Summative Reflection

LO1- Evidence of identification of strengths and areas for personal growth and LO2: Evidence of undertaking new challenges and developing new skills in the process

I approached these concepts of CAS by doing activities that helped me become a more full rounded person. Additionally, I have also carried out creative tasks which helped me become better at certain tasks and grow as a person. For example, I decided to do the Online Graduation, reading, helping out with movie night , cooking, and programming. Further on, the activities I did to target these LOs were playing football, visiting foodbank, boxing, judo, 30 pushups a day, horse riding. The online graduation taught me how to lead well and make sure to lead by example, while reading helped me develop my language skills, helping out with movie night helped me be able to communicate with kids better, cooking allowed me to develop a life skill that I will need for university, finally, programming helped me develop a hobby and become even better at it.

LO3: Evidence of initiating and planning a CAS experience 

Personally, I learned how important planning is for any activity that I want to go successfully. This helped me ensure that I am on task, and reach my goals. Which highlights another vital element of any activity/project I am working on which is setting measurable goals. Finally, if I am to lead a project it will benefit others if I am on time and know what I am doing. I demonstrated this in the online graduation, judo, football , helping out with movie night, walking.

LO4: Evidence of commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences 

This learning objective helped me understand the importance of persistence and doing something for a long time everyday. Further on, it helped me understand that it is often about persistence and hard work. Also, by sticking to an activity it gives other people motivation and inspiration therefore, it also helps people in my community when they see me put in an effort to make a change. An example of this , is when I was at the foodbank where, I spent the entire day working and sweating and packing food. My attention span had to be high to ensure the right amounts were packed into the right boxes and it was tough but, the rewarding feeling of giving back to the community let me push through. 

LO5: Evidence of demonstrating the skills and recognizing the benefits of working collaboratively

Working collaboratively was very interesting in this journey. Firstly, I learned to appreciate each team member's strengths and use others' to fill  a void left by a weakness of another teammate. Further on, the experience was beneficial as it allowed me to benefit my communication skills. It also helped others to learn how to communicate well in teams. Additionally, it was very satisfying to see all the hard work put into something collaboratively to work out. An example of that in my CAS portfolio was talent show,  school carnival, learning to drive, football, online graduation. 

LO6: Evidence of engagement with issues of global significance

This learning objective was very interesting for me and fun to try to tackle. Firstly, I learned a lot about different cultures and I helped in global issues such as health, and education which was very rewarding due to the feeling of being part of something bigger. Additionally, it helped me understand problems faced by our society right now and contribute to a solution. I tackled this learning objective through activities such as: online graduation, reading, judo, playing freerice.com. 

LO7: Evidence of recognising and considering the ethics of choices and actions

Finally, this learning objective was one of the most important in my opinion. This allowed me to realise that it is vital to consider my impact of my decisions on other people and my local community. This helped me become more mature and understanding of people. Furthermore, it was a great change in my life as it allowed me to find joy in helping out and benefiting others. I believe this learning object is essential as it allowed me to explore things I usually wouldn't have done. As for the impact on my community, I believe that it has benefited as I would keep in mind the effects of my decisions on them thus, not stepping over anyone. Examples of targeting this LO was: visiting the foodbank, playing freerice.com, tutoring my little sister, joining the green team, and helping out with movie night.