CAS So Far...
It has been a year since I started CAS as well as joined the IB programme. Through out grade 11, I have been able to develop my skills at both keeping up with my CAS Goals and making sure to upload my experiences and my reflections on each of them to my CAS blog. I hope to continue to always keep time for my CAS activities and to keep up with my goals since I feel it was a very worthwhile and helpful experience and that it has helped me to grow both as a person and as well as an IB student. This year I hope to take part in more sporting activities and spend more hours on my creativity activity (drums) as well. As I did the previous year, I will continue to attend all Service sessions (SOS Orphanage) this year as well, and also try to take part in another Service activity. At the moment, I am learning to play drums, attending Tennis practices and taking part in the SOS Orphanage service activity.
Creativity:
- Continue to work on all the beats I learnt the previous year and apply these skills to this year to show that I can learn a further 5, more complex beats. With the 5 beats I have learnt the previous year (4/4 beat, 3/4 beat, cha-cha, mamba and hustle), this would mean that a total of 10 beats has to be perfected by the end of this year.
- Prove that I can compose a range of my own drum beats without the help of my teacher; this goal is a continuation from that of last years, which I plan to accomplish by the end of this year. The goal is to compose 1 or more drum solos (non-stop drumming with different beats played one after another) and present them via video, accompanied with a reflection on how it I got to that point.
- Play at a few school musical events and/or musical events in or outside school and reflect on my experience and what I accomplished from that experience. Then, compare and evaluate how I was in the beginning of grade 11 and and how I will be by the end of grade 12 in terms of my drumming skills and my confidence in the creative aspect.
Action:
- Compare and reflect on my skills at tennis by the end of this year with the skills I had when I started out the diploma programme.
- Take part in more competitions this year which include contenders with high amounts of skill. The previous year I completed my goal of taking part in a competition organized outside class where my doubles partner (Hemeka) and I made it to the quarter-finals. This year, I hope to take part in that same tournament-which is an annual event. I hope to reflect on my experience as well as evaluate my skills in Tennis and in all the competitions.
- Obtain a place in the podium by the end of a tournament and then by the end of the year, reflect on my overall experience that I had in Tennis during the course of two years and show the transition from how I stood last year and how I will stand by the end of this year.
Service:
- Prove that I can follow the examples of the leaders in SOS Orphanage and achieve tasks with my best effort applied to them. Then, reflect on my experiences and of all the self accomplishments in the service sessions.
- Formulate my own service activity either in school or outside, or take up a leadership role in an already existing service activity.
- When the second goal has been accomplished; reflect on my first days' work as a leader as well as prove that I am capable enough to continue my leadership role.
- Reflect on my overall experience of service work by the end of this year and show how I have grown as a service volunteer as well as how it has affected me.
