In my CAS plan for spring term I have set myself several goals that I have managed to achieve. In this post I intend to explain how and why did I reach (or did not reach) my targets.
Creativity:
I promised myself by the end of three months I will learn how to play a piano piece from the musical "Once". I was encountered by some serious difficulties with this activity because the piano that I had intended to use for practices was broken by my brother and had to be repaired. This took over a month of my practice time and when we got the piano back, there were still some notes that were slightly off. Well, they still are. Hence I was only able to learn how to play the left hand chords. This is my prove of that:
My sister was familiar with the song so we formed a duet. This has not been the first time that we have worked collaboratively with each other and I am very grateful to her for helping me out with my activity and developing a new skill.
My other creativity target was to finish off an A3 piece of art. This was definitely a new challenge that I had to undertake but I have successfully managed to do that! Here is what the final piece looks like:
Action:
I have been training at Kimberly Land sports center for the whole term. To prove this I have been making the use of an app called Foursquare. In short, it is an application that enables you to 'check in' at places that you visit. It tells you how many times you have been to a particular place and enables you to earn badges for frequent visits. According to Foursquare I have checked in Kimberly Land 25 times for the past 3 months.
I must admit that I had to alter my trainings every time I visited gym because I always ended up exhausted after 4km or so thus reflecting upon my strengths and weaknesses. I have researched various breathing techniques and regularly trained to get to my goal. 5km may not seem as a startling accomplishment but for me personally it was a great success.
Today, panting and red-faced, I have jogged 5.02km in 29 minutes and 28 seconds.
Another action goal for this term was to be able to hold my breath underwater for 40 seconds. I have restarted swimming at the pool after figuring a way to combat over dryness of my skin and now I am able to swim underwater for 40 seconds exactly without gasping for O2 by the end of it. This is also a very significant achievement for me because I can get extremely claustrophobic especially when I concentrate on that absence of oxygen. Luckily, I found my way around this and after regular practices in the bath tub at home and in the pool I have reached my target.
My final action goal was to be able to do some of Intermediate level yoga asanas. I have also managed to do that and here are some of the poses that I am not able to do:
Service:
One of my service activities for the term was paper recycling. I have been doing it for the first term but failed to follow my plan this time around. However I believe that I managed to compensate this failure by getting involved in various other service activities.
These include:
1. Donating my old clothing and shoes to a less fortunate family in Troitskoe village:
2. Allocating the capital raised from this term's fundraisers and then producing and presenting a video to KS3 students as a sign of gratitude for supporting our activities:
3. Continuing to tutor Mme Merlet and helping her to learn Russian
4. Participating in a number of fundraisers and service activities including the winter day, the bake sale, Valentines disco, science fair at school 4, etc. All of those required me engaging with issues of globan importance and considering the ethical implications of my actions and the evidence for those may be found in my previous posts.
Creativity:
I promised myself by the end of three months I will learn how to play a piano piece from the musical "Once". I was encountered by some serious difficulties with this activity because the piano that I had intended to use for practices was broken by my brother and had to be repaired. This took over a month of my practice time and when we got the piano back, there were still some notes that were slightly off. Well, they still are. Hence I was only able to learn how to play the left hand chords. This is my prove of that:
My sister was familiar with the song so we formed a duet. This has not been the first time that we have worked collaboratively with each other and I am very grateful to her for helping me out with my activity and developing a new skill.
My other creativity target was to finish off an A3 piece of art. This was definitely a new challenge that I had to undertake but I have successfully managed to do that! Here is what the final piece looks like:
Action:
I have been training at Kimberly Land sports center for the whole term. To prove this I have been making the use of an app called Foursquare. In short, it is an application that enables you to 'check in' at places that you visit. It tells you how many times you have been to a particular place and enables you to earn badges for frequent visits. According to Foursquare I have checked in Kimberly Land 25 times for the past 3 months.
25 times makes at least 8 times per month on average and twice a week. My perseverance and commitment to gym trainings enabled me to reach the 5km goal that I have set.
I must admit that I had to alter my trainings every time I visited gym because I always ended up exhausted after 4km or so thus reflecting upon my strengths and weaknesses. I have researched various breathing techniques and regularly trained to get to my goal. 5km may not seem as a startling accomplishment but for me personally it was a great success.
Today, panting and red-faced, I have jogged 5.02km in 29 minutes and 28 seconds.
Another action goal for this term was to be able to hold my breath underwater for 40 seconds. I have restarted swimming at the pool after figuring a way to combat over dryness of my skin and now I am able to swim underwater for 40 seconds exactly without gasping for O2 by the end of it. This is also a very significant achievement for me because I can get extremely claustrophobic especially when I concentrate on that absence of oxygen. Luckily, I found my way around this and after regular practices in the bath tub at home and in the pool I have reached my target.
My final action goal was to be able to do some of Intermediate level yoga asanas. I have also managed to do that and here are some of the poses that I am not able to do:
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| Tree Pose (Vrksasana) Lotus Squat Variation |
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| Bound Angle (Baddha Konasana) |
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| One Legged King Pigeon (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) |
Service:
One of my service activities for the term was paper recycling. I have been doing it for the first term but failed to follow my plan this time around. However I believe that I managed to compensate this failure by getting involved in various other service activities.
These include:
1. Donating my old clothing and shoes to a less fortunate family in Troitskoe village:
2. Allocating the capital raised from this term's fundraisers and then producing and presenting a video to KS3 students as a sign of gratitude for supporting our activities:
3. Continuing to tutor Mme Merlet and helping her to learn Russian
4. Participating in a number of fundraisers and service activities including the winter day, the bake sale, Valentines disco, science fair at school 4, etc. All of those required me engaging with issues of globan importance and considering the ethical implications of my actions and the evidence for those may be found in my previous posts.
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