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Self Initiated CAS Project is DONE!
Above is the email sent to Ms Backlund- a request for the booklet to be put onto the IST website for new students and teachers. Since I cannot upload the whole PDF file on here, I shall upload some snapshots of the diversity booklet and send the whole document to CAS supervisor, Ms Gillman.
First and Last DARMUN Conference
Last year I could not attend the DARMUN conference as I was on the ISSEA football trip, however, this year I shall attend. It will be my first and last DARMUN and I am so excited because we have upgraded this year and it is meant to be bigger and even more fancier than usual. Unfortunately, I learned that grade 12′s cannot hold chairing positions and that is why I shall be ‘admining’ this year. It is my first time being an admin so I hope to learn a lot from the experience. Many other 12th graders have chosen to sit this MUN conference out, however, I would like to participate as it would be a really good break from studying. I cannot wait! I shall update the blog with updates of the conference.
Posted on: March 1st 2016
Colour Run to Colour Corner
A lot of thought has been put into the colour run event and we have decided that it is too much of a project to put on with the people we have in our group. So we have decided to have a sort of “colour corner” at the Eco Warrior’s eco carnival in March/April and we decided that it would be best if we had our own little section in which we can run a mini colour fight, in which you would have to to pay to enter the “colour corner/pit” and have fun with your friends. We would also have water to spice up the fight and make it even more exciting. We hope to proceed with this with the CCBRT group still. Moreover, we are planning on getting a sponsorship with the cleaning company ‘Spik n Span’ and we were planning on working with them so we can clean up our corner after the event is over.
Posted on: December 12th 2015
No more- Running & Strength and Conditioning :(
Homework and IA’s have been all that I have been thinking about for the last few months. On top of that, I have had football morning trainnings and volleyball preparation for ISSEA and so I haven’t at all had time to go running club and strength and conditioning in the mornings. I am really upset I haven’t been attending because I’ve really lost my fitness game and it has really been bothering me especially since I need the fitness for football. I am going to set myself a goal and try really hard to start attending these morning activities after December break at least every other week. These activities don’t just mean fulfilling my CAS needs, staying fit is one of the few ways in which I feel calm and good about myself after exercising/working out. Additionally, I want to make a promise to myself that even if I do not go to these activities I should continue running during the weekends to keep fit because the state that I am in now is not a fitness state I am happy about.
Posted on: December 7th 2015
Running Goals!
I have decided that every Tuesday I will force myself out of bed to go to Twiga Running Club as I really need to keep up my fitness for ISSEA. Also, my friends and I have come up with a work out plan for the week where we run Mondays and Tuesdays (5km- Biathlon route) and work out in the gym on Thursdays! I hope this plan lasts longer than some of the fitness plans we have made :D
Posted: 17th March 2015
Twiga Running Club Update!
IB1 has been very stressful this past semester and I am sad to say that I haven’t kept up with my fitness as much. I haven’t attended running club in a few weeks and I really want to change this semester! I will most definitely try and come every Tuesday. Moreover, I want to set up a new system this semester where I set distance goals for myself. Some of my goals include:
Run the 4km in under 20 minutes (start slow and speed up every week- don’t forget to time yourself!) After 4km, start running 5 & 6km routes Come every week! Only allowed to skip sessions when there is an overload of work and if a session is missed, I have to make up for it by running some time that week.
Posted: 9th February 2015
Shifting Focus- Shooting Drills
A lot of football practise has been focused on learning the basics since we started in September. Mr. Kovac focused most of our practises on different defensive and a few attack tactics. It finally came time to practise our shooting technique and I was not so excited! I absolutely cannot shoot to save my life. However, Mr Kovac was a great help because he showed us several videos that explained what we had to do. First, it's important to kick with your "laces" (the part with the laces on your cleats) with a strong back swing and follow through. Second, it's important to land on the foot that you shoot with after kicking the ball. Third, it's vital you flex your foot so you can have a 'hard foot', which is important if you want to drive the ball with strong power. I think these tips really helped because believe it or not I my goals are actually improving.
I feel very accomplished after this practise because Mr Kovac managed to share these tips and also put us in several drills that helped us apply what we learned into actual football situations. I feel as if now I can sort of come out of my defensive shell and start to take on a more attack role in the team! Below are a few pictures taken during practise today!
Posted: 10th October, 2014
New Season Finally Here! Senior Girls Football has begun
This is my first action reflection for the year! I am kind of off-schedule because I was meant to start recording my reflections for a long time now but I was constantly putting it off. Anyways, I just wanted to start of by saying that I am really serious about football this year. For the first time in a long time, the athletics department has organized multiple leagues and it's not only focused on the ISSEA tournament. Much of athletics over the years has been so focused on ISSEA! When I was in middle school there were multiple leagues (e.g U15, U18) and a special squad for ISSEA.
However, this system sort of disappeared and much of the last 2 years has basically been that if you are not good enough for the 2 weeks of tryouts, you are basically off the team. This was really ineffective because it was impossible to keep practicing and develop your skills if you were cut. Also, it was very impractical because you would have the seniors graduate and no one would be left to compete in the ISSEA tournament as the ISSEA team was usually composed of seniors. After graduation, you would just have 2-3 people left and coaches then have to start looking for new people, who aren't as skilled as they haven't been given the chance to develop their skills! This year however, it very different :) I really enjoy football practice as a) the new coach (Mr. Kovac) is superb! b) Mr. Kovac has decided not to cut anyone this year as he really wants to develop everybody's skills.
In terms of practice, it is very intense and I am learning so many new skills! My goal for this activity is mainly to develop new skills! I would like to improve my attacking skills (i.e dribbling, passing, footwork/tricks) and also better my defensive skills. I will go into more detail of what we do in practice after next weeks practice as this is my first reflection and I wanted to touch base on my overall goals and general feeling about this activity.
Posted: 22nd September, 2014
