Throughout Grade 11 I feel I was able to complete most of the expectations for CAS. There are however some activities I would still like to continue this year to improve and grow in them. Something I did for the first time last year was culturama which, despite having done something outside of my comfort zone such as presenting and dancing on stage in front of an audience, was something I found I actually really enjoyed. CAS last year allowed me to push myself and grow in confidence as well as helped me to learn more about myself. I turned out to be much more confident in taking leadership opportunities than I had thought, as well as looking outside the UWC community for clubs to widen my training program.

This year, to improve from Grade 11 CAS, I would like to see myself audition for perhaps a tougher dance during Culturama auditions, to really push myself even further in something I found out to really enjoy last year. I would also like to see myself taking more leadership opportunities within my age group. I think the practice last year through coaching a younger age group really helped me to give me a starting point and have a real taste of what leadership in a team really looks like. I think I have learned a lot and am ready to take what I have learned and apply it in my own team this year. I think what was challenging last year was definitely the whole situation with COVID and the uncertainty faced within a lot of my CAS activities. I am proud that last year we were able to overcome most of the challenges and still experience as much of a ‘normal’ season as possible. However, this year, I am really hoping some measures taken last year will not be necessary this year, however, thanks to last year, I am ready to accept alterations of the next few seasons in activities such as culturama and sport and am determined to still make these seasons count.

time vs progress graph of Grade 11 CAS