I've managed to achieve nearly every single learning outcome at least once! I was not expecting that I'd manage it so quickly. Obviously, that doesn't mean I will stop here, but I'm still really proud. (I'd like to thank everyone for my very first CAS Award).
LO 1 Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth:
LO 1 Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth:
I have met this goal with most of the activities I have been doing, as the majority of them were things that I had never done before, but it is most evident with running club and improving my piano skills. In both I have seen huge progress, which is fairly easy to see and it motivates me to continue.
LO 2 Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process:
To achieve this second learning outcome, I thought it would be fairly easy, but it surprised me that many of my activities lies within my comfort zone and that I didn't take as many challenges as I could have. Luckily, this was not true for everything I did though. For example, helping out in lower school clubs really challenged me as I had to develop an understanding of how to interact with the children and how to help them in a way that was easy enough to understand.
To achieve this second learning outcome, I thought it would be fairly easy, but it surprised me that many of my activities lies within my comfort zone and that I didn't take as many challenges as I could have. Luckily, this was not true for everything I did though. For example, helping out in lower school clubs really challenged me as I had to develop an understanding of how to interact with the children and how to help them in a way that was easy enough to understand.
LO 3 Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience:
I thought that achieving this learning outcome would be the most difficult of all, but I've actually managed to initiate and plan more than one CAS experience. The first is the start of our Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising and Awareness Project, which I did not initiate, but I helped a lot with the planning process. We came up with various ideas of ways in which we could achieve money to put towards the charity and also discussed how to carry them out. The second is the photography blog I set up in collaboration with another IB Student. We developed the idea of starting this site from our shared love of taking pictures and it has resulted in a huge success.
I thought that achieving this learning outcome would be the most difficult of all, but I've actually managed to initiate and plan more than one CAS experience. The first is the start of our Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising and Awareness Project, which I did not initiate, but I helped a lot with the planning process. We came up with various ideas of ways in which we could achieve money to put towards the charity and also discussed how to carry them out. The second is the photography blog I set up in collaboration with another IB Student. We developed the idea of starting this site from our shared love of taking pictures and it has resulted in a huge success.
LO 4 Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences:
This learning outcome has been one of the easiest to meet. Most of the activities that I participate in as part of CAS are ones that I do every week. These include: playing piano, attending running club, helping in lower school clubs, posting on my photography blog and doing yoga practices. I also have a post on my regular weekly activities.
LO 5 Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively:
I've managed to achieve this learning outcome with the Cystic Fibrosis Project and with the photography blog. For the Cystic Fibrosis project, I worked together with Ellie, Anna, Doreen, Cami, Liv and Celine, whereas for the photography blog I set it up collaboratively with Cailin.
I've managed to achieve this learning outcome with the Cystic Fibrosis Project and with the photography blog. For the Cystic Fibrosis project, I worked together with Ellie, Anna, Doreen, Cami, Liv and Celine, whereas for the photography blog I set it up collaboratively with Cailin.
LO 6 Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance:
The Cystic Fibrosis Project has allowed me to engage with issues of global significance as this disease affects people worldwide and although the organisation is based in Cologne (Bonn), it helps people all over the world with Cystic Fibrosis. It is a very satisfying feeling to know that I am able to contribute to something so important from only (somewhat small) city in Germany,
As I've already mentioned earlier, helping with lower school clubs has forced me to make decisions about how best to 'treat' the children I'm working with. Often there have been times where they have brought me to the point where I am tempted to shout at them, but instead I explain it to them (calmly enough). The Cystic Fibrosis project also enables me to consider the ethics of my own choices and actions. I belive that it is not only ethically correct to raise awareness and gain support for such an amazing organisation, but more people should be involved in such things.
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