Jezabel's CAS Blog

It was Thursday night when I just finished my homework and realized that my family, especially my dad loves baked goods. I remembered that I have not baked in over a year as every time I did bake in the past, the results were disastrous, either too sweet or too burnt. However, I decided I was going to try to bake this for my family and try my hardest. By trying to film myself while mixing the batter, I ended up spilling it out of the bowl. I felt tired and as though I was never going to be able to bake correctly on my own. (LO1) I thought to myself that I should try again and make another batter because I was committed to trying to bake these cupcakes knowing they would make my family happy. (LO2) I know that I am good at mixing the batter, measuring the ingredients needed and preparing to put them into the oven but my weakness is ensuring that I put the timer correctly for the baking part, so that my cupcakes don't burn like they've done before every time I have baked th...

 On December the 6th, all the IBs in my school went to the hand to hand foundation in Pattaya, some helped build a garden for the charity, others like me, created activities for the children. Me, Panittha, Mara, Tara and Leanna were organizing the arts & craft activities which included making a hand print onto paper which ends up forming a reindeer hat, a snowman using cotton balls and glue, make necklaces out of fruit loops and lastly, we cut paper plates up into 3s and formed a Christmas tree which the children could decorate.   (LO1) Working together, each one of us was in charge of bringing materials for the activity they're in charge of, for me I brought the paper plates and normal colored paper. (LO2) We planned the activities 2 weeks before going there, we made a group chat on facebook to ensure that everyone could give their ideas, opinions and ask any questions if they need to. This helped us communicate more and ensured that the activities would run as ...

 Performance In School Production          Since last year I stopped doing theater and I thought I’d never get the opportunity to do so again. I’ve never been a person to put myself out there so I would avoid auditioning for school productions in fear of not getting the role. This year I decided why not just try to audition? I used CAS as an excuse to put myself out there but in the end I did get the role and I was pleasantly surprised! I learnt to work with my friend as it's a 2 person scene within the play. I learned to memorize both my lines and his so that we could help each other if one of us forgets our line. I’ll be performing in front of almost 50 people for 3 nights, it’s terrifying yet also exciting as I’ve never been the one on stage more of just the one watching. It’s helped me develop my acting skills as before I would be just acting in front of a class of 4-5 people or just in front of a camera for a coursework. Now I have to actual...

For Christmas, our school had the brilliant idea of making Christmas boxes for the children in the hand to hand foundation. So they could be getting presents for Christmas just like us. Within the Christmas boxes there were snacks, sweets, shampoos and ... Me, Mara and Marina had to design a poster for the Year 6 and IBs to collect the sweets. Then we had to go to the registration rooms to collect those items, I ended up collecting other items for the boxes too. (LO1) This has enabled me to be able to talk more freely in front of a room full of people of different ages as well. (LO2) The challenges were people continuously forgetting to bring the items to school so me and my friends had to keep reminding students everyday to bring the items. (LO3) Working with my friends has been a bit tough at the beginning as we all had different opinions as to how the poster should look like but in the end, we all worked together to compromise and we were able to agree on this poster. (LO4) In te...

Cleaning up garbage & Recycling Today after school I went to pick up garbage from the large beach near my house with my friend. I have personally really enjoyed it and would like to go back when I have free time on the weekends. When I was younger I would through garbage on the floor like little plastic bags that they put around straws or water bottle caps without thinking of the consequence it may have on the environment and how it could increase global warming as I am regularly polluting the environment, not recycling my garbage. From now on at my house I’m gonna re-use the plastic water bottles I buy, re-washing them and filling water into them. Also by keeping the plastic bags you get from the supermarket and re-use them for other purposes such as putting my food containers in them to bring to school. I’ve always looked at the garbage on the beach but never once picked them up and put them in the recycling bins as I never thoroughly thought about the harm it causes to t...

Indian Cultural Dance For Diwali Festival  Firstly, dancing has never been my forte every since I was a little kid, it has always made me feel conscious as I was always bad, would either dance too slow, not be able to remember the moves or just couldn't do some dance moves other people could do. The challenges I faced while practicing this dance with my friends are that, I felt pressured in a way to be able to do it as nicely as everyone else and not mess it up. The benefits are that now I am more open to try different activities related to dance, such as Latin dance. This activity showed me the variety of skills I could have if I put myself out there more and tried to participate in different types of activities. The  commitment I put in during rehearsals,  I have definitely improved and it's a new skill I have gained. I have been able to work alongside , my friends, classmates and other students in school and have found that they are very supportive and help...

Playing Badminton Weekly - Activity I started taking up Badminton as a new sport that I have never really played before, it has now become a new skill I've learned . I tried to play last year but I never really put much effort into trying to commit to playing it. CAS has pushed me in a positive way to try and continue this activity  for longer than just one hour on one day but rather to do it every week. Through continuation of this experience, it has changed my mind on trying out different physical activities I've never done before. I have discovered that I very much enjoy Badminton, it allows me to have fun and enjoying it while also interacting with the people who are in my school but I never really communicate with. The reason I probably never took this sport seriously is due to being bad at it but it seems that practicing it more often has allowed me to get better in it, creating a new skill for me . I play badminton not only in school but also with my family (d...