CUE Community Rotation 1 CUE community reminders CUE

CUE - Community Rotation 1

CUE community reminders CUE day on Monday Check your start and finish time on the letter/email provided Reflect on the expectations spoken through in our last session Today you will receive a name tag, it’s an expectation that you will wear this to all community days. If you’re unwell or late on the day, please contact the community placement and CUE office. Contact details are provided on the letter/email. Replacement date has been scheduled for March 10 th Have fun and enjoy the experience

The focus of our 4 community sessions What is community People living with a disability Our elderly population Volunteering in the future & random acts of kindness

What is community? In her memoir, A City Year, Suzanne Goldsmith offers her own definition of the word community: Communities are not built of friends, or of groups with similar styles and tastes, or even of people who like and understand each other. They are built of people who feel they are part of something that is bigger than themselves: a shared goal or enterprise, like righting a wrong, or building a road, or raising children, or living honorably, or worshipping a god. To build community requires only the ability to see value in others, to look at them and see a potential partner in one’s enterprise.

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Communities should only include people who are friends and who like each other. Is everyone always treated the same in a community? Can you be apart of multiply communities? Is your mentor group a community? Everyone in the community must have the same values and believes? What communities are you apart of?

What can you contribute to our community? As you begin to explore the concept of community, it’s the collection of peoples values & beliefs and unique identities which make our school community so fantastic. In the learning task, you will be required to identify you own common characteristics that you contribute to our community as well as your peers. What are your strengths? How can they be used to build and contribute to our community?

Positives of a strong community A sense of belonging Shared experiences Develop new friends and networks A sense of pride Feel inspired and motivated Fill your bucket

Learning task Earlier in my presentation I explored what community is and that it’s our own individual traits which contribute and build a community. 1. Write CUE community heading in your portfolio. 2. Write your own personal definition of the term community. 3. Complete the table below listing 3 of your own personal strengths. Compare your strengths with 3 classmates. https: //www. viacharacter. org/survey/account/register You strengths Friend 1 Friend 2 Friend 3 1. 2. 3 1. Did you have any strengths in common? List them and explain why you think these are common between your classmates. 2. Develop a collage in your portfolio highlighting the communities you’re apart of. The collage can be using your own images or images from online. Eg. school logo, class photo, basketball team photo.