IB Orientation, Beginning of After School Activities and Goal Setting

IB Orientation

On Thursday 25th of August our whole grade left school to go on a IB orientation trip. On this trip we were introduced to the IB program and we learnt what was ahead of us, what the requirements were and we also did some outdoor activities to get to know each other better and learn new skills.

On the first day we mostly participated in out door activities such as rock climbing and boat building and team-based activities. Rock climbing was a new experience for me and I enjoyed it a lot. It required us to trust out partners who we worked with as well as communicate well and listen to directions. After a few slips and bruises I was happy of what I had accomplished in the activity. 
The boat building exercise required teamwork and creative planning and this is what I feel our team could have done better in. Out of two boxes our team created one bigger box, which turned out to not work very well, as expected. 
During the whole time on this trip we did many other team activities which also required team work and planning, such as the tower building and 'getting over the string as a team with out touching it' activity. The team and outdoor activities were my personal favorites and it allowed me to get to know some new people on my grade. 
We also went through some IB related topics and they helped me understand the IB program a bit better than before.

These pictures are from the IB orientation. First picture is from the boat building task. Here we are testing how the boats worked, as you can see our was not a success..The second picture shows one of the group activities we had.

Beginning of After School Activities

The after school activity I decided to join this year is Gecko INC. This is a new ASA that just began this year. It is based on the gecko athletics in our school and we plan new things to add or improve in the athletic department in OSC. In our first meeting we brainstormed what exactly we want to accomplish in this CAS and what could some of our future goals be. Here are some ideas that we thought:

•   Saturday Basketball for primary kids. 
•   Improving the hospitality of OSC when teams from outside of our school come and participate games and tournaments.
• Informing parents and encouraging students to come support OSC teams at games/tournaments.

We still have not set the final goals nor decided on what idea/ideas we are going to concentrate on as we have only been at one meeting.

My goals for After School Activity

• Be active and committed in the After School Activity I am in.
• Work well in a team and listen to all ideas made.
• Make sure that we don't only plan, but also implement.
• Possibly reach a leading role in the CAS

My goals for next two years of IB

• Develop new skills during the year in all subjects
• Develop time management and responsibility
• Be actively involved in sports and SAISA's. I am planning to take part in Volleyball, football and badminton.
• More later