Status updates

Do you have a red flag??????

If you do, it means I am  worried about your  CAS folders. Most of you have done the activities but you have not followed through with CAS questions and supervisor reports.  Without these the CAS folder is not complete.  Remember that supervisors can need reminders and often take a few weeks to respond - don't leave it to late to send off that request and contact your supervisor.

Remember - if CAS is not completed you will not be eligible for the IB Diploma.

No flag?

That means you probably have done some reports but not enough to make me feel like it is 100% certain that you will get it all done on time.  Take a look at your folder and finish it up.  Don't forget the final refection.  There is an example on the blog and 2 examples on the pink notice board.

Green Flag?

I am fairly confident that you will get it all finished but  you are not there yet so keep going.  You also need to upload your final visual reflection - see previous post for details or take a look at the examples on the pink notice board.

Gold Medal?

There are only a couple of those.  They are for people who have only one incomplete activity and just need to do the final visual reflection ( actually one person has already done that!  You can see his example on the pink notice board).

DON'T WAIT

Complete your CAS now - you  do not want phone calls from me during study week!

Final Reflections

As you near the end of your studies, it's important that you make sure your CAS folder is completed.

• CAS questions should be done for all activities
• Supervisor reports in for all activities
• Check that you have covered all the 8 outcomes
• Check that you have all the hours worked out for Creativity, Action and Service

Final Reflection - a visual representation of what you have learned from CAS

In the last post I gave an example of how to do your final reflection and you have had time to do that in Advisory.  There is no advisory lesson this week, so I will not be able to come and help you with these until the following week - your last day.  I know that some people have already done them and that is great.  When it is finished upload it in the CAS documents. 

If you did it by hand (rather than electronically) you can take a picture and upload that .  Once that is done and your reports are in you will receive a gold medal to show that everything is complete.

Status

I have updated the status markers and people who have not done much (often have done nothing) since our last interview have been down graded. Green flags are only given to people who have mostly green ticks (that is completed activities)

Gold Medal - basically completed and final reflection uploaded in documents

Green Flags - most activities completed, still need to do final reflection

No flag - some complete. some not, no final reflection

Red flag - very few completed activities - AT RISK OF NOT BEING ELIGIBLE FOR DIPLOMA

If you have any questions please come and see me.

If you have a red flag on Monday, I will have to notify your parents.  This must be completed before you go on study leave.

It's nearly over!

As you rush towards your exams, you will start to be winding up with your activities.  I know that some of you will continue some activities long after the IB is over.  It is great that you have found activities that have interested you and that you wish to continue.  I hope that you have even gained value experience from all the other activities and that the skills you have gained will help you  in the future.

What do you have to do now?

Before you start your exams, you should get your CAS folder in order.  

• upload any evidence or refections that are missing
• check that you have reflections for all the outcomes - a yellow bar means that you have missed on
• check that the dates and hours are correct.  It is not possible to get a 'complete' for an activity of 50 hours if you only did 20.  Be real - otherwise you might find yourself way short of your target at the end
• write up the CAS questions for all activities
• send for a supervisor report for all activities

If you have your supervisor report on paper, please scan it in and then let me know so that I can close off the relevant activity.  You can print out the supervisor reports if it is easier than getting a reply by email.  Ask me if you don't know how.

Final Reflections

I talked to you last week about doing some a final reflection about CAS as a whole.  Here is an example from last year.

You should try to include all the CAS outcomes and the learner profile attributes in your reflection.  I will come into advisory after the Spring break to help with these.  If you have completed yours, please upload it under CAS documents in your CAS folder.  Some of you uploaded your initial CAS goals at the beginning of grade 11.  Take a look at these and see if what you achieved is that same as what you wrote back then!  How have you changed as a learner?

Good luck with your exams but don't forget to finish off the CAS folder if you want a Diploma.  You don't want me chasing you during exams!