On Friday we had gotten the opportunity to have another session of KiwiCan. We are learning to show respect to everyone around us including yourself. As we stepped into the hall, we got greeted by our inspiring KiwiCan leader, Here, commonly joined by Glaytor. However he didn’t attend this lesson due to some circumstances. Our greeting for the day was Noi’a coming from the beautiful country called Tokelau. Tokelau has aproximately 2,691 people, with 2 official languages: Tokelauan and English. They use the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) as their official currency, and their current flag was designed by a New Zealander, pretty interesting!
This session taught us how to show respect, what is respect, and who do you respect. This lesson came along with the catchphrase: I respect you, you respect me, I respect people because they are important just like me. To me, respect means showing a feeling of regard for someone’s worth, rights, and boundaries, shown through how you listen, communicate, and treat others rightfully. Throughout this discussion, Room 9 and I learnt how respect is not only shown towards your peers and close ones, but everyone around you. Overall, it is the basic aspect of life which opens up trust, strong collaborations towards one another, and a variety more. Various words can represent respect such as: significance, regard, appreciation, esteem and honour.
The energiser revolving around this topic was “Help me Tag!”. It is basically noodle tag with 2 taggers, however when you are out you get the chance to call for help to get revived by your fellow teammates. During this activity, we showed respect through honest play, and inclusive teamwork.
Following through with our activity, the game we played was “Dead Ant”. It is an active game that uses cooperative skills. Kids avoid a chosen tagger (exterminator), and if a player gets tagged, they must immediately lie flat on their back with their arms and legs straight up in the air like a dead ant (or just sit down). Therefore 4 taggers must grab each limb (or just hold them), so that a designated saver can save them. During this activity, we showed respect by cooperating with one another, gentle handling, and saving them with respect for them.
I overall enjoyed this session, especially because of the fact that we learned various things about respect. I hope that we will remember this until we get older. If you had KiwiCan, how was your experience?