We were introduced to CAS today, and after a detailed explanation as to why it was vital for the IB diploma, we promptly began our first group project, organising this upcoming sports day. Sports day is very much a tradition at BIS, and the established format is generally met with approval, so the two boys in charge of coordinating the event decided to keep this one very similar to others before it.
Above the din of excited voices, all thirty of us volunteered to help out at various sports stations, and I managed to get into the obstacle course, with Pauline and Momoko, both girls whose company I genuinely enjoy. I also really wanted to do some posters, to advertise the sports day, so to speak, and drum up excitement in our rather small school of 200. It's no secret that among the girls of our school sports day has never been particularly popular, and I'm ashamed to say that I myself hadn't been very excited about it in earlier years. So while some engaging posters mightn't change the opinions of the hardened sport haters, it might just sway the newly arrived year sevens into having a more favourable perception of the upcoming day, both for this and future years. I managed to share the poster making duties with Pauline and Anastasia, and also arranged to make the signs for the activities with Irina. In addition I also agreed to create a map of the school grounds with the activities labelled, a task that Anastasia had originally taken, yet could not do as she was new at the school and unfamiliar with the area.
As we were completely in charge of the obstacle course, we met to meet Mr.Harper at lunch, the teacher we'd been told was responsible for the activity, only to find out he knew nothing about it. Nevertheless, he agreed to meet with us tomorrow at the beginning of lunch time to discuss it. Irina and I also looked at the places where the activities were to be held and decided upon the optimal size and placement of the signs, which we agreed had to be bold, relatively simple and around A3 size.
After school I went shopping for materials, and, still unsure of what exactly I wanted to make, I bought a limited selection of A3 pastel paper, which I knew from experience would be thicker and could produce a wider range of effects than ordinary cartridge paper. One of these is a very easy yet very nice one with oil pastels. I think that this might be a rather effective way of producing the signs, but looking back, I notice that I was perhaps too enthusiastic with the purchase of materials before I had any actual plan. I guess there's just something about stationary and art stores that make me want to buy everything they've stocked.
I made some sketches for the signs, and came face to face with the fact that while for basketball and egg and spoon race I had a well-formed idea after some trial and error, I could not do anything at all for athletics and the obstacle course, as I had no idea what these consisted of, so I made a mental note of speaking to those responsible. After all this, I realised that perhaps the poster should be my more immediate priority, as it needs to go up far sooner than the signs do, and I started sketching for that.
Above the din of excited voices, all thirty of us volunteered to help out at various sports stations, and I managed to get into the obstacle course, with Pauline and Momoko, both girls whose company I genuinely enjoy. I also really wanted to do some posters, to advertise the sports day, so to speak, and drum up excitement in our rather small school of 200. It's no secret that among the girls of our school sports day has never been particularly popular, and I'm ashamed to say that I myself hadn't been very excited about it in earlier years. So while some engaging posters mightn't change the opinions of the hardened sport haters, it might just sway the newly arrived year sevens into having a more favourable perception of the upcoming day, both for this and future years. I managed to share the poster making duties with Pauline and Anastasia, and also arranged to make the signs for the activities with Irina. In addition I also agreed to create a map of the school grounds with the activities labelled, a task that Anastasia had originally taken, yet could not do as she was new at the school and unfamiliar with the area.
As we were completely in charge of the obstacle course, we met to meet Mr.Harper at lunch, the teacher we'd been told was responsible for the activity, only to find out he knew nothing about it. Nevertheless, he agreed to meet with us tomorrow at the beginning of lunch time to discuss it. Irina and I also looked at the places where the activities were to be held and decided upon the optimal size and placement of the signs, which we agreed had to be bold, relatively simple and around A3 size.
After school I went shopping for materials, and, still unsure of what exactly I wanted to make, I bought a limited selection of A3 pastel paper, which I knew from experience would be thicker and could produce a wider range of effects than ordinary cartridge paper. One of these is a very easy yet very nice one with oil pastels. I think that this might be a rather effective way of producing the signs, but looking back, I notice that I was perhaps too enthusiastic with the purchase of materials before I had any actual plan. I guess there's just something about stationary and art stores that make me want to buy everything they've stocked.
I made some sketches for the signs, and came face to face with the fact that while for basketball and egg and spoon race I had a well-formed idea after some trial and error, I could not do anything at all for athletics and the obstacle course, as I had no idea what these consisted of, so I made a mental note of speaking to those responsible. After all this, I realised that perhaps the poster should be my more immediate priority, as it needs to go up far sooner than the signs do, and I started sketching for that.
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