September - October

Creativity:

Guitar:

Bharat Khosla taught me how to play the basic chords and slow struming on an acoustic guitar. We have been constantly practicing the struming and it is getting exstremly exciting! I didn't do the afterschool activity because I couldn't go on the days that they were running it as well as I dont own a guitar myself. He has taught me the G, A, D, C, F. I was really proud of myself and I will keep practicing and excel.

UN day:

During the UN day I was the main carrier of the flag and leader of the Swedish group. We really supported our country and waved a lot. It was very nice with the different types of food and even though we didn't have that many people, we supported our country well!

Community:

DAWG:

I have gone every week for DAWG and I was there as major support when we had the movie night. The movie that we watched was "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and the smaller kids as well as the adults really enjoyed it.

American Halloween Festival Help:

During the halloween weekend, we went to the American Embassy and helped to make the Scary House work. Bharat, Skylord and me acted as some of the scary creatures. I was first the scary clown that hide in the last room for the small kids and then I switched with Sascha for the bigger kids and was the vampire that popped out of the coffin when the people walked by!

Action:

SAISA Girl Football:

During this month I helped to teach the girls SAISA team with skills and ball control.

Referee'd Middle School Football:

Over this past weekend (28th to 30th October) I helped to referee a middle school match between OSC Gecko's and CIS. The OSC Gecko's won 4 - 2 with hard competition from the opposing team.

SAISA

SAISA

1. Swimming

PLAN:

For this upcoming SAISA I will work really hard to keep up a  consistant effort and try my best throughout the competition. I will aim to get at least a 3rd place in all my races and I will support my team to the best of my ability to help us win.

RESULTS:

Over the 23rd to the 27th of September I participated in the SAISA Swimming competition that was held in Bombay. I beat most of my personal bests and had real success overall in the tournament. I would say this is a great event to put as part of my Action area.

The swimming was hard because the competition was just as good as I was and some even better so that created a personal challenge for me.

I participated in 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, 50 fly as well as 200 IM.

Came 2nd in 50m and 100m free.

Came 3rd in 50m fly and 200m freestyle.

So overall this was a great competition and I enjoyed it very much :)


2. Football

Plan:

CAS Goals

My goals these years are:
Creativity:

• Learn to play the bass guitar
• Helping with the Girls SIASA football

Action:

• Make the team for at least two SAISA Teams
• Reach my personal best's and beat them in SAISA swimming and try to get my team good points for football and track

Service:

• I will complete a whole year of DAWG with more initial then the previous years like Secondary School announcements and out of school work.
• I will also do service events after school and during the longer holidays to keep up with the general schedule of the CAS program
• Helping out with organising the Girls SIASA football

Introduction

Hello, my name is Rasmus Linder, I'm 17 years old and this is my first year in the IB program.

The 8 Learning Outcomes

The IB curriculum has a list of 8 criteria that should be present in the CAS activity (one or more out of the 8).

Increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth: They are able to see themselves as individuals with various skills and abilities, some more developed than others, and understand they can make choices about how they wish to move forward. 

Undertaken new challenges: A new challenge may be an unfamiliar activity, or an extension to an existing one. 

Planned and initiated activities: Planning and initiation will often be in collaboration with others. It can be shown in activities that are part of larger projects, for example, ongoing school activities in the local community, as well as in small student-led activities. 

Worked collaboratively with others: Collaboration can be shown in many different activities, such as team sports, playing music in a band, or helping in a kindergarten. At least one project involving collaboration and the integration of at least two of creativity, action and service, is required. 

Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities: At a minimum, this implies attending regularly and accepting a share of the responsibility for dealing with problems that arise in the course of activities. 

Engaged with issues of global importance: Students may be involved in international projects but there are many global issues that can be acted upon locally or nationally (for example, environmental concerns, caring for the elderly). 

Considered the ethical implications of their actions: Ethical decisions arise in almost any CAS activity (for example, on the sports field, in musical composition, in relationships with others involved in service activities). Evidence of thinking about ethical issues can be shown in various ways, including journal entries and conversations with CAS advisers. 

Develop new skills: As with new challenges, new skills may be shown in activities that the student has not previously undertaken, or in increased expertise in an established area.