Multicultural Christmas Lunch

This activity was created for the IB students to get together in a lunch break and celebrate the upcoming holidays. As it was holiday season, we were challenged to create a food that is traditional in our country in the season, whether it be for Christmas, which was my case, or any other festivity. From my spanish half, I decided to create Crema de Castañas (sweetened chestnut purée) as it is widely made in Spain as a desert for Christmas. This was useful for CAS because I had increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth whilst cooking the recipe and also undertaken new challenges as I had never made it myself before. I considered the ethical implications of my actions such as considering allergies people may have and made sure to write that it contained nuts to make sure no one that was allergic took it by accident. I developed new skills like caramelising and become involved in an international project as this activity opened up a diversity of cultures. By participating in this activity I became an inquirer, knowledgeable, a thinker, a communicator, principled, open-minded, caring, a risk-taker, balanced.

This was a challenge for me because I had never made the dish before. I had to peel a kilo of chestnuts which should be an activity for CAS alone because it took so much time and patience! Also, when I had made the purée, I realised that I had to figure out where to put it. I found some small Actimel bottles, and cut them to make small cups and put the puree in there where I could finally put the caramel on top and take it to school.

My aims were to create a delicious dish to represent Christmas in my culture and country to my peers and find out about my peers' cultures as well.

This activity was CREATIVITY because I made the recipe in my own way, not identical to the actual recipe, and also because I had to create a way to present the desert and make it look aesthetically pleasing at the same time. This is also SERVICE because I made it for other people to enjoy and to show them about my culture.

Overall this was a very fun activity. My dish was very successful and we all exchanged dishes and had a taste of our different cultures at Christmas. I managed to meet all of my aims and learning outcomes and fill my stomach with Christmas spirit as well as delicious food.

Model United Nations

In the evening of today my school held its first Model United Nations simulation, debating the worsening crisis in Syria. Some sixth form students were given the opportunity to act as delegates on the United Nations Security Council. They discussed issues concerning the conflict in Syria and its effects on bordering states as well as the situation of refugees. The delegates worked in teams with the people who did the research on the matter. I was in the team for the United States along with two other people for research, a teacher to guide us correctly, and the delegate. First we had to create a position paper to summarise the views and current position of America in the Syrian matter. After this, we simply needed to prepare for the meeting and think about creating resolutions that could be signed with other countries. This was useful for CAS because I had increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth in researching for the team and discussing the situation in Syria. This was a new challenge for me as I had never done anything similar to it before. I planned and initiated the different meetings and what was going to be said in them and worked collaboratively with others to do so. I attended all of the meetings and did a lot of research showing perseverance and commitment. The whole idea of the activity is to engage with issues of global importance which is what I did with all of the other participants. I have developed new skills in presentation and have become an inquirer, knowledgeable, a thinker, a communicator, open-minded, caring, balanced, reflective.

This was a challenge for me because it is different to all of the things which I have done. I find looking at things that are happening in the world very interesting so I think that helped me a lot with researching about the current situation of the area we were looking at. in addition it was challenging to work with the other countries to come to a mutually benefitial conclusion. 

My aims doing this activity were to experience how diplomacy and the UN works and how it may help to resolve international conflicts. In addition to this I wanted to understand what the limitations of diplomacy are and develop my personal qualities whilst taking part in something that is important worldwide.

MUN is Creativity because I had to work in a team to create a position paper and also to create resolutions which are possible to be signed with all of the necessary countries so that it is not vetoed (otherwise it will not be passed). MUN also fits into Skills, however, because I feel that I have been able to vastly improve my skills in research and writing for others about factual events and decisions.  

I think this was a very useful activity as it made me aware of the situation in Syria to a large extent. I enjoyed the process of creating the position paper and the requests to other countries with my team mates. Every one of our US meetings was a very lively and insightful interchange of ideas and opinions which broadened everyone's knowledge and minds to absorb other's ideas. I have met all of my learning outcomes and also my aims.   

Trip to the Tate Gallery and the National Gallery

On this day my peers and I went on a trip to Central London to see two of its greatest galleries: the Tate Modern, an art museum full of contemporary art from a range of  both modern and past artists which opens up doors to different ways of thinking about art and its possibilities, and the National Gallery which is comprised a lot more of traditional art. We walked to the National Gallery from the Tate Modern so I was able to see Southbank which I love because it is always filled with so much culture and character. By visiting the galleries I increased my awareness of current art and worked collaboratively with others to discuss and share our opinions about it. Art is usually trying to comment on aspect of society and we discussed about how it engaged with issues of global importance and considered the ethical implications it made. I developed my analytical skills and became an inquirer, a thinker, open-minded, balanced, reflective.

I find that it is always challenging to visit an art gallery, no matter how many times I have visited it previously. I think that there is always a different way for one to interpret art and that there are always new ideas which it can spark about it, whether it is by listening to other people's interpretations or because I have a change of perspective and different interpretation.

My aims for the visit were to manage to interpret art both in the way the artist thinks it should be interpreted, but also with my own interpretations and analysis. I also wanted to get inspiration for my own art projects and get a look at new art and the way in which different materials are used for different purposes. Throughout the visit I was also trying to extend my use of artistic vocabulary and extend my thinking process towards different art whilst looking at different techniques and concepts.

The visits were Creativity because I had to interpret art and analyse it, in the sense of how it makes me feel, my first reaction and its overall appearance so that I could manipulate the information that I gained and use it for my own work.

I really enjoyed the visit because I was very excited about going to these as I love looking at new art and seeing the different ways in which I can interpret it, and looking at older art to look at the past techniques and styles of art, and compare them together to see the change of thinking about art throughout time.  I managed to reach all of my aims, although I think that I would like to continue to look at extending my artistic vocabulary and looking at different techniques and concepts of art. I feel that all of these aims cannot ever be fully be reached, as with time they will always continue to develop. For example with the use of materials, there are always new materials appearing which artists use in different ways, so there is no telling really exactly how materials can be used and for which purposes.  

House Photography Competition

This is another house competition which followed the Great Ashcroft Bake Off. 

Every student was be able to send only one photograph of the following categories:

• Natural World;
• Holiday;
• Fashion;
• Weather;
• Autumn;
• Dance;
• Multicultural London;
• Friendship;
• Sport;
• Animals;
• Wildcard (any photo that doesn't fit the rest of of the categories).

Points will be given to everyone who enters, like in the Bake Off. 200 points for the overall best photo in the competition and the 12 best photos will be used for a calendar to be sold to raise money for the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in West Hill. This is useful for CAS because I increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth in the area of photography. I had undertaken new challenges because I had never entered a photography competition before and considered the ethical implications of my actions such as making sure to not take any pictures of anyone without their permission and taking appropriate photographs. By taking different photos I developed new skills in photography and had become an inquirer, open-minded, a risk-taker, a thinker.

This activity is a challenge for me because I have never done any serious photography, only personal photographing to keep memories. However now I was looking at the purpose of my photographing differently, thinking in a slightly more analytical way so that my photographs represented their category appropriately and originally.

My aims for this activity were to gain as many house points as possible and improve my photography skills whilst also taking some original and inspiring photographs.

This activity was Creativity because photography within itself is a creative activity. Creativity is needed to form an interesting photograph whether it is in its composition or colour or in any aspect. The activity was also Service because the aim of the competition was to raise money for charity and I wanted to contribute to this.

I think that the result of the photography competition was great! There was a school break time dedicated to looking at the winners of each category with all of the participants of the school which was nearly everyone and the atmosphere was amazingly entertaining. Everyone was cheering on for their houses when the final points were being given out. There was not one specific winner for the whole competition, but one for each category. Discovery managed to win two of the categories: Dance and Autumn. I think that I have reached all of my learning outcomes and aims. I really like the photos which I decided to enter as they both reflect my experiences and memories, and fit to the categories appropriately, so are both personal for me and reflective.

These are the photographs which I entered:

The Putney Pythons

Throughout the summer, whilst doing The Challenge, I had enjoyed learning about and playing basketball for fun. During The Challenge I had been playing with a coach from Let Me Play who said that I have some skill playing basketball, as well as some other staff, however I was still at a very beginner level. So I decided that I would like to pursue it properly as a hobby and tried out for an all girls basketball team, The Putney Pythons. I was accepted and when I spoke to the team coach, he said that I was good, however I needed practice if I really wanted to play well, hence I pursued it to become really good at basketball. At the beginning of each month my coach and I would set myself aims for me to reach by the end of that month. At the end of each season I would participate in the competitions with my team against teams from other places in London. Playing basketball is useful for CAS because I increase my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth both physically and in technical skills for playing. Nearly every week I would undertake new challenges because we are always doing different training activities to test speed and agility and also playing matches between us. Being in a team I have to work collaboratively with other team players and it helps to show perseverance and commitment as I want to be there to have fun with the team and not miss any practice. Throughout every session I develop new and previous skills, but am always improving on these skills with practice, and in every session I strive to become an inquirer, knowledgeable, a thinker, a communicator, principled, caring, a risk-taker, balanced, all necessary things for playing basketball, and in fact any team sport.

This is a challenge for me because I have always just played basketball for fun and not as a serious sport. In each and every session I put my mind and my body through challenges to improve my skills and myself as a player. My coach is constantly setting me challenges and pushing me for improvement, one of the reasons is because I am the youngest in the team, which is also challenging because the other girls are in their twenties, however I managed to integrate with them in no time. Being the youngest also makes  the sessions more difficult because of the strength and skills these women already have however this makes me want to try harder to become like them. In the usual sessions, it is challenging physically and mentally because it is constant a constant cardio work out, non-stop running, and thinking about techniques to work together as a team to score as many baskets as possible and also to keep the opposing team from scoring as many baskets as possible.

Throughout the different sessions I have been set different aims that have been decided between my coach and me. My aims so far have been to to learn the basics of how a match works, be able to play basketball non-stop for five minutes on a small court, learn defence and offence techniques as a team and as an individual, learn to do lay-ups, learn to shoot properly, play one on ones with other players, be able to play basketball for five minutes non stop on a real-sized court, be able to play non-stop for 30 minutes on a real-sized court, become really fast and learn to jump high, learn how to dunk, learn how to trick opposing players when defending and offending. These have been increasing throughout the year, but the main aims for me were to get good at basketball and to get fit and healthy.

This activity is Action because playing basketball is a sport.especially when basketball is played properly I have found that it takes a lot of strength and continuous exercise. This activity has also been Creative because I have helped to design another team's uniform, The Putney Pelicans and other designs for the teams like logos.

Although I am still undertaking the activity two times a week, I have managed to meet most of my aims and I am aiming to be able to complete them fully before school ends. I really enjoy being part of a team although I am the youngest there as it is composed mainly of 20-30 year old girls which I don't find in any way to be a challenge as it helps to improve my communication and playing skills. I have developed a real passion for basketball and every time I am not able to go because I have to study for exams or something else I really miss it. 

The Great Ashcroft Bake Off

The Ashcroft Bake Off was a house competition organised at my school where both students and teachers could enter a bake, whether it was a cake, bread or muffins, to gain points for their houses and try to win to get into the finals. After the competition, all of the entries were sold  to raise money for a project to help a project which my school is doing, whereby some students go to Kenya and help schools. 
The entry rules for the Bake Off were:

Cupcakes – Years 7 and 8. Only six cupcakes of any flavour to be submitted.
Cakes – all years. Any type of cake (other than cupcakes) could be submitted but had to be large enough to serve at least six people.
Breads – all years. Any type of bread could be submitted but had to be large enough to serve at least six people.
I decided to make a rainbow cake. This was quite a complicated recipe, but I couldn't resist the temptation of the colours and the sugar! So despite its difficulty I decided to do it try my best at making it anyway.All of the entries were judged on their decoration and appearance, their taste and their texture. I volunteered to take part in selling the cakes at a stall for the baking entries of my house, along with some other people from my tutor group and some prefects from year 11. This was useful for CAS because I had increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth for baking a cake and following a recipe. During the cake sale I worked collaboratively with the other volunteers selling and the students who were buying. I engaged with issues of global importance because I wanted to contribute to and become involved in the international project helping the children suffering from poverty in Kenya and considered the ethical implications of my actions in doing so. I developed new skills in baking a cake, knowing what to do and what to absolutely, definitely not do, and becoming a thinker, a communicator, a risk-taker.

This was a challenge for me because I do not really bake often and hence do not have much experience in baking, as  I had only baked a couple of times before. In addition, the facet that the cakes were going to be judged was quite nerve racking.

By doing the Great Ashcroft Bake Off I was aiming to raise as much money as possible to contribute to the project and gain as many points for my house as possible. I also wanted to improve my baking skills and take advantage of the opportunity to bake as I do not bake often.

This is Creative activity because I had to make my cake and although I followed the recipe, I tried to design my cake differently and make it appealing so it will sell it more. the activity was also Service because I had made the cake so that the money raised could be used for a charitable cause for children suffering from poverty in Kenya and because I had volunteered to help to sell the cakes.

I fully enjoyed this experience as I felt that it was a success, both for me and for my house. I managed to create a colourful and complicated "rainbow cake" which was delicious and sold very well (for £10, 50p a slice). Even though the final product was very different from the end result in the recipe due to both inexperience and use of different equipment from that of the recipe, it was still very tasty and attractive. Although I did not win any high prizes I still managed to gain points for my house by participating. I loved the competitive environment when the awards were being given out for the categories and I am extremely proud to say that Discovery (my house) won some categories! I not only enjoyed the challenge of making the cake and the award giving, I also feel that the excitement and the energy of the cake selling was amazing because every single person in the room was so lively and my colleagues and I managed to sell nearly all of the entries. I feel that have met all of my learning outcomes. Except for my cake being a bit different in its appearance since it was quite a complicated recipe, I feel that I have completed the rest of my aims as well. I think that if I was to enter another baking competition I would choose a more simple recipe, and also would have more knowledge about what to do from this experience. Overall, it was a very fun and joyful activity.

The Challenge

Throughout the last three weeks of July and the whole of September I have been doing the NCS Challenge. It consisted of four challenges that would take place throughout these two months: The Personal Challenge, The Team Challenge, The Real Challenge Design and The Real Challenge Action. The first challenge was The Personal Challenge. It involved staying at an outdoors centre in Wales and taking part in amazing activities like hiking, rock-climbing, gorge walking, raft building and camping. I'm not sure if I feel more accomplished by having done these activities or for having survived the seven hour bus rides from and to London. I stayed in a cabin with my team, Team Perham, and another team. The participants of Merton, Richmond and Kingston were divided into four groups named after outstanding young individuals, my team was named after Michael Perham, a seventeen year old who sailed the world solo. The next week came The Team Challenge where I spent the week developing skills in drama, enterprise, music, photography or sport which I would then use to help a local community group before presenting my work at the end of the week. I chose to do sport. We were learning how to coach basketball for three days and were being coached by a man more than two metres tall! we learned how to plan sessions, in technical, physical, fun and objective ways. We learned about what makes a good leader, the types of community groups (primary school, secondary school, elderly groups, care homes, disability groups) and considerations to them and also about team building games. At the end of the week we did the Community Visit where I experienced working alongside some primary school children with my team mates. Then came the Presentation Day where I spent a whole day learning how to structure my ideas and how to present them and we presented our week to the rest of the teams and parents. Then  came the Real Challenge Design where we planned a campaign idea for the local community to change it for the better. I had to manage a budget, set targets and work out the logistics necessary as at the end of the week, we didn't just have to present it to teams and parents, we also had to present it to a panel of 'Dragons' in the style of Dragons' Den so that they could decide whether they wanted to fund our budget or not and give us feedback about our ideas. During this week I also did a second Community Visit to the the Kingston Orchard Project which is an allotted piece of land that is aimed to be made to resemble a forest garden for temperate climates. We were there for one day and we were given tasks such as clearing areas of weeds, trimming branches, planting, collecting soil, etc. I was given the task, along with three of my friends, to 'refurbish' the green house. It consisted of a wooden structure of about six by four metres and 4 metres tall, covered in plastic sheets. We had to take of the plastic to put a new one on, and replace some of the wooden structure. Seems simple, but between us four girls it took quite a while. After we finished we joined the others to continue cutting weeds and digging. After the Real Challenge Design we went to have our Summer holidays and then came September where we did the next and final step: The Real Challenge Action. This is where everything we had done came together. Team Perham met every September weekend to deliver our projects. I was involved in a number of social action projects to improve the community, raised money for a local charity (The Kingston Orchard Project), delivered practical projects to improve the local area and delivering my own campaign. Our campaign was called Share A Connection. The basis was to increase the amount of happiness in the area, inspired by a man called Juan Mann (pronounced 'one man') who began by holding a sign saying FREE HUGS and created a movement that went viral and even I have seen in places like Picadilly Circus, Leister Square and Oxford Street. I really liked the idea of making people happy and proposed that we did something based on that. We developed the idea of our campaign: Share A Connection based on the idea of sharing the happiest experience of your life. We set up a table where people would go and write their experiences on large posters and receive stickers, wristbands, and badges, and we also set up an area where we had large bass speakers and some friends and I doing street dance, all by the falling over telephone boxes in Kingston. The campaign was a total success, we had two large boards filled with the happiest experiences of people's lives and had made many people smile with the public music and dancing. throughout one of the weekend days we also completed the Challenge 100. This was where we were
given a list of 100 things to do throughout the day and we had to complete them, similar to a scavenger hunt, but with actions and places rather than objects. All of these experiences were useful for CAS because I had increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth and undertaken new challenges throughout the whole thing, not only physical, but also mental challenges. I had also planned and initiated activities like the campaign and worked collaboratively with others throughout the whole time either as a team member or as a leader when required. I showed perseverance and commitment as I attended all of the days and was enthusiastic throughout. Within the Real Challenge Design and Action weeks I engaged with issues of global importance and considered the ethical implications of my actions. I developed new physical, personal, presentational, organisation, public speaking skills and became an inquirer, knowledgeable, a thinker, a communicator, principled, open-minded, caring, a risk-taker, balanced, reflective.

My aims for this activity were to experience a week out in the country with the wildlife doing outdoor activities which were both new for me and improvement. I also wanted to see what it was like to experience a week living at a university, living independently and with my teammates whilst learning to teach and practice certain sports like basketball, volleyball or football. Finally, I wanted to successfully complete the campaign to raise awareness about the issue of depression and make people happy.

Challenge is the very name of this activity because it features in every second of doing it. This activity was a challenge for me because of how it was structured in short intensive periods of activity. the first week was very physically challenging as we did many activities which were new to me like rock climbing on a real mountain, raft making or gauge walking. The second week was also very challenging both physically and in my skills because I had to learn how to teach sports that I had never done before to small children and had to be very aware of the difficulty level which I was teaching to make sure that it matched the age group and consider all aspects of the group I was teaching. The final part of the Challenge was also very challenging in every aspect because I had to lead a process of thought, development and presentation of a campaign which supported the spread of happiness in our society.

This activity was Creative throughout it entirety, for example, the first week we had small competitions where we had to represent our teams by creating choreographies, singing and putting on small plays. The second week we took turns within the team to cook whilst living in the university or to come up with creative ways to teach sports. the third week was especially creative because we had to develop ideas to present our campaign and make it exciting for the public in many ways like having a stall which attracted people and making an area with music where we had dancers and did flash mobs.

Ultimately this activity fits CAS in every single aspect and has enriched me as a person in many different ways. I have developed my physical skills whilst learning to be in a team and trust people whilst also supporting them. It particularly enhanced my leadership skills as I took place in the role of a leader many times throughout the Challenge and even if I wasn't a dedicated leader, I could work within the team and help to organise or lead if I saw that the dedicated leader needed help just because it came naturally to me.

Completing Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award

Whilst I was on The Challenge, during the first week of activity in Wales, I was able to complete my Gold Duke of Edinburgh award. The Challenge gave me the option of whether I wanted to do the award whilst on the trip and I accepted as I have already completed my Bronze and Silver awards previously. It comprised a series of activities which had to fulfill the Physical, Voluntary and Skills aspects of the award, similarly to the IB CAS program. My Physical section included rock climbing, mountain climbing, camping, gauge walking, playing a variety of sports (basketball, tennis, football, etc.) and others throughout the course of two weeks. My Skills section included taking leadership of my group, organisation, setting up camps, encouragement and others. And my voluntary section involved creating a campaign for a charitable cause and helping out in a nursery. This is useful for CAS because I increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth with the activities that we did and undertook new challenges through these activities. I planned and initiated activities by being leader of the team and also worked collaboratively with others when having to complete team challenges and I showed perseverance and commitment to do these. I had also engage with issues of global importance by volunteering for a community visit in some allotments and also considered the ethical implications of my actions like helping the environment and raising money for this cause. I also developed my existing and new skills throughout the D of E and became an inquirer, knowledgeable, a thinker, a communicator, principled, open-minded, caring, a risk-taker, balanced, reflective.

This was challenging for me because each and every one of the activities were mostly new to me and I was constantly forced to make quick decisions and to solve problems as a leader of the team. I had never done such an intensive amount of physical activities,

My Goals and Aims were to complete the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and enjoy myself whilst learning new skills and meeting new people whilst going camping and reaching the top of my first mountain: Mount Idris (Cadair Idris), a popular site for mountain climbers and walkers in Wales which was said to have been used by a giant as an armchair to gaze at the stars ('cadair' meaning chair and 'Idris being the Giant's name)

This is Creative because throughout the different activities, especially whilst designing the charity campaign, I had to use creativity and imagination for problem solving and getting ideas. It was also Action because I did many physical activities during the expedition and other sections that I had to complete like Skills. This was also Service because I helped others to fulfill the activities, taught sports to children, did fundraising and prepared a campaign to do this.

High Ashurst

For this activity the IB class went on a trip to an outdoors activity centre called High Ashurst. On our arrival we all had to stand on a bench and do several team working activities making sure to not fall off in the process. We were then divided into two groups and we did a number of obstacle activities where we had to work in our team to absolve these. It involved a number of activities, for example, the one I liked the most was where we had to work in a team to cross between two platforms connected by tight ropes, with only our brains and one rope. After doing the activities we were given the task of making a fire solely from nature (well, nearly). I was shown which type of wood to collect to burn and were given a demonstration, then it was all down to us. I was in a group of three so after we had collected enough twigs to burn we made a fire! And were the first to get it going! After a few attempts we were finally able to create a fire and toast cheese bread over it. We had to make a cheese bread dough and then wrap it around a stick, which i personally didn't mind, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! After our cheese bread break, we were taught how to saw wood properly. First with a partner and then by ourselves, we cut wood slices with which we later made small decorations, by drilling some holes into them and adding wool. The planned activity was to do two days and one night at this centre, however I was not able to stay for the night and the next day as I had to go on one of The Challenge weekends that Saturday. This was useful for CAS because by doing the activities I had increased my awareness of my own strengths such as my physical abilities like balance, speed and working in a team and areas for growth, one of which was sawing w

ood which I found difficult because I had never done it before. All of the non-physical activities that I had undertaken were new challenges for me. I was able to work collaboratively with others during all of the team working activities and I was able to take leadership when needed and enjoyed doing all of the activities which shows perseverance and commitment. I had developed new skills in fire making and sawing wood and found that throughout the whole day I became an inquirer, a thinker, a communicator, principled, caring, risk-taking, balanced.

Being at High Ashurst was challenging for me because a lot of the things which we did throughout the day were new to me. Although I am used to doing physical activities, they were all different to usual exercise in the sense that it was like an obstacle course which involved finding solutions and ways to overcome the obstacles. In addition, I had never made fire from scratch before and it took a few attempts and piles of sticks before I got the hang of exactly how to spark the fire and keep it going. Also, sawing the pieces of wood from the branch was a challenge because I had never done it before and hence I was completely new to it.
      
My main aim throughout the day was to get to know all of my IB cohorts better as I was only one week into school and only knew a few people who were internal to the school like me. I was also aiming to develop my precision, flexibility, and strength throughout the obstacle activities, learn how to make a fire from natural resources and  learn how to saw a branch and make a decoration from this.

This activity was creative because I had to work together with others to find ways to overcome the obstacles and had to use imagination and logic in order to do so quickly and efficiently. I also used my creativity by making the decoration from the sawn piece of the branch by using different coloured wool and weaving it around the piece. the activity was also action because the outdoors obstacle course required a lot of physical activity, swinging from ropes, balancing on a wire and with the whole group on different platforms, climbing a wall, and many other activities similar to these.

I feel that I really had a lot of fun working with my IB peers throughout the entirety of the course. I feel that I have progressed in getting to know all of my peers better and developing our friendships and trust through the day at High Ashurst. Although I was confident about doing the activities I think I didn't feel fully confident until we were further into the day having gotten to know my everybody better and doing the relationship-building activities. ultimately, I feel that I have achieved all of my aims throughout the activity and really loved the experience of getting to know my peers in this way. I would have loved to do the whole of the activity, sleeping in the teepees and doing high ropes, but unfortunately i couldn't. I would love to do this activity again and stay fr the whole weekend, i enjoyed all of the activities and everyone I was doing them with.