Dodge Ball Tournament

The Dodgeball tournament was another house competition which was held at my school. It was a tournament between both of the Sixth Form years so that we could socialise together and integrate with each other. First there were matches against each team. The winners of these then went into the semi finals, and the winners of these to the finals and throughout the competition each game won would win a certain amount of house points for the team. This was useful for CAS because increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth in the sport of dodgeball. I worked collaboratively with other people from my year and from the year below. I also consider the ethical implications of my actions so as to not hurt anybody and to have friendly games. I developed new skills for playing dodgeball and became a thinker, a communicator, principled, open-minded, caring, a risk-taker, balanced, reflective.

This was a challenge for me because I had not played Dodgeball competitively ever before and it was quite challenging physically. In addition, playing with people who I did not know made it more difficult, however using sport as a form of integrating the new year with ours made it easier to get to know each other.

My aims were to win as many games and house points as possible, however I was also aiming to get to know people from the year below and form new friendships.

This activity is Action because dodgeball is a sport and despite being very fun and enjoyable, it was very strenuous and there was a real sense of competitiveness too.

The result was amazing! I managed to get to the semi-finals with my team and we had so much fun in the process and make a ton of friends! It was very good sport and very hardcore cramp pains that followed to prove it.

Multicultural Munch

This activity was created for the IB students to get together during a lunch break and celebrate coming together after the Summer holidays. The theme was Multicultural Foods so we were each given the task of creating something from our home countries. Of course the first thing I thought to make was a Tortilla de Patata, or as the English may call it: Spanish Omelette. This was useful for CAS because I had increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth whilst cooking the traditional recipe. I also considered the ethical implications of my actions such as considering allergies people may have and made sure to write what it contained on  note beside it to make sure no one that was allergic  to the ingredients and took it by accident and became 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, principled, open-minded, caring, a risk-taker and balanced.

My aims were to create a delicious dish to represent the typical cuisine of my country to my peers and find out about my peers' cultures as well.

This was a challenge for me because I wanted to make a perfect tortilla to represent my country and had a lot of pressure to do everything perfectly. 

This activity was CREATIVITY because I made the recipe in my own way, not identical to the typical recipe one might find on the internet. 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 enjoyable activity. My tortilla was very successful and we all exchanged dishes and tried all of the different typical dishes of the large variety of cultures. I managed to meet all of my aims and learning outcomes and have a very delicious buffet whilst also listening to the music of different cultures and finding out about them.