RC Modelling

Recently I have resurected my RC electric car. It resebles the 2 generations old Porsche GT3. It runs on an electric battery and should be able to do 30-40 km/h. It was a rainy day and I had to manage something so that water would not reach the engine and the wires. I used a plastic bag. I cut it into half and used cello tape in order to wrap it around the chasis. This wored quite well until I hit a deep puddle, where a stone cut through the plastic bag armour. The isea was good but lacks development. After I dry out every bit a reassemble the car again I will try to use something stronger in order to stop the water next time, especially because winter will be here soon. Perhaps cotton with thicker plastic might work. However it will be difficult to stop the water entering through the wheel archs. Cello taping the exit might work. The next launch will be at the begining of october.

School 4 Symmer fair

On the 15th of june the year twelves have helped out in conducting the school 4 summer fair. We walked to school 4, which is approximately 2 kilometres away from school 3. School 4 is a primary school. We started setting up our activities. The activities were conducted by small groups of 2-3 people. My partner was Mantas and our activity was called " The Mystical Bucket" and the aim of the activity was simple. There were 6 cans of soft drinks and people had to select one and then close their eyes. The bucket was filled with water and the cans were on the bottom, so the children had to put their hand into the bucket and they had two chances to get the right can, the one they have chosen and they would succeed they would get a prize. Either a lolypop or a glitter pen. By being friendly towards the kids we have managed to attrect enough on order to make a "profit" of about 100 coupons, which we used as a means of getting our lunch. We enjoyed the fair as it gave us a chance to be creative and provide a service and working with children is also quite entertaining, especially watching their reactions when they win ;)
The following cas objectives were met:
-Undertaking new challenges (organising fun activities together and working with kids)
-Planning and initiating activities (being creative in coming up with an idea and getting the required materials ready in advance in order to run the activity)
-Working collaboratively with each other (working as a team in order to provide the best quality service)
-Developing new skills ( communicative skills and creative thinking)

Istra

From the 4-8 of june year 12 has been on a field trip to Istra. The main objective was to get the group 4 coursework out of the way. Istra is a nice place with beautiful nature and a small hotel. As we arived we started working on our physics, biology, chemistry and ESS course works which were not anything new to us but after dinner we were involved in activities set by teachers which was what actually helped us develop new skills. What was most memorable was the sheep herding activity and the boat building. In sheep herding we were divided into two groups. Each group chose a shepard and his aim was to get the sheep(other members of the group) into a particular place. We were not allowed to talk. I was the shepard and it took quite a bit of time to devise whistles and claps that would allow me to clearly convey my message to the group members, but in the end I managed and when the two groups were put in one place my team won. This was quite challenging and entertaining. Another interesting activity that we have executed was boat building. We were given 20 minutes to build something that could work on calcium carbinate and citric acid and my group built something lokking like the space ship in startrek :) The good thing was that it floated and there were bubbles coming out but unfortunately the person launching it pushed it slightly and we were disqualified..On the last night we had a barbique and then we played "hide and seek" in the forest and it was awesome. We managed to conduct all of the required experiments and now only have to write them uo. Istra was an unforgetable experience.
The following cas objectives were met:
- Increasing awareness of my own strenghts and weaknesses ( in the role of a leader, organistion skills and being creative)
-Undertaking new challenges( building a chemical boat, trying to control a huge group without talking)
-Planned and iniciated activities ( planned out all of the experiment from Moscow and devised ways to tackle problems creatively on the spot)
-Worked collaboratively with others( worked as a team in execution of experiments and when doing group activities)
-Developed new skills( boat building, using scientific equipment, creative thinking, became more organized)

Drawing Cars

Recently I have been looking at my valuable car model collection and decided to draw this astonishig car. The drawing on the photo is a fourth attempt but in my opinion it is quite simmilar to the real car, which is a  two-door, two-seat sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 2001 and 2010. This is one of my favourite cars and this is why I decided to draw it. I tries to experiment with different paints and pencils but this car looked best with an ordinary 4B pencil and shading.

The following cas objectives were met:
-Undertaking new challenges ( trying to copy a model car)

-Increased awareness of my own strenghts and weaknesses( i understood that I definately cannot use acryl paints, but I am way better with pencils)

Year 6 visit

In the end of may the year sixes from school 4 visited our schools in order to get familiar with their new place of education. The teachers looked for voulentiers to help with the arrival of the year sixes. I decided to sign up and I was assigned the role of escorting them to their classes and basically showing them around the school. Obviously this wasn't a hard job but I still enjoyed it and it gave me experience with communication with children. THe most interesting thing was that they respected me and considered me as an example of a good student. It was funny ;)
The following cas objectives were met:
-Undertaking new chalenges ( directing children)

Weather club

This term the weather club has continued, however this term the year thirteens went on study leave and the entire responsibility was burdened upon the year twelves, which meant that the groups of two people would have to take the reading more often, approximately once in 10 days. We were given a new electronic thermometer which is good news as it allowed us to take more accurate readings and therefore reduce uncertainty in our graph that we will produce in the end of the year. As long as I know this is pur most succesful term pf the entire year, as untill now nobody has missed their turn and reading were recorded every working day, so I hope that this project will be successful towards the end of year.
The following cas objectives were met:
-Planning and iniciating activities( planning our time in order to take readings at the same time as other groups in order to be more accurate on the graph)
-Working collaboratively with each other( we and the other groups are working together on reading measurement for the end of year graph)
-Shown perseverance and commitment in my actions( taking readings throughout the year)
-Engaging with issues of global importance( observing global warming with the help of the graph)

Fencing

The sport season of this year has come to an end and I decided to quit fencing. My last training was in the begininh of may after which I decided that I will have to make a choise between sport and studying and I chose the second option. Fencing was a sport I loved but IB is quite timeconsuming and my sports club decided to move to another location which did not suit me so I decided to leave. I have done this sport for the past 4-5 years and I really enjoyed it. I have travelled alot around Russia and gained fantastic experiences thanks to Fencing. Perhaps I will continue this sport in Univercity but for now all I have left is a little booklet which proves that I am KMC(candidate for master of sport).
The following cas objectives have been met:
-Shown percieverence and commitment in my actions( practiced this sport for several years and went to trainings)
-Developed new skills (during this year I have increased my level of skill much more more than in the years before and I have taken part in about 4-5 competiotions ouside of Moscow this year and ofcource I have become more athletic and developed a certain level of thinking)