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Welcome, we are __T__he __E__lderly __D__efenders __S__quad a.k.a T.E.D.S. Our members are Luke, Kyle, Stanley, Warrick and Bronson. We have decided to help the elderly
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=These Are Our Open Questions=

that age you don't really any. Also one of the people there was a Christian so she has a joy in knowing God. || Stanley || talk, a Christian environment, and a supportive environment. || Luke || = =
 * **Questions** || **Hypothesis** || **Answers to our questions** || **Who is doing this?** ||
 * What do they do in their spare time? || Whatever they can do in the confined space of the rest home. Maybe knitting, watching T.V. etc. || They talk, and sitting exercise class, indoor bowling, chatting, devotional sessions. seeing visitors, and writing letters, shopping at going out for lunch. || Luke ||
 * What do they need help with? || They will probably need some help, whether it's entertainment or physical work. It would probably be getting things done or something that involves moving around. || The elderly people need help with dressing, showers, and walking. || Warrick ||
 * Do elderly need help at all? || Yes, because they will have some troubles in their everyday lives. The care takers will probably need the help because they have so many residents. || Yes, we could help them with afternoon tea and definitely, entertainment. And just talking to them. || Kyle ||
 * What hassles do they have in life? || Doing physical work because they have trouble with that. They may also feel lonely which is why we could do some skits to entertain them. || Not really, because when you get around
 * How does their age, gender and health affect how much time they spend outside the rest home? || Yes, because they will have issues getting around due to these things. Their health and age will affect this the most because they will have trouble moving around and may be in a wheelchair. || Yes, because of rhemitism and they have wheelchairs and arthritis. And when you get old you slowly lose your sight. || Bronson ||
 * What kinds of environment do they live in? || The confined area of their rest home or in their room which just has a T.V. and a few other things. Only occasionally do they get any time in a free area. || A a comfortable and safe environment, and some of them gather together and
 * What are the facilities like and what do they prefer? || The facilities will be okay but they would prefer a more free or open area. They would prefer the outdoors where they can get some fresh air, instead of the rest home. || Own bedroom, and its comfortable and good food. || Warrick ||
 * How does their past life, beliefs and memories affect their age and emotions? || Not their age but their emotions would be affected and probably determine their personality. They might like to share their memories and what has happened in their past life and they might be happy, grumpy etc due to this. || A lot of people are sort of sad because their wives or husbands have died. Also some of their children might have died, but since some are Christians, they have joy in knowing God. || Bronson ||
 * What are the main reasons elderly live in rest homes? || Due to old age or not being able to move around like they used to. Maybe they have arthritis or something wrong with their leg so they can't get around well in the outside world. || A lot of things, Rhemitism, Arthritis, Vision, and just getting old and sore. And some of them can't take care of themselves by them self, so they need help. || Kyle ||
 * How much do they pay and does it vary to receive care? || They will pay different amounts due to the different types of care they receive. e.g. Special types of pills or special types of care. || Actually, it depends on how much money they have. If they're totally broke they pay nothing, and the people who are rich pay a small amount, but it doesn't matter how much they pay they get the exact same amount of care, because the Government pays them. || Stanley ||


 * Brainstorm:**
 * Help disability/sick/abused/obesity
 * Help poor/poverty
 * S.P.C.A
 * Cleaning the beach
 * Tagging
 * Helping out schools
 * Spam
 * Helping the Hospital
 * Planting Trees
 * __**Helping the elderly**__

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__**Issue**__ Our group has decided that we can help out in the community by going to a rest home and helping out for a few days because they will need help with physical things and we can entertain them as they don't get much company. Hopefully they will enjoy what we do for them and we hope we will enjoy it too.

__**What we will do**__ We are going to go to a rest home, help them with physical things and hopefully entertain them. Hopefully we will make the rest home a better place to live.

__**How we will do this**__ When we go to a rest home whatever the rest home needs done physically we can do, and we could entertain them with a play or some skits. media type="custom" key="2140051" __**Who will be responsible for which jobs?**__ Luke-Phoning up the rest homes, research Warrick-Updating the page Tuesday and Friday, paper work Stanley-Updating the page Thursday, research Bronson-Updating the page Wednesday, paper work Kyle-Updating the page Monday, paper work

=What are we going to perform?= Luke-play trumpet Bronson-play piano Stanley-play piano Warrick-juggling and jokes Kyle-Camera man

=__Our Script:__= Hi my name is Luke. I am a year eight student from room 12 in Bucklands Beach Intermediate School. We are doing an inquiry task and have been challenged with the question "How can I make a positive change to the community we live in". Our group is called the Elderly Defenders Squad and we have decided to help a Rest Home in need. We hope to be able to make a positive contribution to help the elderly, //(wait for answer)//.

Would you mind answering some questions we have? //(Wait for answer)//-if it's not convenient at the moment we don't mind calling back later.
 * 1) What do the residents do in their spare time?
 * 2) What do they need help with?
 * 3) Do elderly need help at all?
 * 4) What hassles do they have in life?
 * 5) How does their age, gender and health affect how much time they spend outside the rest home?
 * 6) What kinds of environment do they live in?
 * 7) What are the facilities like and what do they prefer?
 * 8) How does their past life, beliefs and memories affect their age and emotions?
 * 9) What are the main reasons elderly live in rest homes?
 * 10) How much do they pay and does it vary to receive care?

Thank You, is there anything we can do as a group to assist your rest home if we can find an convenient day to come over, //(wait for answer)//. We can come over and do any types of work around the rest home and maybe do a few skits or a play to entertain them, //(wait for answer)//. It is possible also for our group to take some time off school with our teachers and parents permission to help you during the day. A parent could bring us and supervise us directly on the day, //(wait for answer)//. Do you have any questions for us? //(wait for answer)//. Our teacher, Mr. Read may wish to talk to you about any organisational matters, //(wait for answer)//. You can contact our school if you would like at 09 534 2896 or you can e-mail our teacher at stuart@bbi.school.nz, //(wait for answer)//. May I please get your name, //(wait for answer)//. Thank you very much for your time //(their name)//.

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 * __**Peer Name**__ || __**Date**__ || __**Reflection**__ ||
 * Angela (The caregiver) || 20/10/08 || The boys presented their acts very smoothly and efficiently and also talked very well. The elderly also seemed very impressed with the boys youth and enthusiasm. ||
 * Eleanor (The caregivers mother) || 20/10/08 || It is wonderful that the boys took time out to go and entertain the residents of the rest home and the elderly seemed to really enjoy it. ||
 * **Date** || **Luke** || **Kyle** || **Warrick** || **Stanley** || **Bronson** ||
 * Write the date here || Type your daily reflections here || Type your daily reflections here || Type your daily reflections here || Type your daily reflections here || Type your daily reflections here ||
 * 16.9.08 || Helped with fancy gens. || Helped with getting pictures. || Today I put some fancy gens widgets on our page. I also put in a graph with the questions in it, and I typed up all of the Hypothesis. I started the action plan and did a brainstorm. || Helped with pictures. || Helped with widgets ||
 * 17.9.08 || put some
 * 18.9.08 || Helped with the script and put on some more fancy gens widgets. || Helped with pictures || Today I wrote up and published a script on our wikispace. I also added some more information to the action plan and put in some more tables for peer and individual reflections. || Helped with the script. || Helped with script and widgets. ||
 * 19.9.08 || Today I went to the rest home and found out the answers to the questions. || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! ||
 * 20.9.08 || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! || Today I fixed up numerous mistakes on our page. || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! || Page is finished, all we have to do is go to the rest home and record the results! ||
 * 16.10.08 (Start of new term!!!) || Today we went to the rest home!!! We did a few acts for the residents. I played the trumpet and told jokes while Warrick juggled. || Today we went to the rest home!!! We did a few acts for the residents. I was the photographer and took photos of the acts. || Today we went to the rest home!!! We did a few acts for the residents. I did juggling and I think it went really well with the residents of the rest home. || Today we went to the rest home!!! We did a few acts for the residents. I played the piano and helped Luke with telling the jokes. || Absent. ||
 * 20/10/08 || Finished || Finished || Today I finished off our page by putting the photos on and saying how we thought we did at the rest home. I also did the action and effect. || Finished || Finished ||

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=Our Daily Timeline=

Questions || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ||
 * **Date:** ||  || 18/9/08 || 19/9/08 || 20/9/08 || 21/9/08 || 22/9/08 || 23.9/08 || 24/9/08 ||
 * **Bronson** || Answer
 * **Luke** || Answer questions || Helped with script || - || - || Called Howick Baptist Healthcare || - || - || Go to Howick Baptist Healthcare and asked questions and found the answers. Type the answers on Wikispaces ||
 * **Kyle** || Answer questions ||  ||   || - || - || - || - || - ||
 * **Warrick** || Answer questions || Put script on wikispace. || Type on found questions. || - || - || - || - || - ||
 * **Stanley** || Answer questions || worked on Wikispaces ||  || - || - || - || - || - ||

=**Daily Group reflection (Write what progress you've made and how things are going)**=  16/9/08-Today we did some of the action Plan, we did the brainstorm, we finished off the open questions and hypothesized the questions. We are going well. 17/9/08-We edited mistakes all over our page, put on some fancygens widgets and made a table for feed back and feed forward. 18/9/08-We wrote up a script, put in some more tables for peer and individual reflections. We also started our timeline. 19/9/08 Luke went to Howick Baptist Healthcare and asked our questions. __New term__ 16/10/08-Today we went to the Howick Baptist Healthcare and did some acts. Warrick did some juggling, Luke played the trumpet and told some jokes while Warrick was juggling, Stanley played the piano and helped Luke with the jokes and Kyle took the photos of the acts.
 * Date and Reflection: **

__How we think we did when we were at the rest home__
We think that we did quite well and entertained the elderly with our acts as you can see with these photos. They found it very enjoyable and overall we think that it went very well and made a great positive change.

__**Pictures of our day with the elderly**__





__Evaluation of the Action and Effect__
The action was putting on the entertainment show for the elderly, and the effect was making them happy and entertaining them.

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|| 17/9/08
 * **Person** || **Date** || **Reason** ||
 * Teacher Feedback

19/9

23/9

25/10 || I think you've made a good start to your Wiki. I like the photos you've included and the name you've chosen for your Inquiry group. Please add more detail to your hypothesis section. Your answers are a bit too brief for that part. You'll need to write a script when you contact your rest home. Check out the link on the navigation bar. It will give you valuable advice. I can also help you select what rest home to go to if you like. Mr. Read. Thank you for including your script for when you ring the rest home. I'm really pleased that you've been doing your daily reflection and been recording progress made on your daily timeline. The next step is answering your questions, but you'll be able to do that when you phone the rest home. You can also find answers from other sources such as the internet and by interviewing elderly people. I'm also really happy to see that you've filled out your group and individual daily reflections.

Arhhhhhhhhh. I don't see any answers to your respective questions yet. Hmmmm. What's going on group? Also what's happening with your individual daily reflection. It hasn't happened for quite a few days. On a positive note....cool photo of your group. You look ver y staunch. Please get cracking on the tasks. Remember this is your HW so there's no excuse. 


 * Firstly, thanks for fixing up your Wiki. It's much better now. On another note, I was very impressed with the way you managed to organise your trip to the rest home so quickly. You're a talented bunch of young people and without a doubt the elderly residents would have very much appreciated the entertainment you provided. Thanks for the leadership that I saw exercised within your group....you know who you are and it is noticed.

I liked looking at the photos you've posted. They make your Wiki so much more interesting. As they say "A picture paints a thousand words."

The thing that I most want you to get out of this task is the realisation that you can make a positive difference to others. As the future leaders of this country I'd like you to serve others in some way so that you can leave your community (whatever that community may be) a better place. All of you boys are leaders in your own right. You don't have to be a Councillor like Luketo be considered a leader. Each of you is a leader when you take the lead and do something perhaps that others might not do. E.g Entertain the elderly without being paid or asked to. One day you'll be elderly, and you will realize how much it means when young people take an interest in you.

You've worked well together and produced some fine work so far. I know you have plans to do more.

**=** Overall grade so far. A 5000 house points each **= || 16/10/08-Warrick || We should start finding answers to our questions and start working on our timeline. We should put our group pictures on our wiki and we are probably going to go again. || media type="custom" key="2140033"
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 * Student Feedback || 15/10/08 || Thank you Mr. Read for your feedback, I hope you've had a good time reading it. We have updated our wiki, and we now have our questions done. All we have to do is now go to the rest home. We have given almost everyone a job, and soon enough we will have our pictures on. Thank you though for the positive feedback! From the T.E.D.S ||
 * Student FdForwar || 17/09/08-Bronson