Labeling classes ( Reflection )

Minjin and I came to school on Wednesday in order to put labels to the classes.

While I was making labels, I found that there are a lot of features that I can apply which are not a supplied design by power point. Thus I thought that it will be a good idea for language department such as French, Spanish, English and German if the labels have each flag into the subject names. So I put french flag, British flag and Spanish flag and German flag into the subject names. I was not sure what to do with English but since BIS is british school, I decided to put British flag into the name. After making all the labels, I felt I have developed my power point skills 

When Mr Parker had a look at the labels before using laminators, he suggested using Deutsch instead of German and the same for other language department. Also, Russian was done by Minjin and since she did not put Russian flag into the name, I decided to change it with Russian flag. Also, Mr Parker said that nowadays, English is not only for British people so he said he thinks that putting British flag in English department is not right. Thus I thought it will be good to put the world flags to the name. In order to print some labels again, I went to the ICT room again and changed them. From this point, I considered of ethical implications.

After changes, Mr Parker satisfied with all the labels and then we started laminating labels. It was a new activity to undertake to me. However, the way to use the laminator was easy. I needed enough lamination papers and what we all needed to do was put the paper with the labels straightly to the machine and let it do itself. We found out that if we pushed into the laminator or pull out the paper that is laminating, it is likely to be warped. Using laminator was new challenge for both of us and from this activity we developed new skills as well as increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth. 

After cutting all the labels, we collaboratively put labels either on the door or on a wall.
Now we had taken picture of emergency evacuation map in order to make the floor map with class names to help new students and parents.

Badminton ( Reflection )

Minjin and I tried collaboratively to collect people to the badminton club but only 4 people had come to the club including me and her. So the plan to have a tournament couldn't be done due to the lack of people.

However, we played a game in 2 groups and my team with Mr Gray lost the game. After the game, he suggested to learn a proper badminton skills to me. He told me that I have to know how to do backhand clear. I had no idea what the skills are and didnt also know that there are proper way to catch a racket. He threw a shuttlecock to me and I tried to use backhand clear in order to hit the shuttlecock which came from the other side of my hand. I felt more comfortable to hit the shuttlecock. Firstly, it was a little bit hard to get used to using backhand clear but I became better and better to hit the shuttlecock as the number of trials increased. Now I confidently hit the shuttlecock using backhand clear.

So from this training,

I increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth, 

Undertook new challenge 

And finally Developed new skills .

Labeling Classrooms & Making a floor map (Plan)

Minjin and I had an idea to label classrooms with its subject because we thought that new students or parents generally have difficulties to find a specific class when they come to BIS for the first time.

Using power point, we decided to decorate the subjects.
We made some subject labels and decided to print them out in school.
Also, Mr Parker suggested to laminate the labels in order to keep them for a long time.
Challenging power point skills and using a laminator will develop my skills and challenging a new activity.

Moreover, Mr Parker wanted to have the floor map of the school, I decided to make one as well. It is a new challenge for me and since it takes time to draw, I will be able to  show perseverance and commitment as well as developing new skills.

Badminton (Plan)

Minjin and I were planning to have a last badminton club on this Tuesday.
So on Monday, we tried to call some people to the badminton club.
Also, we planned to have a tournament with students.
I also thought that it would be a good idea to practice some proper badminton skills if possible.

Jogging 1

From April, the weather became really good that all the snow that didn't melt down until March melt away, and the temperature was quite high that I suddenly changed my clothing. Therefore, I decided to go to a park near my house for jogging. It was fresh and since I didn't exercise a lot during the winter, I felt that I went a little bit feeble. So I was more enthusiastic in jogging. I jogged one round and it took about 20 minutes. I thought that I should come to the park more and jog when I get stressed about studying and when my mind becomes complicated. Next time, I want to jog with my sister because she said that she will go on a diet. 

The learning outcomes are 

Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth

Showing perseverance and commitment

Developing new skills

Piano

I started working on a new score called 'he is a pirate' which was played in a film 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. It is a complicated score since it should be played in a fast pace. I am now playing the first page for several times. I most of the time played new age, a type of piano genre which is generally quiet and calm, but suddenly I wanted to challenge to more noisy and exciting piece while I was searching for new score.

I have been playing for 3 days and now I can play the first page well. So now I want to keep working on other pages. Since I have started working on new type of score, it was hard at first but now I am quite confident about my playing. Thus, I felt happy when I completed the first page and because of it, I was happy to move on to the next page.

From this activity..

I increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth since I knew that other types of genre are not as hard as I thought before I had tried.

I undertook new challenges since it is the first time to work on the new genre.

I showed perseverance and commitment because I had to endure the process that I had taken to complete the first page

Developing new skills because I found out my own ways to move my fingers faster.

Winter activity day

   We had a winter activity day in our school in order to provide young kids to have fun with snow. Yr 12 and yr 13 had to have an activity on that day. Students thought of some activities that they could do. There were drawing on the snow, obstacle course, quiz and movies. But I decided to take photos of activities so that I can provide pictures to yr 13 for uploading CAS blog.

 Firstly, I started with the inside activities. I took some photos of students who were giving free cocoas and free biscuits to other students and teachers. Then I went outside and took photos of obstacle course, drawing on snow, and also some activities from yr 12. After break time, I went to the gym and also took some photos and videos.










 After all activities have finished, yr 13 tried to clean up the mess outside and inside. I helped people cleaning up some stuff used for the activities. Moreover, some students tried to remove snow from the road so that people can walk safely. I took some photos of them as well. At home, I uploaded photos that I took to the IB 13 group on facebook so people who need for their cas could use them.



From this activity,
I have undertaken a new challenge because I have never tried to take photos for others. Also since I cleaned up the mess with other students, I worked collaboratively with others. At last, I have developed my skills and also increased awareness of strengths because I felt confident in taking photos more professionally after this activity.

Baby sitting

When my parents went to the company meeting, I had to take care of kids of other my dad's companions. Therefore, I had to spend time with them for a day.
There were 3 boys and 4 girls all around 9 years old. Firstly, I had to feed them so I ordered some food from a restaurant and they ate themselves but sometimes I had to make them quiet or prevent from playing games. After they finished eating, they wanted to go out and play hide and seek. So I went out with them and played with them. It was a hard work to run as much as them but I tried to enjoy it.
When the meeting was almost finished at 8 or 9, they had to go home. So we said good bye to each other and hoped to see each other again.

From this activity, I undertook a new challenge because it was the first time I tried to take care of kids. I also considered ethical implications to the kids because I had to bear all their manic behaviours and words. Moreover, I developed my skills when I take care of kids. As it was the first time, it was quite hard for me to adjust with them but after the day, I feel more confident in taking care of kids.

Making a handmade bithday card

For celebrating my friend's birthday I tried to make a card with birthday wishes. I made a layout to have a envelop and 4 including letters with bookmarks. I printed out the layout for the envelop and made it with a red paper. Then I tried to put my Korean friends's face into teletubbies's faces since there are 4 Koreans in yr 13 and I thought that I will be a good combination. These were for the bookmarks. Then I printed out the photoshopped work. I used yellow papers for the writing paper. For each paper I put the each teletubby on the top of the writing paper. After finishing making the letter I wrote a letter to him and other friends also wrote some birthday wishing words to him. Then on 8th of March, I gave the letter to him with a present and I assume that he liked it :)

From this card making, I planned the activity and initiated it by making a layout for the actual card. Moreover, I also showed perseverance and commitment since making this card took about 2 hours to complete. And finally I also believe that this activity helped me to develop new skills because I tried to make a card by hands on my own.

1. layout for the envelop

2. Composing faces to teletubbies

3. Completed card

Chocolate Letter to my dad :)

11th of November is the pepero day in Korea and at the same time it was the day that my father was coming back from Korea. Therefore, I wanted to make the day special and went to a supermarket. However, I could not find pepero in the supermarket so I went to the other supermarket but still could not find it. In the end, I decided to buy chocolate instead of pepero. And as soon as I got back home. I started to make a special letter for him. I wrote a letter under the chocolate so that he would see the letter after eating them all. He liked it and I was satisfied.

Developing new skills
Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth

Poster in front of the psychology room

 

In psychology class, we have studied about research methodology. After finishing this chapter, Mr Giddens asked us to make a poster so that he can put it on the wall in front of the psychology room. This poster focused on interviews and reflexivity. We, at first, read the text book and made a lay out. And secondly, we wrote the title and the information. Finally drew speech bubbles around the information. However, we couldn't finish the poster in one lesson. So, it took 2 psychology lessons to finish the poster. In the second lesson, to finish quicker, we only wrote the important information for variables in interviews and recording the interview but more detail for reflexivity. Then we started to decorate the poster. We have drawn speech bubbles for side information. So we wanted to draw differently in the middle. Then we came up with the idea of drawing a ribbon around the variables in interviews. So I drew a ribbon around the variables. However, it was not enough for us because of the under part. We almost ran out of time but in the end Sabina and Aina suggested to draw the tail of the ribbon. So we decided to draw the tail and finished the poster. We were all satisfied about the output that we have made.

As a result,

I have worked collaboratively with others

Developed new skills

Undertook a new challenge

Carbonara

I practiced making cream spaghetti many times to my family and there were a lot of mistakes and dissatisfaction. But at this time, I have made another Carbonara and I heard from my family that this one is the best one ever I have made so far. Moreover, I was also satisfied from what I made. From this experience I have realized some know-hows such as boiling cream much more after putting the noodle than I had done before, put the yolk of an egg to make the cream more sweeter. But still I thought that there should be more improvements. I thought that the bacon should have been softer. Next time I will be more careful to choose the bacon. I even promised that I will make it to my classmates when they come to my house. So I will practice more so that they will be satisfied as well.

As a result,

Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth
Developed new skills

Jumping Rope

On every Friday, for my exhausted body during the week days, I do jumping ropes for every friday. Since I don't have PE lessons, I felt that I am getting weaker and weaker. When I started jumping rope, it was hard to do more than 150 times of jumps as my legs were getting heavier and my heart races so fast. I usually did around 100 at once. But now I more easily do 150 times and try to do 200 at once. However still it is a challenge for me. As I improved, I believe that if I give an enough effort to improve, I can achieve my goal again.

• Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth

• I learned that if I try my best towards something that I want to achieve, I can achieve the things quicker and in a satisfied way. Moreover when I understood that I really have improved from the past, the feeling was awesome. I think it will have a positive effect on my next goal.

• Planned and initiated activities

• I am planning my goal to achieve next goal because if I don't have my own goal, I am not likely to be motivated when I jumping rope

• Developing new skills
• Now I can jump faster and better. I don't usually get stuck by the rope and do nearly 150 times without getting stuck and having breaks.

Chicken Doria

When I was in Korea, I went to a spaghetti restaurant and for the first time in my life, I tried a doria with a chicken. It later became an opportunity to try to make a chicken doria at home when I came back to Moscow. I looked for the recipe and for the first time, made my own chicken doria. Since I am in Moscow and cannot visit the restaurant, the output was satisfied me.

In order to make a chicken doria,

1. Season chicken with salt and black pepper
2. Cook the chicken and put some vegetables ( I put onions and mushrooms)
3. Put cooked rice
4. Put spaghetti sauce or ketchup and evenly roast
5. Take the rice to a container for ovens.
6. Put mozzarella cheese on the rice
7. Warm up the oven with 180 degrees C
8. Put the container to the oven and wait until the cheese melts down
9. Take out the container from the oven after 7-8 minutes

• Undertaking new a challenge
• I cooked one that I really liked. So it was a big success to me after I tried it. It was a new challenge for me but as the result was quite successful I was proud of myself as well. However, as it was the first time cooking it, the taste was not very good. I will try to make it several times more so that I can cook better.
• Developing new skills
• I have developed my new skills of cooking. I could feel that I have learned a different skills while I was cooking this. For example, I learned how to season chickens.

Painting fence for national park

   On 29th of September, I went to a city called Dankin. There was a national park called the Prioksko-Terrasny National Park and on that day, my father's company had decided to go there and helped them as it was their Clean-Up Day. At the park, there were several activities that I could have taken. Transferring timbers to another place, painting fence and etc. My family went there and my mom and I went to paint the fence but my d ad went to transfer timbers.

   I and others who volunteered for painting the fence got a basket of green paint and a brush for each. It was my first time painting fences so at first, it came to me as a hard work. But as I was working more and more, I had a know-how to paint fences. The time went so fast and after I and others finished the work, it was already 4 hours past since we started painting. After I finished the work, I was confident that I took part in the Clean-Up day in Proksko-Terrasny National Park. Few days later, I also got a certificate which confirms that I actually spent 4 hours of volunteering works in the park.

• Developing new skills
• I developed my painting skills which I had never had before. As I already mentioned, it also allow me to obtain a know-how of painting.
• Working collaboratively with others
• I worked with other my father's acquaintances and their family. To finish the work faster everyone who attended for the work should have worked collaboratively with others and it also made us work easily since painting was not as easy as it was seen.
• Undertaking new challenges
• It was my first time that I took part in a national park's work and painting fence was also the first opportunity in my life. I, at first, thought that it would be interesting and easy but it was not as easy as I thought but I thought that I would be easier if I have another chance that I can actually take part in painting work.
• Showing perseverance and commitment
• I almost worked for 4 hours to finish the work that I and others were given. I couldn't have a rest while everyone was working. So I needed to bear the pains that I have until everyone decided to have a rest.

Skeching

I was always interested in sketching so I thought that it would be a good idea if I draw some sketch over the summer holidays and so on. I at first focused on the landscape and then focused on a backside of a ballerina. When I was doing IGCSE art, I always had problems to draw a person realistically. Therefore my desire to focus on a person was really high. I had completed two pieces of art works which are not focused on face yet. I was satisfied with my works so I decided to focus more on face next time.

• Developing new skills
• I felt that I have developed my skill through the these works. I looked up the internet so as that I can understand my problems and develop my new skills.
• Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth
• I have also increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth through this activity. I want to work on more drawing so that I can increase more strengths of art.
• Showing perseverance and commitment
• While I was completing these works, I spent about 1 hour to 2 hours. Moreover, I needed to erase a lot so that I could make satisfied works

Tabloid Newspaper Front Page

   In Mr Parker's English class, we have deconstructed the tabloid newspaper. The tabloid's general features were red top with its name of the newspaper, some ears which are represented shortly about news, bold title so that it can easily catch the attention of the audience. Tabloid newspaper's average reading age is said to be around 7 thus the news titles are usually all simple or catchy.

   I spent time to think about the name of the newspaper and I eventually got 'Bracing news' which may remind of 'breaking news'. Moreover, for the contents of the newspaper, I tried to find sensational articles from BBC and also from the other newspaper web page. Those articles are mostly from the UK except the woman - 'Paris Hilton' who are from the USA. I put the article about her so that the newspaper can be more international.

   However, Mr Parker has recommended me that I can develop this front page by abashing the number of words for the titles of news articles. He said that tabloid newspaper article does not really have 'verb' in their articles and also said that the actual article will not appear on the front page rather the journalist would like to say 'see pg 11' or 'continued pg 11'. Therefore I decided to develop the weaknesses that I have it now so that I can be satisfied myself and also develop my skills.

From this activity..

• Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth
• It was the first time that I heard that there are two main types of newspaper - tabloid newspaper and broad sheet newspaper. From this activity, I realised the differences between two types of newspapers and singularly, it was a chance to learn about the stucture of a tabloid newspaper in detail.
• Developing new skills
• During making the front page, I used photoshop for layout and putting pictures that I needed. From this activity, I learned to delete the background of a picture like shown for the summary of the article about Paris hilton.
• Planned and initiated activities
• In order to make a front page, I needed to make sure what kind of articles should go and where they have to be located. So it was a planned activity.
• Undertaking new challenges
• It was the first time that I attempted to make a newspaper front page therefore, I was also hard to me to figure out the general structure of the tabloid newspaper. But I googled a lot about the tabloid front page and it helped to get a satisfied result even though it was a new challenge.

Library

When I was in Korea, I went to a library in Sungnam sometimes for studying but also for helping out the library. I went there for service 3 times and most of my work was cleaning the books on the table and putting in the right place. This activity took place in children's department so It was busy to put all the book on the table that children forgot to put them back to the bookshelves. While rearranging the books, I needed to sort out the genre of the books and put them on a right place so I should have well aware of the place of bookshelves so that I could finish the work faster and easier.

From this activity,

• Developing new skills

I have never tried to arrange the books in the bookshelves so from this activity I have developed my new skills how to arrange the books correctly and neatly.

• Undertaking new challenges

It was the first time I actually went to a library for service. It was a new experience for me to stay in library not for studying or reading but for helping out people there for several hours.

• Showing perseverance and commitment

I went to the library once a week so totally 3 times. I attended to the service regularly and stayed there minimum 3 hours per once.

School 4 Fair

On friday, 15th of June, all yr 12 students planned an activity to provide it for younger students in School 4. My group (Matanat,Aina) decided to do face painting to students. I bought face paints for the fair and I practiced it at home. I also borrowed one for Aina so that she can practice.
However, before the day for fair, it was informed that school 4 will provide us the paints and all kind of stuffs that we need for the face paint.

On that day, at 12 o'clock, students walked to school 4 for about 15 minutes then in school 4, we had about 20 minutes to prepare for the activity. There was a plenty of paints,brushes and designs. We met our supervisor and started to set up. It was 3 coupons to do and many little kids came for face painting. At first it was hard to draw on their face but as time passes, I got the knowhow and it was fun and proud when I see that the kids seemed happy. Time passed so fast that I did not even realise that I was hungry and was time to pack up my stuffs.
When we all arrived to school back, we had a game with Mr Grey and we all had a great fun :) From this activity,

• I haver undertaken new challenges because it was the first time I tried to do face painting to young kids.
• I worked with Aina and Matanat to provide fun to kids so is working collaboratively with others.
• Also, this activity was planned and initiated by Aina, Matanat and me. We practiced at home and looked for more stuffs in the art room as Sophia said that there will be some face paint resources which she bought them for the last international day. Unfortunately, we couldn't but as the materials were provided from school 4, it was okay.
• I showed my perseverence and commitment in my activity as well. I had to sit down and should have concentrated on the work for a long time.

Jumping rope

I started to do jumping rope after I get back from school on every friday for about 200 times. It is good for health and it also releases stress which have put for a week days. I do it in front of my house and after jumping rope, it increases my appetite as well. I am planning to increase the number of jumping rope so that I can exercise more efficiently. As I started jumping rope, I ...

• have shown perserverance and commitment in my activity because it should be done on every friday.
  
• And everytime I finished my exercise, I am developing my skills of jumping rope as well. I began to practice some special skills for jumping rope too.