Final CAS Reflection

CAS Reflection

This year for CAS I have done many different activities regarding CAS. For Creativity i’ve done Even Crew and Drama Stage Manager for Yerma. For Action i’ve done SAISA Basketball,Friday 3-3 Basketball and SAISA Volleyball. For Service I’ve been apart of Gecko Inc.

Throughout the year i’ve learned so much about myself and where I excel in and where i still need to grow. In basketball i’ve learned about how I still lack in mental preparation and staying prepared for all games. I realised this as well in Volleyball where my mental status got in the way of my physical game. My strengths unpredictably are my ability to take on a lot of work and still come through, something I learned through event crew.

Gecko Inc and Event crew were the two activities I did this year where I had to plan and initiate activities. I planned the adopt a team process and sportsmanship for Event crew along with some activities for the school that we are interacting with for service. I’ve learned that i am pretty resourceful when it comes to planning activities since i have good intuitive ideas along with a sense of responsibility.

I collaborated with a team in mostly all my activities besides when being a Stage Manager for Yerma. In both SAISA teams I really bonded with the team and worked collaboratively with them all to win every game we did and lose and reflect on the games we didn’t. In Even Crew I worked effectively with Greta to plan sportsmanship and the Adopt-a-team process, along with some key roles in both the opening ceremony and line judging.

Throughout all my sports activities i had to fight through a bad ankle injury and it took a lot of perseverance to get through to the end of each season. Event Crew really pushed me as i had to host 4 Dhaka players, do my EE along with returning home late every day.

Throughout every single activity i’ve gained new skills. I’ve learned to use my left hand in basketball, plan activities in Event crew, learned to be a responsible student in being a stage manager and learned new socialising skills when meeting new people in all the activities in CAS.

I hope to have a successful next year as I did this year.

CAS Reflection

My understanding of CAS goals was slightly off last year.

I haven't been sky diving, but I've achieved the other 2 personal goals. That's 2/3

Haven't achieved a 7 in econ or french but I did pass TOK. That's 1/3

Been fit throughout the year, made the starters list in both volleyball and basketball. That's 3/3

6/9 of my goals were accomplished but I feel that for the upcoming year I need to set goals that are more Creativity/Action/Service rather than personal,academic and athletic.

Goals set in August 2013

Personal 

To go Sky Diving. 

To improve in my thinking and application of knowledge.

To be more dedicated and contribute more to formative assessments 

Academic 

To get a 39 in the IB. 

To get a 7 in French Abnitio. 

To get a 7 in economics. 

To pass TOK.

Sports 

Make the starting 6 of the Volleyball Team.

Make the starting 5 of the Basketball Team and be the leading scorer. 

Be fit throughout the 2 years of the IB 

Event Crew : SAISA Batminton

April 25th-28th

I was part of the event crew for SAISA Badminton and it was a huge learning experience for me. Until now i'd always been a SAISA athelete and therefore never really knew all the components required for a successful tournament. Maybe now ill be more sympathetic towards the event crew in different schools. Throughout the 3 days I was a part of the Adopt-a-Team, Photography,Day 1 BBQ, Sportsmanship and a lot of other little jobs. I did feel quite stressed throughout the few days since I also had to host 4 AIS-Dhaka players. It took a lot of perseverance and dedication to come through at the end and to have OSC host an amazing tournament. With obviously a few mishaps that were controlled and evaluated by the talented event crew.  

Through this experience I also made a lot of new friends, in other SAISA schools and also in the event crew. People I had no idea were actually interesting.