Introduction to CAS.

The IB program has finally started for me and the vital part of it is of course CAS. For me, just like for the rest of the yr.12 students, CAS is a completely new aspect of learning. Luckily our school timetable includes 1h 20mins of CAS session every week. Last week and the week before we were introduced to this program and had a chance to participate in two truly entertaining an educative activities.
First activity involved us breaking into groups of four and then into pairs. One pair was encouraged to run to the other side of a large hall and memorize the details from the picture of farm animals hung up on the wall. Then they would return to the other pair and mime whatever they could remember to the drawers. I, as a runner/memorizer, found this activity very fun but also challenging because I had to use my creative thinking to its fullest in order to explain what I saw without making a sound. In the picture attached to this post you can observe the result of our team-work.
Not to forget, our second activity also involved us breaking into groups and it was all about sharing knowledge and learning from others. Each person chose a certain skill that he taught to his groups mates and, thanks to the people I was in the same group in, drawing animals and making stars out of a rubber band and a fishbone braid are just a piece of cake for me. My personal skill was nail art, diagonal lines design to be more precise.This activity forced us to open our minds to new knowledge as well as to be reflective as we had a discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of each skill after the activity.

In conclusion, I would like to highlight certain CAS objectives that were met during the activities:
- planning and initiating activities
- working collaboratively with others
- developing new skills