 09:52:33 UTC

Evidence 1 - Delivered a session

Explain the activity.
I presented my powerpoint to my class mates and presented a session for them to take part in with different activities.
What went well?
We got through the whole session with minimal disruptions.
What could you improve on reflection?
Adding more information to the slides to make the session longer next time.

Evidence 2 - Helping out a friend with assignment

Explain the activity.
My friend was struggling with what to write on her assignment so i helped out by talking her through it and giving her examples.
What went well?
She managed to hand her assignment in on time and get a distinction.
What could you improve on reflection?
Giving more pointers and examples to make her less confused about the assignment.

Evidence 3 - Supporting a work colleague when they felt stressed

Explain the activity.
After having a massive rush at work, i helped calm down a colleague that felt stressed from the situation by talking to them.
What went well?
I managed to calm them down and support them.
What could you improve on reflection?
Get a trusted adult to help out with the situation.

Literacy Badge -

2344544 — 2024-04-24 08:41:49 UTC

Evidence 1 - Century Tech

Explain the activity.
What went well?
What would you improve on reflection?

Evidence 2 - a member of my local library

Explain the activity.
What went well?
What would you improve on reflection?

Evidence 3 - attended a study session to help out with my exam

Explain the activity.
What went well?
What would you improve on reflection?

Cultural Capital Badge -

2344544 — 2024-04-24 08:54:01 UTC

Evidence 1 - Attended culture week

Explain the activity.
I attended the barnsley college culture week and learn about different cultures.
What went well?
I took in all the information and made myself more aware of different cultures.
What would you improve on reflection?
Participate more by asking questions.

Evidence 2 - tattershall castle in Tattershall

Explain the activity.
During April holidays me and kasia went to visit the Tattershall Castle in Lincoln.
What went well?
I learnt about the history of the castle and how old it was and what it was used for, it was built in 1231.
What would you improve on reflection?
I could go visit more historic locations next time i go on holiday.

Evidence 3 - crime and justice talks

Explain the activity.
I attended the different talks from crime victims and others for crime week, learning about different gangs from manchester and the affects of crime.
What went well?
I listened to each talk and payed attention to different facts i was told throughout the day.
What would you improve on reflection?
Ask more questions and participate in discussions.