The Diary

Since May 2023, students record their journey through the NYAA app. Your account will be created upon successful registration. All password and account set up details are sent to your school gmail account.

To fulfill NYAA requirements, you must reflect weekly on your activities with evidence of what you have been doing within the required time frame. The idea is that the reflections are your progression towards the goals you set for each section of the award; Service Learning, Outdoor Appreciation, Healthy Living and Community Leadership (Gold only).

At each monthly meeting, your coordinator will check in on you and your progress on reflections.

Step 1 | Goal Setting

You are required to set goals for each section of the award. These goals are then used to guide your NYAA journey and evidence growth and learning.

When setting goals for each component, it is important that you consider how you will evidence meeting and/or achieving these goals.

Using SMART goals is a good way to ensure that you are setting goals that are relevant and have purpose.

Consider setting short- and long-term goals.

Good Examples of Goal Setting

Healthy Living

I want to increase my level of fitness by running at least 20 minutes four times per week. I aim to do this over a period of 6 months

Service Learning

Over the course of the school year, I aim to raise funds (at least $200) for ACE (Asian Children's Education) to help educate children in Bangladesh. I will raise these funds through actively participating in weekly GC meetings and spending my time contributing to fundraising events.

Bad Examples of Goal Setting

Healthy Living

I want to increase my level of fitness

Service Learning

I want to raise $200 for ACE (Asian Children's Education).

Step 2 | Adding your activities

Head to the NYAA app and select the tab labelled "Activity Listing".
Click on the grey button labelled "Activities" and select "Add Activity".
From there, you'll need to select the category or section the activity is under, the type of activity (School, External, or Self-Defined), and fill in the details of the activity, seen on the right.

note: Self-Defined activities must be approved by your coordinator before you can submit an activity report.

Step 3 | Your Reports

To submit an activity report, you need to head to the NYAA website and select the tab labelled "Activity Listing".
Click on the blue button next to the activity you wish to submit a report for (seen on the right.
Select the dates from which you did this activity and the effort (hrs). As an example, if you went to the gym once a week after school, you would select the date you went as both the start and end date, then detail the length of time spent at the gym.
You should upload any photos or videos that will help communicate what you've done.

Note: A maximum of 15% of the target category's effort (hours) requirement can be ascribed to one activity report.

Your reports should show reflection and be comprehensive, they should include:

A summary of your contributions towards your goal
Any personal growth
Any skills learned

Areas of success
Areas for improvement
Specific tasks and events completed
Plans for the following activity report

Good Examples of a Report

Healthy Living:

"This month I tried out for the frisbee team. At first I had trouble, as throwing the frisbee with the correct technique was quite difficult. Within the first session, my backhand improved and I was able to pass with my partner. The difficulty was with my forehand, as this technique was a bit more complicated, and required a grip that I wasn’t used to holding a frisbee with. Over the next few sessions, I slowly got better at this, and I think that my fitness improved, as there is a lot more running than I originally anticipated, meaning that for the first two or three lessons, I struggled, and was in physical pain afterwards.

I will continue with developing my frisbee skills as this is contributing towards my goal of learning a new sport-related skill and playing for a school sports-related team."

Service Learning:

"In Child@ Street 11 this month we have experienced the children more and got to know about their lives and as well as what they like to do by talking to the teachers so that we are best able to plan for the coming months. My peers and I found out that the children at Child @Street 11 look forward to our visits every week and consider it the highlight of their week when they get to experience something different than their day to day activities. One of my favorite things that we experience at Child @Street 11 is when we bring new games from UWC to them and they get so excited to play them as it's something that they normally don’t have makes us so happy when we see their little faces light up with joy once they see what we have brought. I also love how we are really getting to know these students and their personalities are coming through as they get more comfortable with us. When we leave now they come to the door and give us many hugs and can’t wait to see us next week, it makes me light up inside as I feel the joy from the children.
I will continue to attend Child@ Street 11 and give my time to the children here as I feel that this is developing my interpersonal skills and is also contributing towards my service goal. To further meet my service goal of providing emotional and educational support to underprivileged children, I will spend more time next month focusing on how I can incorporate educational elements to my meetings with the children."

Bad Examples of a Report

Healthy Living:

"This month I tried out for the frisbee team. At first I had trouble, as throwing the frisbee with the correct technique was quite difficult. However, after continuing to play, I got better and more confident.

Service Learning:

"In Child@ Street 11 this month my peers and I found out that the children at Child @Street 11 look forward to our visits every week and consider it the highlight of their week when they get to experience something different than their day to day activities. One of my favorite things that we experience at Child @Street 11 is when we bring new games from UWC to them and they get so excited to play them as it's something that they normally don’t have makes us so happy when we see their little faces light up with joy once they see what we have brought.

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