CAS BLOG

My CAS blog keeping track of my progress.

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Tennis

We switched from doing tennis twice a week to once a week due to a lot of work we have this term. 

12-1-14 ' 1hr 30mins

19-1-14; 1hr 30mins

26-1-14: 1hr 30mins

2-2-14: 1hr 30mins

9-2-14: 1hr 30 mins

16-2-14: 1hr 30 mins

9-3-14: 1hr 30mins

16-3-14: 1hr 30mins

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Cookery 11-3-14, 18-3-14, 26-3-14, 1-4-14

11-3-14 : Today i participated in cookery which takes place in the primary building kitchen. It was very fun. We made cheese cake. 1Hour.

18-3-14: This week we made rocky road cake and pizza. 1Hour.

26-3-14: This week we made parashiam chicken and rice crispy squares. 1 Hour.

1-4-14: This week we made brownies and chicken stir fry. The brownies weren´t finished until the next day where we ate them at break. 1 Hour.

Total: 4hours

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Family Day 4-4-14

On friday, i participated in family day at NCBIS. Eveline, Nadia and I were in charge of biscuit decorating stall. We decorated biscuits and handed them out to people around the field and asked them to come to our stall. The whole was a big success and it was very fun to take part in this stall. 

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Tennis tournament 28-3-14

Today we went to the tennis club in Arabella to babysit the children whose parents were playing in the tournament. I worked for five hours and it was very fun. We planned and carried out activities to keep the children entertained during the day. It was very hot so we had an arts and crafts table set up if they wanted to be in the shade. The whole day was very fun. I would very much enjoy doing anything similar to this again.

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CAS post

9-11-13- I started doing today with Daniela and Eveline, we signed up to do it twice a week on a Wednesday and a Saturday for an hour and a half each time. Today was just an introduction to tennis and we only did a few minutes as an evaluation. 13-11-13- We went after school today and started doing proper tennis. We took turns hitting the ball over the court and played a few matches and worked on our serves. 16-11-13, (1hr ½) 20-11-13, (1hr ½) 23-11-14, (1hr ½) 4-12-13, (1hr ½) 11-12-13, (1hr ½) 14-12-13. (1hr ½) *Missed out the 27th due to illness, 30th due to dentist appointment, 7th as it was cancelled. Total hours so far 10 ½

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CAS post

30-9-13- Today was our first time of the Mokattom ECA.We did not go to the orphanage but instead learnt how to teach and the skills necessary for teaching people to speak English. 21-10-13- Today we visited the Mokattom orphange for the first time, there was only three of us because of the biology trip so we each had quite a large group each. I had the lowest English ability group and it was a struggle for me because I don’t speak any Arabic. Because of this, we decided I would do a higher level next week. 28 -10-13- This week there were more of us going to the orphange so I had a smaller group who spoke better English and so it was easier for me. I went in a group with Daniela and we worked through some games and puzzles with them. 11-11-13- Today we had careers day so we went to the orphanage straight after it finished. We had introduced a new computer programme to the girls so we spent the session teaching them how to use it. 18-11-13- Today I stayed at school to try at helping with teaching there. It was different from the girls at the orphanage as it was only two people who you taught, and I worked with Nour who can speak Arabic so I wasn’t able to help as much as possible. 25-11-13- I went back to the orphanage this week and was back with a group of about five girls working on the computer, on a programme that involved putting sentences together. We had to skip the first five unites because the girls were more advanced with the programme and found it too easy. 2-13-13- Today was the last session of the term. We went to the orphanage and I worked with the same group of girls but this time we worked out of a booklet instead of working on the computer as we only had one computer with us, and Eveline was using it. I definitely want to continue going to the orphanage next term as it is really fun. Total hours: 7

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CAS post

CAS diary Creativity: 29th September: We had our first drama rehearsal. We received our parts and I got the role of the victim. This role has a lot of lines in it so it requires a lot of memorization and I really think that this part is going to be a challenge to play but I think it will be fun. 20th October: Today was our second rehearsal as we didn’t have one due to armed forces day. We worked on movement today and focused on doing “creepy” walks to make us appear scary and the play to have a more eery feel to the play. 27th October: Georgina was away this week, so we just had Hannah going through lines with us. By this time I had learnt up to page 20 of the script so we went through to page twenty without scripts. 10th November: This week we went through the whole script with movement. ​However, we haven’t learn the whole script off by heart so we were working through the script. 17th November: This week we got our costumes, which were hospital gowns. We also used the lighting so that most of the stage was blacked out and this helped to create the mood of the play. 24th November: Today we went through a whole run through without scripts. It was quite difficult as some parts we forgot and had to be prompted. Next week, we are going to try and get through the whole script without any stops. 1st December: This week we managed to get through the whole script, with no stopping and incorporated the music and visuals in it as well. We also had our makeup done and had pictures taken for the poster. We only have two more weeks until the show. 8th December: Today was our longest rehearsal yet going from 2:30- 7. We stopped and had dinner half way through but aside from that we just did run-throughs of the play. 16th December: Today we performed the play. We spent the first half rehearsing and then performed. We had a lot of fun In the past few weeks, but it was fun performing in front of an audience and I hope to be able to do something similar next term. Total hours 19 ½

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CAS DIARY DRAMA

Creativity: 29th September: We had our first drama rehearsal. We received our parts and I got the role of the victim. This role has a lot of lines in it so it requires a lot of memorization and I really think that this part is going to be a challenge to play but I think it will be fun. 20th October: Today was our second rehearsal as we didn’t have one due to armed forces day. We worked on movement today and focused on doing “creepy” walks to make us appear scary and the play to have a more eery feel to the play. 27th October: Georgina was away this week, so we just had Hannah going through lines with us. By this time I had learnt up to page 20 of the script so we went through to page twenty without scripts. 10th November: This week we went through the whole script with movement. ​However, we haven’t learn the whole script off by heart so we were working through the script. 17th November: This week we got our costumes, which were hospital gowns. We also used the lighting so that most of the stage was blacked out and this helped to create the mood of the play. 24th November: we went through a whole run through of the play including costumes, lighting and music. It was difficult as the script was changed so that it didn't include any swear words because they felt that the words would shock the audience too much and take away from the feeling of the play.

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First Cas Post Outline:

CAS outline:

Creative – I am going to be involved in the year 13 drama production “4.48 psychosis” throughout the term to perform on the 15th of December. There will be two hour rehearsals every Sunday and later on we will be working on Saturdays as well. Hopefully if this goes well there will be more drama activities for us to do in the next few terms. This will hopefully help me to improve my drama skills as 4.48 psychosis is a challenging performance and not like anything i have done before. I also am going to be producing horoscopes for the school newspaper every week. I hope that this will be a fun and interesting experience, i have not currently started yet but intend to in the next few days.

Action- I want to be involved in regular tennis lessons at the katameya heights tennis club, at least once a week on a weekend day with Daniela Junca. I hope this will improve my tennis skills and help me to become fitter and more motivated by doing so. I also want to try horse riding outside of school on a weekend as this will be fun and a good opportunity for me to see the pyramids as i have not seen them yet. I also am not fully experienced on how to horse ride so this will be a good chance for me to improve.

Service- I plan to do the ECA on a Monday afternoon, teaching people how to speak English, and I will also be attending the local girls orphanage on the same day instead of the ECA some weeks depending on who is needed. I also plan to be involved in going to a local childrens hospital on Saturdays every few weeks for a few hours, and i will also be doing an ECA on a wednesday coming up with ideas of how to raise money for the childrens hospital to raise enough for a new hospital ward for the children. I intend to do this until the end of term one and continue in the next term if it is possible. I hope all these activities will be informative and a new experience for me to develop communication skills and also to learn more about the local charities.