Last term

As you approach the last term of the IB, most of you will be starting to find that there is plenty to keep you busy.  It is important to spend a little time thinking about CAS as you must have a complete CAS folder at the end the the IB in order to eligible for the Diploma.  It would be a pity to put in a lot of work and get fantastic grades only to find you miss out on a Diploma because you forgot to finish off your CAS!

Some things you should spend a little time checking in the next weeks are:

Do you have completed activities?  If yes, do the CAS questions and get a report from the supervisor ASAP.  Don't wait any longer with this as supervisors are not always easy to contact so you might need time to get the reports.  Remember - do the CAS questions BEFORE you send of the supervisor report.

Have all your supervisors responded? If no, you need to contact them.  I see that people have sent off requests for reports months ago and not got a response.  Is the email correct?  Can you call your supervisor and explain what it is?  Does your supervisor speak English?  If not see me and we can organise to contact them in another language.  You can also print out the report and take it to the supervisor to fill in and sign - then just scan it into evidence and let me know.

Have you covered all the outcomes?  This is essential as even if you miss one outcome you will not have a completed folder.

Have you reflected on every outcome? If you have a green bar next to an outcome that means you have a reflection that relates to it.  If you have a yellow bar that means you do not.  Try to choose the outcomes you have not reflected on before.  Focus your reflection on that outcome only.

Have you covered all Creativity, Action and Service - around 50 hours each?  Make sure you have planned and left time to reach your goals in every area.

Having problems? Pop in and see me before it is too late.

Final reflection:  Later in this term I will be coming to advisory to talk about making a final CAS reflection.  We will do this in the form of a poster.

Here are some activities for service from voluntärbyrån. (http://www.volontarbyran.org)

Make Musik Sthlm!Make Musik Sthlm

Description of the volunteering opportunity: 

Make Musik Sthlm is a music event happening on June 6th in Södermalm.

The concept is for all musicians (amateur and professional) to take over the streets and create a lively atmosphere.

Here are the main areas we need people:

social media

design

webmastering

global organisation

translation

When and where will the volunteering take place: 

We need volunteers all year long from now until June 10th in Stockholm.

Specific requirements and information: 

Interest in music and cultural events

Have some free time to commit to MMS

Knowledge in web mastering or social media preferable

Knowledge in different languages (Swedish, English, French, Spanish,...) preferable.

In Swedish you will find:

Teknologi för äldre människorHorisont Förening

They need people between 17 and 25 to help older people with Facebook, email, twitter etc

When and where:

Medborgarplatsen Bibliotek

Tuesdays between February and May 15.50 -18.30

Äldrekontakt 

This group organises coffee meetings for older people who live alone but would like to meet others,  You organise the 'fika' in your home and they have volunteers who bring them.