Link

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFsA4eIhSc

Week 13 - Never Forget

This was the last week we were going to be graced by Mr Brigstock's presence since he is leaving us at the end of the term unfortunately and I think that is going to be a great handicap for our team since he was a great player who week in and week out tried his best and kept us motivated and on our feet. To make him proud, we tried to get him the most opportunities in front of goal considering it is his last chance to catch up to me on the score board.

I think I played well considering I always tried to look up for a pass and not just run head down which made our play more fluid and that is why we won most of our matches. I played very unselfishly and sometimes a bit too unselfish since instead of always trying to go for goal I tried to pass it to someone else who may be better positioned than me. However, I did manage to score over 10 goals and I think I am slowly catching up to Stefan since I have passed a total of 100 goals in 13 weeks which is a personal record for me since for the 2 years I have been here I was never able to achieve such a target. My dribbling was satisfactory, I didn't try to dribble so much considering it was Mr Brigstock's last day on the team so I always tried to play more collectively, however, I did try to dribble with the ball several times when there wasn't many options for a pass and I was successful in doing so.

This was the last week before the end of term and I will try to stay fit till the next Thursday after school football in order to keep my goal per week ratio at about 10 and to be able to help my team better.

Week 12 - Anger Management Issues

On a collective side, our team played extremely well since we communicated well considering we had Mr Gray on our team this week and he is a great communicator and we always played unselfishly. However, personally, I let myself down not only because of my shooting but because sometimes I lost the ball needlessly. However, my dribbling was the best it has been and my stamina has improved since I ran back to defend and then advanced for a counter attack several times. I scored several goals, though I don't remember the exact amount, because I was always trying to find space and get the ball in order to score or create a chance for others to score.

Next week, I will try to be more focused since I did a couple of stupid mistakes and I need to stop shooting and praying but rather try to put more accuracy on my shots so I can score more and get my team more points. I am aiming to score 10 goals next week and have at least 5 assists. Another aim for me is to try and dribble Stefan more often rather than just passing it if I get the opportunity to since this would be a new challenge for me and since he is a good player this would put my skill to the testing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNMxR6F7qmA&feature=youtu.be

L'Expert en Français

An IB student needed my help for his work i.e. he needed me to check for mistakes and show him where he went wrong in order to correct it. I made sure to take my time in checking for mistakes in order for him to get the best feed back possible and see where he went wrong so that next time he can do it with fewer mistakes. I made sure to read over the text several times over to make sure I didn't miss anything out so that I would be as efficient as possible. This was something new for me since it has been a long while since people have asked me to check for any mistakes in their work so they can work on it.

Next time, I think I should maybe put a short explanation of why I checked what I did so that they understand their mistakes better and that will reduce the changes of such things occurring again. 

VIP Meeting

Today, the two groups whose mission statements were selected met up in order to create one final mission statement which would represent the whole school and be posted on the website for potential student's parents to notice and possibly influence to come to this school. 

I did my best to contribute to the ideas and pointed out certain things which needed to be done in order for this task to be done well. In my opinion, I think we didn't discuss enough as a group and we didn't mount to the level of skill we normally do probably because communication was a barrier for us.

Tomorrow, we are supposed to have a second meeting where we will have hopefully finished writing it and I will try to keep up my involvement in the group so that my ideas are taken into consideration and that the communication barrier will be broken down so that we get as many opinions as possible to increase the quality of the final product. Hopefully we will be able to assemble a desired mission statement to represent the whole school.

First try … Not bad

Today, I went to Friday football in order for me to improve my skill and keep fit so that my stamina will increase for Thursdays which will hopefully boost my performance as well as contribute to our team's victory. 

I think that I could have been more determined since I didn't fully take it seriously considering I didn't expect it to be as competitive as yesterday and I think that limited my capability of learning and improving myself. However, considering I was one of the better players attending, I didn't keep the ball to myself too long but rather passed it to other people to make the experience more pleasurable for everyone since no one likes one person keeping the ball to themselves. 

My shot accuracy could have been better and the technique I applied for them needs improving since I am mostly trying to kick it hard with some direction whereas I should sacrifice some of the power for more accuracy since that is how I will be able to score goals.

It has been a long time since I haven't played football just to relax and I think I will continue attending football on Fridays since it is a good way to enjoy myself without being under pressure in any way and that is the best way of improving. 

Week 11 - Just Can't Lose

Personally, I think my passing was a little sloppy at times and sometimes my dribbling could have been better since I lost the ball occasionally but that was only rarely. The rest of the time I moved around well on and off the ball in order to create shots on goal and that is why this week I scored more than Stefan. I think I was able to score at least 10 and get a couple of assists since I looked up to see if someone was better positioned than me for a shot which created a united atmosphere on our team. 

Not only was I good offensively but I did my part defensively as well since I made sure to help my team out in defence when they needed me to and I stayed back a couple of times to let my other team mates have a go at goal.

I think that I should be more careful with my passing next week and maybe try to only dribble when I really need to so that I don't risk losing the ball unnecessarily. I hope to score at least 8 next week including a hat trick in a game since for the past few weeks I have scored a couple, and to have at least 5 assists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snq3VjxzVkk&feature=youtu.be

"It is an honour to be here today"

After being told that our group was one of the two to be selected to create a mission statement for this school, we were told to write a speech to present in front of several people after having received our well-earned rewards.

This was a whole new challenge for me since this is going to be the first speech I create to read myself in front of people in an actual ceremony. I tried my best to make the speech sound elegant, formal and emotional in order to appeal to the audience I will have to face and include thanks to certain people which contributed to our road to success. I think we should have worked as a group more in order to get more ideas into our speech to reflect the fact we all won.

If I have to do this again sometime I think I would spend more time on the speech and make a plan before writing things down so that I know exactly what I am going to do rather than improvise whilst writing which may lower the quality of the content.

Link

Link to the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOKJv3DuFaI

Week 10 - Child's Play

I played very well this week since I always looked up to see if there was a pass that could be made and I constantly moved around to create space and also so that I could find a pass when I was on the ball. My passing was always accurate and my dribbling was pretty good even though I messed up once or twice but kept control of the ball. I did well to go defend when my team needed me to but I mostly played an offensive role since that is my best position currently.

We played exceptionally well as a team since we were always passing it around and supporting each other which is the main reason why we did so well this week. 

Next week, I hope to score about 8 goals which is raising the bar for myself since I am used to setting myself 7 goals but ever since today's performance where I think I scored about 9 or 10 goals, I think I can keep this up along with my assists so my aim is to get at least 5 assists. I hope to try dribbling with the ball a bit more since I need to develop my confidence and skill.

Video will be uploaded tomorrow.

Owned

This is a small video about a skill I taught to some friends which I like using. This helped me work collaboratively with others, learn how to teach people a skill and undertake a new challenge since I tried to do it another way at the same time as teach them the normal way.

Link

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7qazPZpOAk

Week 9

We started off terribly to be honest most likely because our goal keeper wasn't here so clean sheets were hard to obtain and our defence seemed very weak. As the games went on however, we started to play better as a team defensively and offensively since we started picking up more points and winning more games. I think at the start I didn't play well since I didn't look energetic but that was because I had a long and tiring day at school but that shouldn't be an accuse for my poor play at the start. However, I picked up the pace later on since I was always pressure the opponents and trying to make myself available to my team mates so that we could move forward. I think my passing was satisfactory but wasn't the best since we did lose possessions as a result of some of my passes and they didn't always result in the effect I wanted it to even though we didn't lose possession. My dribbling was good as you will be able to see with the video since I am doing very well to keep control of the ball which I think is a hard thing to have and comes with a lot of practice. 

I achieved my target for goals scored and assisted and I think that having that aim boosted my determination since when there were only two games left and I had only scored 5, I gave myself a boost so that I would later on go on and score 4 including 3 in one game.

Next week, I will try to be energetic straight away rather than slowing get into the game since I think that is why we didn't get as many points as we could have; sloppiness and lack of energy. I hope to keep scoring at least 7 goals per week and assisting at least 5.

The video is currently being uploaded to YouTube so it will be either up tomorrow or on Saturday so keep checking for it.

Mission Statement of BISM

We were given the challenge of creating a mission statement for our school since, apparently, the current one does not meet a satisfactory level for the IB. I saw this as an opportunity to use my vocabulary in order to make this mission statement short but attractive at the same time. We worked in a group and I contributed quite a lot in the creation of this short paragraph which was going to represent the school's objective. I tried to create my own mission statement after contributing to a group creation and I think I did well since I put a lot of detail in a short paragraph which is something I need to practice on for exams and essays since I often write too much. 

This was a new challenge for me since I had never written a mission statement before so it also taught me a new skill since I might need it in the future. It also improved my communication skills and collaboration as a group which are very important aspects of life.

If I was to do this another time, I think as a group we should write down ideas before we start writing so that we know exactly what we want to write instead of improvising along the way since we didn't all agree on what we should write during the moment which was ineffective. 

Link

Here is the link sorry for the delay but it took a long time to upload to youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0fVxliwg_M

Week 8

This week we played to a good standard unlike last week where we couldn't seem to get our act together so we did a really good come back today. I scored several goals and I think I'm catching up to Stefan, our current top scorer, I also managed to get several assists. On the technical side of things, I think I did well since I tried running with the ball more often and it turned out very efficient since we always ended up in front of the opponent's goal. However, sometimes I do think I could have passed it instead of dribbled or taken a shot so next time I'll try to look at the my surrounding more often to find any available passes. I moved around well to create options and to create space for others by moving a defender away from the one with the ball and instead towards me so that they could take a shot and that was very useful for the success of our team.

I think I need to put in more commitment in defence since I'm becoming too much of a striker and even though I am effective offensively I need to help out my team defensively more often so we concede less goals and take no risks in losing a match. I also need to practice on my shots since many of them are off target or not good enough to score since I got frustrated when my brother was in goal and kept on saving my shots but when I did score against him, it was such a relief :)

Next week, I hope to score at least 5 goals again and have at least 3 assists so that we keep on winning and scoring goals since I am the top scorer on my team. I will try to be more defensive and also look around me to see if I can pass instead of shoot or dribble with the ball so that we have a fast movement with the ball and are able to score faster. 

I will upload a link to the video once it is uploaded.

It isn't showing off if you back it up

Today, I tried to beat my score for the challenge of kick-ups and after several tries I finally reached to my personal best and challenge best of 205. This has truly taught me to never give up even though things seem very hard at times cause after a while I couldn't even reach 100 kick-ups and I started doubting myself but I carried on and I ended up beating my personal score of 168 with 205. I kept my head cool when I passed this record in order to carry on and to get over 200 since during the moment I told myself that that was what I was aiming for and I'm proud that I managed to get over 200 kick-ups.

However, I'm not going to stick with 205 as a record since I want to reach higher than that and get at least 250 so tomorrow I will try to do so. I think that whilst I'm doing it I will try to alternate feet more often so that not only does it look better but it would also help my control of my weaker foot which is my right one since I am left footed. 

Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgXlYvFqL_k

This is the link to WEEK 7, I hope you enjoy.

Week 7

This week wasn't that good of a week for us since we didn't get as many points which, I think, was due to poor passing and positioning and our goal keeper was absent so we had to lend one from the other teams. I think we should have played for defensively since in my eyes we were always too concentrated on our offensive plays since we all wanted to score. I managed to score at least 5 which isn't bad but I hope that next week I will be able to score a bit more than that. Personally, I think I was more confident on the ball especially during the last few games since I was willing to try out dribbles which were all effective and well-executed. Some games I played offensively and others defensively in order to let the others try and score for themselves as well. However, I think I could have been both offensive and defensive during all games rather than alternate my playing style so that I help out my team a lot more. I don't think there was much wrong with my control of the ball, however, I think my shots could do with a lot more improving and accuracy since most of the time it is just "kick and pray"even though one of my goals was a beautiful lob over the goal keeper which I scored in the first match.

Next week, I hope to be more energetic and play all over the pitch to help out my team by doing such things as moving into positions that can open up plays or by pressuring the other team. My aim will be to score 6 goals and have at least 5 assists since this week I think I had about 4 or so even though normally I am a good play maker so this week wasn't the best one for me even though I think my confidence has increased a lot throughout the last few weeks.

This week, I decided to try out a brand new software just to test out new things and I found it very different from the one I used to use so that was a new challenge for me and I learnt new skills from that, however it still doesn't allow me to edit videos with the initial quality, I have to still dumb down the quality which is something I need to deal with quickly.

For the challenge of kick-ups I got a 144 on my second try ... your move Mr Gray.

I will upload a link to the video once it is done.

Soirée

Today, my parents were planning to invite some friends of theirs over however, they couldn't organise everything by themselves therefore they needed to rely on me to help them a little for the organisation. They wanted me to make a playlist of music which they could play in the background to create a relaxing atmosphere so I had to search for music which could be used for that. I also had to burn the songs onto a CD so that they could play it with the loud speakers we have at home.
The problem was that my parents didn't specify what kind of music they wanted so there was a slight misunderstanding since my mother ended up changing her mind with what she wanted however I did act reflectively and quickly came up with a different set of songs which she liked so I had the job done quite quickly. If I was to do this again, I think I would ensure that I know exactly what people want and be sure that they are sure about what they want too before I actually get going with what I have to do.
This was a new challenge for me since I hadn't done this for others before merely for myself as a source of entertainment and it taught me more about working with others and communicating well.

International Day

Today's International Day was a lot more entertaining than I actually expected since being in charge of an activity and entertaining other kids from different year group was an interesting experience. I think we were very reflective and quick-to-act since we tried to find ways to make our activities last longer so that the children wouldn't be bored and we kept on evolving on that so that we filled the whole time without any long pauses and I think that is one of the reasons we had so much positive feed-back from the students. We were well-organised since we had all the equipment we needed for our activity and we knew exactly what we were going to do. Our activities were well chosen since it provided knowledge as well as entertainment which is what we had to do and it proved very successful.

I think that if we were going to do this again, we should plan everything out since we changed the planning of activities several times before International Day and that caused some confusion and waste of time. I think that if we were going to test others with their music knowledge, we should have a collection of songs that they would know since most of them they had no idea what the name of the song is and that was one of the problems we had which the students found not so good. Also we should be more focused on decorations as well since our room wasn't as colourful as others e.g. the group next door to our room which was very well decorated and very attractive.

Considering the reaction of the people we were entertaining, we did a good job since throughout the day as we developed techniques to improve our activities people seemed to really enjoy the time they had with our group since we were all laughing and having a good time. The music we put on in the background kept a dynamic atmosphere which was very pleasant to work in since I think all of us were motivated by it, including the students.

Overall, I look forward to doing this again next year cause it was an amazing experience which taught me new skills, to work well with others, to consider the cultural background of others and I undertook a new challenge.