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!