The Valentine's Day had been a big event in BISM 3 and I was not only taking part in it's organization but also witnessed the whole process of it at it's different stages. In this post I will reflect on this experience.
For me the school day of 14th of February started off by money collection during registration time. Alyona and I went around classed to collect 100 rubles from each student that chose not to wear school uniform on this day. Unfortunately, 10 minutes wasn't enough to complete that and I could not be late for my first period but Alyona agreed to finish the work off. I think that her being late for class was not something acceptable and for the future we need to remember today's experience and maybe ask tutors to collect the money and pass them over to us. I think that non-school uniform day as such is a very good idea in BIS as it enables IB students to satisfy the service aspect of their CAS and the majority of younger students to contribute towards raising finance for a good cause.
Later in the day I contributed towards distributing valentine cards to year 9 students specifically and setting up for the disco that took place after school and that I personally was responsible for promoting (as I mentioned in my previous post ). Speaking of the disco, in addition to promoting it I also decided to support all of the yr12 and 13 students that were directly involved in actual running of the dicso by staying after school too and helping with "small tasks" such as entertaining the crowd by dancing with them and talking people into dancing if they werent feeling like it and making milk shakes.
I think that the disco itself was a great success because people looked like they were genuinely enjoying it. The music was something that felt went really well (thanks to yr13 boys). Although I know that there were some technical difficulties with setting up the acoustic system for Dj and this is something that could be planned better in the future. A major highlight of the disco was also the game planned and initiated by Dina and the King and the Queen nomination. Call me overly emotional, but I was thrilled to be the one handing the crown to one of the winners!
During the lunchtime Alyona, Polina and I along with yr 13 girls organized a Valentine's themed bake sale. As always, beautifully decorated treats were sold to students as a fund raiser. The demand for muffins and biscuits was huge - most of the treats were swept away in the first 10 minutes of lunch. I have noticed that low-value bakings (anything under 100 rub) were sold the first and I will keep that in mind for the next time. Another thing to consider when setting prices is the availability of change. During Valentine's day bake sale we were faced with a major problem of not being able to give change to customers as we ran out of coins very quickly.
Overall, by eagerly participating in organization of Valentine's Day I:
- increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth (evaluative points mentioned)
- undertaken new challenges (organization of such major event)
- planned and initiated activities (baking sale)
- worked collaboratively with others (all stages of preparation for the day)
- shown perseverance and commitment to cookery
- considered ethical implications of my actions (fundraising)
- developed new skills (milk shake making)
For me the school day of 14th of February started off by money collection during registration time. Alyona and I went around classed to collect 100 rubles from each student that chose not to wear school uniform on this day. Unfortunately, 10 minutes wasn't enough to complete that and I could not be late for my first period but Alyona agreed to finish the work off. I think that her being late for class was not something acceptable and for the future we need to remember today's experience and maybe ask tutors to collect the money and pass them over to us. I think that non-school uniform day as such is a very good idea in BIS as it enables IB students to satisfy the service aspect of their CAS and the majority of younger students to contribute towards raising finance for a good cause.
Later in the day I contributed towards distributing valentine cards to year 9 students specifically and setting up for the disco that took place after school and that I personally was responsible for promoting (as I mentioned in my previous post ). Speaking of the disco, in addition to promoting it I also decided to support all of the yr12 and 13 students that were directly involved in actual running of the dicso by staying after school too and helping with "small tasks" such as entertaining the crowd by dancing with them and talking people into dancing if they werent feeling like it and making milk shakes.
I think that the disco itself was a great success because people looked like they were genuinely enjoying it. The music was something that felt went really well (thanks to yr13 boys). Although I know that there were some technical difficulties with setting up the acoustic system for Dj and this is something that could be planned better in the future. A major highlight of the disco was also the game planned and initiated by Dina and the King and the Queen nomination. Call me overly emotional, but I was thrilled to be the one handing the crown to one of the winners!
During the lunchtime Alyona, Polina and I along with yr 13 girls organized a Valentine's themed bake sale. As always, beautifully decorated treats were sold to students as a fund raiser. The demand for muffins and biscuits was huge - most of the treats were swept away in the first 10 minutes of lunch. I have noticed that low-value bakings (anything under 100 rub) were sold the first and I will keep that in mind for the next time. Another thing to consider when setting prices is the availability of change. During Valentine's day bake sale we were faced with a major problem of not being able to give change to customers as we ran out of coins very quickly.
Overall, by eagerly participating in organization of Valentine's Day I:
- increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth (evaluative points mentioned)
- undertaken new challenges (organization of such major event)
- planned and initiated activities (baking sale)
- worked collaboratively with others (all stages of preparation for the day)
- shown perseverance and commitment to cookery
- considered ethical implications of my actions (fundraising)
- developed new skills (milk shake making)
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