Tabloid Cover

Last week we were given allocated a task, which required us to produce a cover page for a tabloid news paper. I found it extremely difficult using Microsoft Publisher. Everything was tied up with each other and moving one component would result in the whole design changing. It took me approximately 2 hours to produce this cover page. In the future I will be smarter and look at tutorials on the internet before starting to work with a program I have never used before.

Big Ben

To be a little creative I decided to build the big ben. It is a 3D puzzle. It was quite difficult to follow the instructions and there were parts where I decided to ignore putting in useless poles inside but then they turned out to be crucial. I have learned that it is very important to dollow the instructions manual and be patient. Maybe I will continue building these puzzles if I have the money.

GYM

On a regular basis some of my clasmates and me go to the school gym. I am most interested in bench press and at he moment I can bench press a maximum of 70 kg. To get better I will be continuing to train everyday and add a little bit of weight every week. Perhaps if I wiuld bring my PE kit I would be more productive, as then I would be able to warm up properly. My aim for the end of the school year is 85 kg.

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)