10 NOVEMBER CONMEMORATING OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK.

10 November is the anniversary of the death of the leader of our country, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In every year on the 10th of November in Turkey, the country remembers Atatürk by stopping for 1 minute at 09:05 the time of his death.  Vehicles will honk their horns, people stop what they are doing. In our college, for this 10 November, we took action in a way showing our respect and sensibility and I volunteered to the organization that was arranged by our school as an IB1 student.

Activity:
We wrote 1938, that is the death year of the Atatürk. We used 8 as an infinitive. At the top of 1984, there was a clock that shows 9.05, the death hour of the Atatürk. During the process, we took our place on the points that were provided to us by ropes and used our phone’s flashes. After we did two or three trial, we took the view as a video with a drone.

I believe that it was a considerable work and I’m happy that I have a chance to join such a meaningful organization.

 CAS Learning Outcomes:

4. Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences.:  We worked collaboratively as friends and teachers. We raised our phones and the same time and created this form of 1938 and clock.

TOK CONFERENCE (NOV 4-6)

TOK (Theory of Knowledge) conference is a part of IBDP programme and its aim is to unite students from other countries in other to learn new cultures, discussing different perspectives on life and getting socialize. It is a two days conference. As the IB 1 students, we were in the organization team in order to attend to the program and the workshops. It was a conference in order to watch TOK presentations, learn cultural aspects and have TOK discussions.

CREATIVITY:
TOK conference is actually based on creativity. As we watch other’s presentations and joined to discussions that have done by students, we had a chance to observe and participate to discussions which’s aim is to share ideas and learn cultural aspects. We learn how to present our real-life situation and how to present it in an effective way.

SERVICE:
The organization team of the TOK conference was the IB1 students. We all had a role in the conference. We came to the school two hours earlier than the conference and took our places. My role in the conference was to welcome the groups and gave their budgets. Also during the conference, I had a role in the guidance of the groups. Besides that, we participated in the workshops and shared our cultures.

ACTIVITY:
During the conference, we joined three workshops to show our cultures to other students. The first workshop was the dance workshop that was aimed to show our cultural dance. The second workshop was a painting which was called as ‘ebru’ and traditional in Turkey. The third workshop was to music which gave other students to learn and experience our musical instruments and learn our traditional rhythm that takes place in traditional Turkish music.

CAS Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth.: I developed my communication skill in order to lead groups which came from different schools and also I developed my communication in a way I contributed to the discussions. 

6. Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance.: The topics that had discussed in the group were about global issues. The people, community, art etc.

STEPTEMBER

Steptember is a social responsibility activity that aims to get awareness of people about children with cerebral palsy and show that they can help them. 

Service: 

To raise helps people with cerebral palsy, we volunteer to take 10,000 steps a day for 28 days straight and ask our friends and family to sponsor you along the way. For this activity, we separated groups of four. After we registered as a group of four, we got an email for the pedometer. We entered our steps daily on the website as we use the pedometer all day long. Besides that, we shared our aim and what we are doing during the process on the internet and at school to find sponsor during the challenge. 

Activity: 

We took 10.000 steps a day for 28 days straight and entered our steps daily on the website. The other goal that this activity helped us to achieve is taking care of our health and do sport. Actually, I wasn’t walking regularly because of working and sitting all day long. As I started taking 10.000 steps a day, I made a habit of daily walking and started to check how many steps I take daily. That project helped me to improve my condition and provide me to learn that I can take more steps than I expected if I wanted to.   

CAS Learning Outcomes: 

1. Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth.: I developed my communication skill as we were working as a group. Also, as we take 10,000 steps a day, I become more sportive and determined person.

5. Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.: As we were a group of four and worked collaboratively, everything became easier to do. We find our sponsors with the help of each other. As we were sharing our decisions and ideas everything worked out. 

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During the project, I improved my Communicator profile while I was collaborating with my friends.  In my group of four, we were very active about writing down the steps and trying to find a sponsor for us. We weren’t very successful about finding the sponsor as people are insusceptible to these projects. We were good at collaborating with each other and finding the common solution to the problems.  Caring profile as I show empathy and respect. I had a commitment to service and I acted to make a positive difference in the lives of the children with cerebral palsy. Communicator profile as we tried to express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We posted that project on our social media and we sent it as an email. Reflective profile as I understand my weaknesses and strengths in finding sponsors to our team in that project and improve my condition by recognizing that I can take more steps If I wanted to do.