On the 25th November our school set up a Jumble Sale. I've never heard of it before, but after Mr. O'Conner explained what it is I found it a pretty good and useful idea both as a Service and to get rid of my old games in a useful way. I didn't collect as much as I hoped for since all my useless stuffs were in Hungary, and I think it was the same with everyone. I was surprised how good it turned out finally, even I spent some money on games and movies - which I didn't think I would- and got my games sold. Right after math we all went to the Geography room where things been already set up. There were from 10,20,50..etc rub tables where each item cost as written on the desk. There was even a laptop for 1500rubs, which I think could have been a pretty good business. But who would just let go of his/her laptop like that? Anyway it was a pretty big sacrifice from all of us, organizing the Jumble sale as we edited flyers, posted them on the wall and made the whole thing work. I don't know how much money we finally gathered together but the reason why I tihnk this could be considered as a Service is that we give this money to a charity. This is where the whole idea came from. We figured that if we work collaboratively together we could achieve the Service part of CAS way easyer and more useful!Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Jumble Sale
On the 25th November our school set up a Jumble Sale. I've never heard of it before, but after Mr. O'Conner explained what it is I found it a pretty good and useful idea both as a Service and to get rid of my old games in a useful way. I didn't collect as much as I hoped for since all my useless stuffs were in Hungary, and I think it was the same with everyone. I was surprised how good it turned out finally, even I spent some money on games and movies - which I didn't think I would- and got my games sold. Right after math we all went to the Geography room where things been already set up. There were from 10,20,50..etc rub tables where each item cost as written on the desk. There was even a laptop for 1500rubs, which I think could have been a pretty good business. But who would just let go of his/her laptop like that? Anyway it was a pretty big sacrifice from all of us, organizing the Jumble sale as we edited flyers, posted them on the wall and made the whole thing work. I don't know how much money we finally gathered together but the reason why I tihnk this could be considered as a Service is that we give this money to a charity. This is where the whole idea came from. We figured that if we work collaboratively together we could achieve the Service part of CAS way easyer and more useful!
Monday, 7 November 2011
International Day
On the 21st of October International Day was held in BIS. Since the school is kind of a melting pot with people from a lot of different countries and nationalities it was a great idea to forge relations between each other. We gathered in groups and each group had to entertain lower grade kids for a couple of hours in the morning. Me, Gregory and Tibaut(sorry if spelled wrong :) ) planned an activity, an international food quiz in which all three of us worked collaboratively together, undertook new challanges by standing out in front of a crowd representing foods and asking questions while entertaining also. It wasn't as hard as i though it was going to be, and time passed by really fast. After the quizes there was a big lunch for everyone. There were all kinds of foods from almost every part of the world, and eventhough i love sushi and didn't eat one at all because I ate myself to explosion with Millionaire's shortbread.
I've never tasted such an awesome thing before. As I found out my math teacher, Ms. Kitchens, made them i inquired for the name and recipie, and made a bounch yesterday evening. Today I gave some to Ms. Kitchens as a gift in exchange for the idea and suggestions. By making the shortbread I also increased my areas of growth, undertook new challenges and developed new skills. Unfortunatelly I didn't make any pictures, but next time I make some, I'll upload it here :)
So International Day. After lunch a lot of people were performing, but I have to be honest, it wasn't about being individuals from another country. Some of them were (singing in Korean, performing a cultural dance from India) but It could have been better. I thought about a hungarian rapp song, but when I finally had the courage to ask if.I can, it was too late :) I definetly want to do it next time though!
I added the pictures promised :)
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Charity
When we got the task to look for charities in Moscow I asked for my mom's help since I don't know Russian at all. First she looked after a lot, then we got a paper from the school with the list of orphanages, and I don't know if the mine is there, but I think I've got it. My mom's company donates a lot to this charity, that's how she found it. The good thing about it is that it's reliable and accepts almost anything: Toys, clothes, tools, household appliances. The only thing to take care of is to be sure that these things are still good in quality and to actually donate these things. We could probably talk about it in the school as a bigger idea, so anyone could get rid off their surplus stuffs and help others. Here's a link and a phone number below to the charity :)
Гарнаева Оксана Михайловна
8 (903) 535 2096
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