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Personal Goals Page 2
October reflections Page 4
November reflections Page 6
January reflections Page 7
February reflections Page 8
March reflections Page 9
Grade 11 final reflections Page 10
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My Personal Goals and plans to meet the 8 IB Learner Outcomes through CAS
How I plan to meet the eight IB Learner Outcomes:
Inquirer:
This year, I will take learning as my day to day habit. Every day I spend in school, and every day I
spend at home I will pursue, and make an effort to learn something new. I will research
independently, and go more in-depth into any topic, or subject that does not bring meaning or
understanding to me.
Thinkers:
This year I will apply my thinking skills ‘critically’ and ‘creatively’ in my academics, and in my
CAS activities. I will go the extra mile to think outside the box in order to produce my best
quality work, and to solve critical problems that arise ethically and fairly.
Communicators:
In my group projects I plan to work effectively and collaborate, being a strong member that will
always make the effort to produce the best work possible. I will pursue looking at facts and
ideas from more than one perspective.
Risk-taker:
When the unfamiliar situations arise in my work, like a very high level of difficult work, I will
tackle these problems with bravery and courage, without the fear of failure. When I do not
succeed, I will tackle the problem again in a different way, until I have succeeded.
Principled:
I will respect other individuals in my community, treating everyone fairly and justly with
integrity and honesty. I will be ready to take responsibility of my own actions, and be ready to
take the consequences of every single action I make.
Caring:
I will try my best to understand every individual in the community, with empathy and all due
respect. I will be involved in service activities in the school, not just for my CAS, but because I
simply want to make a positive change to the lives of the less privileged individuals, and to my
work/class mates.
Open-minded:
This IB Learner Outcome encourages me to understand and appreciate my own culture and
history, at the same time I am open to other perspective and traditions, evaluating a range a
points and views, and willing to grow from it. This outcome has always been part of my
personality, and I will make sure that I show more of this outcome in academics, CAS and in my
personal life.
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Balanced:
In my CAS, and academics, I will not overlook the meaning of intellectual, physical and
emotional, and I will balance them out by being thinking always, before making decisions.
My Personal Goals
During my 18 months in IB, I plan to be effectively active in CAS, and maintain a good academic
record. I will be fully committed and dedicated to the activities I am involved in, making an
effort to make a positive impact in the lives of my peers, and the community.
I plan to attend every meeting of my activities, and contribute, sharing my ideas and
perspective open-mindedly. I will be willing to accept other individuals’ perspective and ideas,
embracing it so that I can grow from this CAS experience. My goal is to be a positive example to
my peers, and to the community as a whole, making decisions that will be justly, fair, and have
a positive impact on these lives.
I plan to collaborate effectively with my peers in my activities, sharing ideas, points and views.
My goal is to be a risk-taker; trying to implement new ideas that have not been tackled yet.
When I succeed I will be able to leave a path for others to follow, ameliorating the new ideas,
points and views that I have tackled.
Every action that I take, I will be fully ready to take the full responsibility of the consequences.
Every action that I take, I am fully aware that there are consequences that follow.
My goal is to develop new skills on a daily basis. These skills that I develop will be part of my
learning, and will be used in my life for the future. It will also be used in my academics; learning
something new, and acquiring new skills in CAS will be used in my life long experience as a
whole.
I know that I will face a lot of challenges, but I am prepared to face them (all my challenges)
When problems arise (expected/ unexpected) I will aim to make the best decisions in order to
produce the best method in dealing or handling problems, with the help and participation of
my peers.
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October Reflections 2013
This month I was fully engaged and active in the Explore Zimbabwe Trip to Juru, in the suburbs
of Zimbabwe. This is part of service, as I helped the Juru families with cooking, gardening and
other domestic chores. I had the chance to increase my collaboration skills, as I worked
effectively with my class mates, particularly Habib Ouane.
In this trip, I also helped the students with literacy: reading and writing. This was a three day
event, every afternoon. This allowed me to be an open-minded, as I shared my cultures and
believes, and the families and students accepted it, sharing theirs which I accepted, and learnt
from.
This experienced allowed me acquire new skills. After helping the students with their literacy, I
played sports with them, organizing teams and teaching them how to play Frisbee, a sport they
have never played. It was very fun. This enhanced my organizational skills and leadership skills
as a whole. I was very transparent.
On the other hand, I have been engaged, and involved with the newspaper, showing full
dedication and commitment by attending every meetings and writing articles weekly. This is
shown in warthogsworld.com or (http://www.warthogsworld.com/showcase/2013/10/02/new-
secretary-general-of-mun-batsirai-matiza/) for specific example.
I have been involved in the sports activity by attending the soccer practice /training sessions
with my peers. I have gained new skills, and it has been fun, however, I feel as though I should
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have been more committed and dedicated by attending more practices; as I have missed 2 or 3
training sessions.
Earlier this year we also went to Juru to build the hatches that we will shower in for the future
Explore Zimbabwe Trip. This is part of service, as well. Again, I really enjoyed working with my
peers, and collaborating.
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November Reflections 2013
This month was successful; I continued participating in my CAS activities. This was the end of
the soccer season, and I wrote an article on this:
http://www.warthogsworld.com/sports/2013/11/03/the-agony-of-defeat/
The ISSEA volley ball and soccer was over. I continued publishing more articles as well, as
shown in warthogsworld.com
On UN Day, my colleague, Simeng Wu, and I were running a quiz and a dress up event. This
allowed us to be creative, acquiring new skills. It was a very successful and fun event: many
students participated. We had the space to be creative by making the questions for the quizzes,
and organizing the event as a whole. We spent weeks making the questions for the students,
advertising, by announcing to advisers, and putting up sign-up sheets to encourage students to
attend.
This event was very successful; I really do not regret anything about it! This allowed me to be a
thinker, part of the IB Learner Outcomes
This article was written in response to the event: http://www.warthogsworld.com/student-
life/2013/11/15/unday2013/
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January Reflections:
I have shown my full dedication and commitment to the Students’ Newspaper Club by
maintaining the consistency of my articles:
http://www.warthogsworld.com/student-life/2014/01/15/let-us-begin-inspiration-from-
warthogs-world/
I wrote this article as to welcome back the scholars from the Christmas break, into the new
semester.
This picture is the newspaper crew! More information
is on: http://www.warthogsworld.com/student-life/2014/01/08/warthogs-world-wishes-you-
another-great-semester/
On the other hand, my peers and I visited Juru again, to help the families with planting of food.
It was another successful event, and again, I do not regret anything.
I want to continue like this for next month (February).
I have been participating for interact as well, attending meetings and visiting the orphanages. I
have been helping with organizing events, like the Valentine’s Day roses sale, which will be
discussed more in the next month reflection.
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February Reflections 2014
In the newspaperclub,Ihave beenusingmyinitiative,withmypeerstodevelopamissionstatement,a
visionstatement,anewslogan,andincludingalogo.IworkedwithMiguel inthis:
http://www.warthogsworld.com/student-life/2014/02/27/big-steps-in-warthogs-world/
Thisis part of the IB LearnerOutcomes:thinkers,asitshowsme exploringnew ideas.
Apart fromthat,I have beenwritingmore articles.
I have alsoparticipatedininteract,showingmycommitmentanddedicationbyparticipatinginthe fund
raisingforthe OrphanagesbygettingMS ordersfor roses,or othervalentinespackages,anddelivering
the requestedmaterialstothemonValentinedays.Idofeel asthoughthiseventneededmore
organization,asmanyof us were notorganized(deliveringwrongorders,orfailingtogive people their
orders) Atthe endof the day we managedto fix thisproblemsbyattendingtoall the unattended
orders.Thisispart of the IB learneroutcome:Problem-solver.
For evidence,youcanemail mysupervisor:mespenosa@his.ac.zw
I enjoyedthismonthasa whole!
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March Reflections 2014
This month I visited the Msasa orphanage for interact. It was very fun, as I worked with the
little children in mathematics, literature and their school homework. I was engaged in teaching
them what I know, and they learnt from me. I really enjoyed the visit, and I hope to be back
soon.
In the newspaper club, I have been publishing more articles:
http://www.warthogsworld.com/sports/2014/03/17/john-barnes-steps-in-his-soil/
This has shown mine consistency.
This month I have also visited Juru, on Saturday to help the Juru families with planting maize. It
was very successful.
So far I am enjoying my CAS experience.
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Grade 11 Overall reflections
My firstyearwasverysuccessful;Imanagedto participate inAction,CreativityandService,andI
enjoyedeachof myextracurricularactivities.Ihave learntalotthisyear frommy CASexperience,andI
hope to learnmore inmy final year.
CAShas enabledme tomulti-task:Icanfocus onmy academicsanddo extraactivitiesatthe same time.
I have beenmore transparentasI work withdifferentpeople indifferentactivities,asstatedinmy
reflections,understandingdifferentideasandconcepts,andacceptingthem.Icannotsolelyrelyon
whatI think,itwill mislead;one needstohave abiggerpicture byputtingpeople’sideastogethertosee
differentperspectives.Inthe newspaper,asEditor,Ihave collectedideasonhow tomake the clubgrow
and be more successful bylisteningandunderstandingtowhatmyfellow colleaguesthink.Inow believe
that the bestway to have goodideasisto have manyideas,andthe bestway to have manyideasisto
engage withmyfellowpeers,creatingalarge social network.
My leadershipskillshave alsoincreased,asmyexperience inthe newspaperhasendorsedmywriting
skillsandleadershipskills.Asstatedabove,asanEditor inthe newspaperIhave learnttobe transparent
by gatheringdifferentideas.
I have enjoyedmyparticipationinservice andaction,asI have beeninvolvedinmulti-service activities.
In thisexperience Ihave beenable toachieve the IBlearnersprofilerequirements.Forexample,when
challengesarise Ihave beenable tosolve problemsbymyself;hishasenabledme tobe a problem-
solveranda thinkeras I have stoppedrelyingadultshelp,asusedtobefore myCASexperience.Ihave
reallyenjoyedworkingtogetherwithotherpeopleinmyCASactivities.
Nextacademicyear,Iaim to be more engagedinwithCreative,ActionandService activities.
