This is a video reflecting on my CAS journey in Grade 11, including my CAS Project! Enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XOZynOrLXQP4LeGpwcRhXlRmiHIIktC1/view?usp=sharing
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This is the planning document for our service care package CAS project for evidence.
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It has been a few months into the musical showcase. With every rehearsal, I feel that I learned something new.
#LO1 Awareness: In the past months of musical showcase rehearsals, I have learned to be aware. Since I have multiple characters in the musical showcase (Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Pharaoh in Aida, ensemble in The Wiz and Jane Eyre), I have to be very aware of the scene and music change, which can affect the whole cast’s smoothness in transitioning. Also, I have to be aware of myself and my position so the audience can have the best experience during the show.
#LO2 Challenge: Since this is my first musical experience, it is challenging as I need to learn to dance, act and sing at once. However, I found this extremely fun as art is something I am always passionate about. This is a step outside of my comfort zone, and I am adapting really well.
#LO3 Initiative: I have never been in a musical showcase before, even though I have been in choirs and drama productions, musicals are a completely different experience and a pure initiative for me! It is different from other types of performing arts, it combines drama, music, theatre and dance together. I am enjoying the experience and I am very glad that I took the initiative.
#LO5 Collaboration: In the musical showcase, we learned how to collaborate. It’s because musical showcase requires collaboration between the cast members, between the staff and the actors, and between actors and teachers. Collaboration is important, it’s because when we are acting, we have to establish the relationship between all of the fictional characters. Thus, a better sense of collaboration can improve the show’s overall transition as well as the emotional impact on the audience.
I look forward to our final performance in a few weeks!
Through the past few months, I played basketball with the school coaches in the U19 basketball team. Below are my reflections on the learning objectives I set myself at the beginning of the year.
#LO2 Challenge: I constantly challenge my boundaries through the last few months’ training. In my recent training, I asked my coach how far I have made since the beginning of the year, he said: “You progressed a lot, although some techniques and forms still need to be improved, well done.” I always challenge myself through actively pairing up with people that have more experience than me during group games.
#LO4 Commitment: Basketball is a sport that I am passionate about and I have committed to this sport since middle school. During the past months, I have participated in every training available, as well as playing basketball with my friends casually outside of training times. And I believe that casual basketball games are times when I can use the skills I learned during training to develop them further as well as putting them into practice.
#LO5 Collaboration: Basketball exercised my collaboration skills. During training, I realized I have been communicating and collaborating more with my teammates. Basketball is a team sport that needs a lot of communication and collaboration. During our attacks and defences, I began to use hand signals as well as verbal expressions to inform my teammates/trick opponents to the direction I am passing the ball to. Recently, I realized my passes, receives, attacks, and defences have been much smoother than what they used to be.
Today, 2 September 2020, is the first session of my basketball U&19 Pre-season training.
This post is going to plan for my learning outcomes for the 1st season activities – Basketball.
#LO2 Challenge: First of all, basketball can challenge me. Although I have played basketball for several years now. My skills are still not perfect, in fact, no one can be perfect in any sports. There are always skills to be learned. Thus, this sport can challenge me in many aspects, both physically and mentally, and I look forward to those challenges.
#LO5 Collaboration: Secondly, basketball can exercise my collaboration skills. It’s because basketball is a team sport that needs a lot of communication and collaboration. For example, when someone is defending you, you might want to “call a screen” (a strategy where one of the team members come forward to block the opponent’s path, in order for the attacker to reach the hoop), that requires collaboration and communication. Thus basketball as a team sport can truly exercise one’s collaboration skills.
#LO4 Commitment: Additionally, basketball is a sport that I have committed to for years. In fact, I started playing basketball since middle school. I was always interested in this sport. And in recent years, I have brought this sport up to the competition level. I wish to commit to this sport in the future.
I look forward to this seasons basketball training! And I hope that I will be able to achieve all of my learning outcomes at the end! I am really excited!
