The Mac-a-thon is designed to help you focus on developing your own life skills, serving others and learning more about yourself, your family and your community in the process.
There are three sections each with 10 activities to complete making a total of 30 activities altogether. You have until the end of November to complete these tasks but the first person across the line with all Mac-a-thon activities finished is the winner of the 'McTrophy'. As there are 29 weeks of school remaining you could aim to complete 1-2 tasks per week...unless of course you are gunning for the 'McTrophy'!
Certificates of completion will be presented at Syndicate Assemblies. If you complete 10/30 tasks you will receive a Bronze Award, 20/30 tasks completed will receive a Silver Award and all 30 tasks completed is a Gold Award. Additionally, all recipients of Gold Awards will be invited to a Pizza Picnic with Mrs Mac at the end of the year.
Mac-a-thon Activities
LIFE SKILLS
Learn how to change a car tyre
Learn how to change a fuse in your home fusebox
Sew a button on a garment
Learn how to use your washing machine an do a load of washing for mum
Learn how to use your iron and iron your uniform
Grow something from seed
Learn how to use a lawnmower and help to mow the lawns
With an adult to supervise do a grocery shop for your family
Cook a meal for your family...Sunday brunch?
Vacuum and dust your room
ACTS OF SERVICE
Make a small toy for a young child
Visit an elderly person with some baking or flowers
Wash a car
Shine someone's shoes
Write a letter (not an email) and send to someone you've not seen lately
Wash someone's windows (no payment to be accepted)
Weed a section of your family's garden
Read a story and listen to a young person read
Organise and play a game with your 'buddy'
Make and give a card of appreciation to a parent, coach or significant adult in your life
JUST FOR FUN
Go fishing
Make a shelter and 'sleep out' for the night
Learn a magic trick/new game and share it with the class
Walk a track within Canterbury
Make a movie entitled 'My Canterbury' highlighting all that you love about being a Cantabrian
Visit the Art Gallery or Museum
Take part in a Talent Quest
Organise a family picnic - you choose the destination and pack the food
Make Vegetable soup from scratch
Build a hobo stove and cook pikelets or eggs on it
Now go have some fun!!!!!
Remeber to email me photographic evidence of each activity as you complete the task.
lisamcwilliam@merrin.school.nz
Congratulations and Celebrations to the following Mac-a-thon Achievers!!!
Silver Award - Micah Heath
Bronze Award - Kaylee Johnson, Nathan James, Montana-Rose and Melissa Bayley
You are all winners. Don't give up everyone else, there's still plenty of time to achieve. Remember this is just as much about stretching yourself as winning the overall prize so once the Trophy has been claimed there are still places to be earned at the 'Luncheon for Winners'.
Bronze Award recipients have also just earned 50 house points for reaching this level. Well done!
Check out these pictures of Kaylee hard at work on some of the challenges....
