Team Building Exercise-Balloon Couch

In our team building exercise we were asked to build a couch out of balloons. There was 3 of us in a group, Me, Patryk and rowan. To start off the exercise Patryk got 25 Balloons and then the rules of thye task were explained to everyone. When everyone was clear on the rules we began the competition. Patryk was in charge of blowing up the balloons, i was in charge of cutting the celotape and rowan was responsible for sticking the balloons together in a couch formation. After Patryk had finished blowing up the balloons he assisted me with the celotape cutting, so that our couch could be made quicker and on time. Rowan explained that we needed the Pressure to be spread across a large area than in just one spot after Patryk sat on it. We finished building our couch 10 seconds before the time was up. Out of the 3 groups and the 3 couches it turned out that our one was the best, because it met all of the requirements and still stayed in tact after being sat on. The Requirements for the couch were; Arm rests, Head rest and that it was possible for Patryk to lay on it. We had only one balloon explode on us, However the couch still stayed together and i feel we had good team communication, because even before the task had been set we each knew what we was going to do. We had a lot of fun doing this task but at the same time we took it seriously as we wanted to win the competition.

Personal Development Plan 4

Personal Development plan review

Name:  Liam Duke                   

Date:    19^th April 2013

Academic Qualifications

Notes:

I did not manage to get a job at game due to the fact you need to be 18 to work there, However after college today I am going to town with some cv’s to apply for my jobs such as, thorntons, boots, debenhams and Topman.

Skills and attributes (score: 1 = no skill, 5 = fully developed)

Skill	Score	Development activity	Target
Communication	4	I have began to answer a lot more questions, ask questions explain and my overall communication has improved because of my gain in confidence
numeracy	5	None
IT skills	4	I have recently taken apart and rebuilt a computer, I now understand how to remove and add the different components and where they all go
Learning to learn	1

New targets:

Target	By when
Keep attendance at above 90%	Achieved
Get a job	End of the year

Notes:

I have seen changes in my skills towards then end of the year as I have become more confident. Hopefully all my targets will be achieved and at the rate I am going at, I think that will be possible, I am not planning on going to university however I am planning on doing a second year of college. After I have finished college I am going to do an apprenticeship in computing and get a full time job as either a computer technition or become the head of sales in a company

Personal Development Plan 3

Personal Development plan review

Name:  Liam Duke                   

Date:    11^TH JANUARY 2013

Academic Qualifications

Notes:

I have recently wrote a cv and applied for a job at game.

Skills and attributes (score: 1 = no skill, 5 = fully developed)

Skill	Score	Development activity	Target
Communication	4	I should speak more and answer more questions in class and not just sit there until someone else answers
numeracy	5	None
IT skills	3	Practise taking apart PC’s and rebuilding them, learn more about coding and programming and use a computer more often and read more about the different components of a computer
Learning to learn	1

New targets:

Target	By when
Keep attendance at above 85%	achieved
Get a job	End of the year

Notes:

Skills and Attributes again are the same as I haven’t improved

Personal Development Plan 2

Personal Development plan review

Name:  Liam Duke                   

Date:    Friday 16^th November 2012

Notes:

I haven’t got 100% due to the fact I went on holiday for a week but apart from that I haven’t missed any college classes and have been in all of the time and so far I am doing fairly well in my subjects, a little bit behind due to my holiday but nothing I won’t be able to catch up on, I have managed to make many new friends since I have been in college, some that are in my classes others, ive met through friends or people I have decided to speak to around the college

Skills and attributes (score: 1 = no skill, 5 = fully developed)

Skill	Score	Development activity	Target
Communication	4	I should speak more and answer more questions in class and not just sit there until someone else answers
numeracy	5	None
IT skills	3	Practise taking apart PC’s and rebuilding them, learn more about coding and programming and use a computer more often and read more about the different components of a computer
Learning to learn	1

New targets:

Target	By when
Keep attendance at above 80%	Achieved
Make new friends	Achieved
Get a job	End of the year
Keep a job	End of the year

Notes:

Skills and Attributes hasn’t changed because no improvements

Personal Development Plan 1

Personal Development plan review

Name:  Liam Duke       

Date:    28^th september 2012

Academic Qualifications

GCSE Maths:	C
GCSE English	C
GCSE PE	C
GCSE ICT	B
GCSE Media	C
GCSE Science	C

Notes:

Skills and attributes (score: 1 = no skill, 5 = fully developed)

Skill	Score	Development activity	Target
Communication	3	I should speak more and answer more questions in class and not just sit there until someone else answers
Numeracy	5	none
IT skills	3	Practise taking apart PC’s and rebuilding them, learn more about coding and programming and use a computer more often
Learning to learn	1

New targets:

Target	By when
100% attendance	End of the year
Do well in subjects	End of the year
Make new friends	End of the year

Notes: