NYLD Leadership Experience- Kevin & Justin on William Pike - August 2015

Learners:  Kevin & Justin                                                       Learning Coach: D Wilkes

Learning Area: KCs and Literacy                                                Date: Aug 5

Learning Observed

It was impressive to watch these two learners collaborate together to provide a wonderful and inspiration component to the ‘Leadership Experience’ as a long awaited follow up to the NYLD that all the Year 6s attended in Term 2.  Kevin and Justin co-constructed their video and presentation (which can be found in the Leadership Experience presentation) and they wowed the crowd with their video of ‘William Pike’ aka;Justin V!  When their first video wasn’t what they wanted they redid again demonstrating persistence, commitment to excellence, confidence and resilience.  They decided to do a video rather than a presentation because they wanted to really capture William’s essence and his message.  The learners loved watching the video and most walked away with the ‘all passion, no limits’ as a lasting message.  Practicing their public speaking, writing, videography and leadership was what they did while the rest of us enjoyed a fantastic recreation of William Pike’s amazing story of how he survived the eruption at Mt Ruapehu.

Evidence of learning

Kevin and Justin impress the crowd with their recreation of William Pike’s story

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

While Kevin and Justin collaborated they made direct and indirect connections to their experience at NYLD.  The related to others, managed themselves responsibly and participated enthusiastically on the day.  They were enthusiastic and responded to changes with resilience.  The preparation for the video was great.  They made us curious and they inspired us!

Next Learning Steps

learn some blue screening (you could put the mountain behind Justin) write a blog post about the afternoon including your reflections share your learning with family at home