Grade 8 Retreat Reflection

1. Overall, what do you think went well?

I think everything went really well because the grade 8s were really cooperative, energetic, and pretty attentive. If I had to choose one thing that went well it would be the red rover game we played with both the afternoon and morning group.

2. What would you change to improve it for next year?

I think for next year it should be a rotation every 15 minutes or so and have each group of leaders specialized in a certain set of games. Then the grade 8s would get a bigger variety of games to play and it would be easier for leaders to change or modify games to make them better.

3. Based on yesterday’s experience, identify your strengths as a leader

I believe my strengths as a leader were being able to get the attention of the group, explaining games, encouraging grade 8s to participate, and making sure grade 8s who wanted to play different games got a chance to be a leader. 

4. Based on yesterday’s experience, identify areas for improvement as a leader

I think that as a leader I need would need to have more patience.

5. Come up with a specific compliment for each of your group members in terms of their leadership.  Give them the compliment verbally

Harina- She was really good at keeping the group together and making sure everyone was participating.Mansi- She was good at demonstrating and explaining games.Resleen- She was always motivating the grade 8s to keep playing and was good at running the games.Simran- She was amazing at explaining games and getting everyone's attention. 

6. Identify a moment you had as a teacher

One moment I had as a teacher was when I was explaining the game Flinch to the morning group. I realized how hard it is to get up in front of a group of people and explain something. I found it difficult to be able to explain everything verbally so all of us leaders demonstrated a mini game between us. 

7. Identify a moment you had as a learner

I think in this whole experience I was always learning along the way. For example, how to get their attention faster, how to modify games to make them more fun, etc. 

8. What did you find most challenging as a facilitator?

I think the most challenging thing was getting everyone participating and playing according to rules.