Fitness Club!

I started to go to Fitness Club every Monday and Tuesday in order to get more fit and healthier. So, the first time I came to the Fitness Club, there were only Shaun, Stefan and Mark because nobody wanted to come. And it goes on until for a month. Every single time I go to the Fitness Club, Shaun will help me in improving to do pull-ups. I used to know how to do it properly, but then I forgot since I stopped going to the gym for a while because I have some problems with my stomach and I have to do check-ups every month. As I learn how to do it properly and almost got it, they got the idea on doing workouts that can give you abs, which I can't do because for the whole lunch they just workout non-stop.

I cannot do that because I still have the problem with my stomach that the doctor said it is not good if I exercise non-stop. So, instead of going to the gym during lunch, I just do skipping 100 times everytime I do it and also push-ups in order to keep being fit. I also jog once in a while with a friend of mine whenever I have time. My stomach sometimes really hurts after I do all of these. But I keep doing it because I want to stay fit. 

I really hope that my stomach problem is going to be okay soon, so that I can join the workout that they do everyday during lunchtime.

The CAS learning outcome that I achieved for joining Fitness Club are :

• Increased the awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth as I keep practicing on how to do pull-ups 
• Developed new skills, now I know better at doing pull-ups 

Badminton!

So, according to my plan, I would continue playing badminton. Instead of going to the Badminton Club on Tuesdays after school, I continue playing badminton with the people from different embassies every Saturday. The reason I cannot go to the Badminton Club after school is because I have guitar lesson. Playing with the people from school and people from the embassy is very different. It is so much harder to play with the embassy people because they are all the older people and they are so much experienced than me. At first, when I wanted to join them, I thought there will be a lot of people with the same age as me, but, unfortunately, no. Most of the people are all the working people and only few of the are children and teenagers. And I actually thought that I am already good at playing badminton, but when I was playing with them, I realized that I am not that good. I have a lot more to learn in badminton than just playing it. 

So, someone from the Indonesian Embassy saw how bad I was, and now he's teaching me a lot, like how to smash (getting better at it, eventhough still bad), and also how to tackle when someone smashed at you (still working on it).

Same as in school, everytime we want to play, we pick a partner and change everytime we had won a match. Often, I get a good partner of course, because everybody there is so much better than me. But, I still feel good about it, I have the chance to play with them and it motivates me to be better at playing badminton. 

The CAS learning outcomes that I achieved by playing badminton are :

• Increased the awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth, I know what I have to improve with my skills now and I have a lot more to learn in badminton
• Worked collaboratively with others, choosing partner and working collaboratively with them to win the match
• Shown perseverance and commitment in activities, I have never missed going to badminton every Saturday unless I have something more important to do
• Developed new skills, now I know a bit on how to smash and a bit on how to tackle when someone smashed at me 

Winter Activity Day

On Tuesday, 13th March, we had Winter Activity Day. So, in order to make this activity successful, everybody in Year 12 and 13 had to come with an idea of an activity, and the maximum number of people in a group is 3. Me, Shaun and Daniel came up with an idea of having obstacle course and people would have to do it blindfolded. However, Stefan's group also came up with the same idea, instead, without blindfolding. My group then was thinking it would be better if we had different idea, so the students wouldn't be doing same activities in a day. And we came up with the idea of building a snow castle.

The idea of this activity is that, each house team would have to build the best snow castle, of course. So, the first team had to start build the castle, then the next team would have to continue until it is finished. What i saw from this activity is that the younger students in each house teams are much much more imaginative than the older. The result of this activity is that Pushkin was first, then came Tolstoy, then Gogol and then Chekhov. 

I was really happy because I'm in Pushkin. I was also happy to see the outcomes of each castles. And also seeing the kids were really enjoying the activity. Another successful activity!

The CAS learning outcomes that I achieved during this activity are :

•  planned and initiated activities as me, Shaun and Daniel came out with some ideas for the activity
•  undertaken new challenges
•  worked collaboratively with others 
•  considered the ethical implications of actions

Valentine's Day + Disco = Creativity + Service

Every year, on Valentine's Day, all Year 12 and 13 would organise a Valentine's Disco. We would also have a Valentine's box where students can send a valentine's card to their friends or their lovers or if they gave a crush on someone. Me, Sabina, Neda and Mark were the ones who took care of the box. For every card, we would charged them with 30roubles and cards + chocolates would be 50roubles. Again, this is all for the guide dog.

Another thing that I planned was selling cupcakes and cookies on this day. So, I told Mrs Grey about it and the Year 11 girls also wanted to participate and the Year 8 girls as well. So, I made mini chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting and M&M on top. This was actually my first time making a frosting and frost a cupcake. I was happy with myself after looking at the cupcakes that I have decorated. So, on this day, we used the English room to sell the cupcakes and cookies that we had. The Year 11 and 8 girls helped me to sell them and I was standing and calling everybody to buy them. It was a success and we actually raised about 7000roubles.

One other thing that I did during Valentine's Day was helping selling the sandwiches during the disco. Me and Daniel would take the order and Shaun, Mantas, Thibaut and  Francesco would make the sandwiches. For the first 5minutes, nobody came, but after that, it was a chaos for the rest of the disco. But we were under control, so it was fine. Eventhough it was actually hard to remember the orders, but I tried my best for it. It was funny how I actually said to Thibaut "one sandwich with ham and cheese...without sandwich", when I actually wanted to say without ketchup. I didn't even realised until Matanat told me and when I looked back, everybody was laughing at me. That made our day actually during the chaos.

The CAS learning outcomes that I achieved during Valentine's Day are :

• Increase awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth as I have never decorated cupcakes before and never made that much money by selling cupcakes
• Planned and initiated activities as the Year 12 and 13 planned the disco and I planned the cupcake and cookie sale
• Worked collaboratively with others when we were selling the sandwiches as me and Daniel took the order and Mantas, Shaun, Thibaut and Francesco would make the sandwiches
• Considered the ethical implications of my actions 

CAS Plan

CREATIVITY

• I will continue learning how to make more desserts
• I will make covers of songs with my brother

ACTION

• I will join the fitness club during lunch on Tuesdays
• I will continue with Badminton Club

SERVICE

• I will continue working with the DownSideUp Organisation
• I will involve in the organisation of disco
• I will help in fundraising activities

Festive Disco = Fundraising

On Friday, 16th december, we had a Festive Disco. Again, we are doing this to raise fund for the guide dog for blind people. In order to raise the fund, during the break and lunch, we did our best selling raffle tickets for the hamper that have been organised by Shaun and I also helped promoting the Lolly Guess that have been organised by Thibaut, Gregory and Jiwon.

I really thought that by helping Thibaut and Shaun with the Lolly Guess and the hamper, I have built up my confident by shouting around promoting both of them. And I also almost lost my voice after that as always.

But losing my voice was worth it because we raised a lot of money and I am still happy with myself because again, I was being very confident.

Before we started the disco, all of the Year 12 and 13 had to decorate the gym to make it look like a disco and we did our best and again, it was a success decorating it. 

During the disco, we continued selling the raffles ticket for the hamper and promoting the Lolly Guess again. And of course, I was shouting all around the disco and running with the candy jar promoting it. 

In the end, we made a huge success.

The CAS learning outcomes that I achieved during this day are :

• I worked collaboratively with others as we were helping each other selling the raffle tickets and promoting the Lolly Guess
• I undertaken new challenges by shouting around the people to promote and to sell

Jumble or Jumbo?

It is Jumble Sale! All of us got confused with the name of the sale. Half of us thought it was a Jumbo Sale and half thought it was a Jumble Sale. The aim of having this Jumble Sale is to raise fund for a guide dog for blind people. 

So, on Friday, 25 November, we had a very successful Jumble Sale eventhough we failed for the first time on Tuesday. Eventhough I really had nothing to bring at first, I begged my mother to give me something that she does not use at all, and she found a lot of things, such as handbags and a lot of accessories. That is why I brought a lot of accessories on the day we had the Jumble Sale.

When we started the sale, I was doing the first half shift and I was selling items that cost 50 roubles I actually made a lot of money by selling all the 50roubles items but I don't really know the exact amount because I didn't count the money I made. Also, the items that were on my table finished. I was super happy with myself because I successfully managed to be a sellperson.

In the end, we raised 4500roubles by selling all the items that we had. 

The CAS learning outcomes that I achieved from this Jumble Sale are :

• I undertaken new challenges for being a sellperson.
• I worked collaboratively with others as everybody knew when was their shift.