CAS Goals

 

Here are my CAS goals. How I plan to utilize my time outside of school to develop my interests and accomplish tasks within service, creativity, and activity.

Creativity:
While during classes such as visual art, I get to explore and develop my skill through the medium of artwork, I want to further develop my creativity and branch out to other aspects of creativity.

My first goal is to further develop my creative skills within 3D modelling, using software such as Fusion 360. I will achieve this by creating tasks that challenge me, and that I enjoy doing. This will allow me to improve my skills within fusion 360, and it will allow me to enjoy the process.

My second goal is to develop a new creative skill. I want to branch out into other types of visual art. I want to try landscape sketches. While I have done in the past a few landscape sketches within visual art. Since I enjoy landscape sketching, I want to devote more time to it, so I can develop my skills further and enjoy the process.

My third goal is to improve my skills in bird photography. While I have taken some pictures of birds before, I want to develop this skill further. Not only do I want to take photos of them, but I also want to learn more about them, species, migration patterns..etc. I will achieve this goal by practising photography on the birds in my backyard, using my parent’s camera. I will do some research on my local birds, and try to develop my understanding of some of Sri Lanka’s birds.

All the goals above have been specific, however, they will change as I go along my journey within CAS. However, no matter the examples, I want to develop my existing creative skills within computer design, and visual art. And develop new skills relating to creativity within nature.
Learning Outcomes: Growth, and skills

Action:
Action has been an element of CAS that I have not focused on too much during the pandemic, so I have several goals to change this.

Firstly, I want to develop a new fitness regimen. Currently, my only activity is a daily 3 km evening walk, and various bike rides around the city. However, I want to be more active during the day. I want to develop a fitness routine that allows me to stay active and healthy, both during, and outside of a lockdown. I will do this by researching common types of fitness regimes, and which types of workouts benefit you the most. Then I will develop a daily routine, and adjust it as a go along so it matches my needs.

And secondly, I want to participate in some type of sport. While I haven’t decided which sport yet, I have developed a few ideas. Doing laps within the swimming pool, using various types of strokes. Or if we are in-person school, joining clubs such as the ‘fun volleyball’ ASA.
Learning Outcomes: Planing, Growth, Perseverance

Service:
While service during a pandemic is different from if we were in person, there are still many ways I could serve the community.

I have a few goals for my service development during CAS. I firstly want to fully participate within a service group, and invest a lot of effort into it. I want to continue my work within Recycling and Sustainability, and help serve the school and the community.

I also want to participate in service outside of school, relating to the environment. Such as beach cleanups. I want to make a commitment to help preserve and protect the environment, as a part of my service.

I also aim to participate in local service projects. This could be a trash pick up within my neighbourhood. Or raising awareness about local issues within my neighbourhood, such as improper recycling.
Learning Outcomes: Global Engagement, Growth, Action, Working Colabartively

All of the goals mentioned above can change as I go along my CAS journey, but the one goal, that will not change, is my commitment to developing my CAS areas, within service, creativity, and action.