PHOTOS OF THE VISIT TO THE ORPHANAGE

PHOTOS OF THE VISIT TO THE ORPHANAGE

Visiting the orphanage

We visited the orphanage this past saturday 13, distributing a lot of food, toys, diapers and other things they needed. We also hired entertainment, a clown who entertained the kids with songs, dances and contests. The members who went to the orphanage also brought some hot dogs, cake and ice cream, which is a different meal to what they are used to and enjoyed a lot. We helped them eat, we gave them their gifts, we spent time with them and played, and helped to clean.
It was a rewarding experience, the children enjoyed a lot and "For his Children" Corporation thanked for all our efforts and help.

CRAFT SALE, JEANS DAY AND BAKE SALE

We did three fund-raising events for the campaign in order to raise money and buy food, and diapers. Through a campaign in this last months (november and december), students and teacher have contributed with clothes, toys and diapers. Still it wasn't enough to reach the neccesities of the orphanage. So we organized three fund raising events. The craft sale was a success as we sold mostly everything during the Bonfire Night, raising about $200. During the bonfire, we also sold Christmas cards made by the children of the orphanage, the money risen went directly to the orphanage. We also organized a jeans day on the 26th of November and a bake sale, raising in total about $ 440.
With this money we bought food, diapers for about a month.

“NIÑOS FELICES” FIRST OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT

“NIÑOS FELICES”

The main aim of this project is to introduce service in which are not required to fulfill certain hours of service, encourage primary students to participate in the campaigns and even students who have to complete service hours to join this project. Within this aim, is important to encourage students of all ages to involve in this project, and understand why is it important to help others, but also to develop the will and compromise in students to help wholeheartedly.
This project includes several campaigns addressed to help poor entities, like orphanages and schools.

Some of the campaigns I have already planned to include in the project are: (note that these aren’t well detailed as I wait for authorization of the project in order to extend these ideas).

In order to involve many students in this project, I have been thinking that at least a campaign during Christmas should be done.
This campaign should include:
Compilation of provisions, materials, and other things that could be needed by different entities.
Simultaneously voluntary students or complete years, will visit the facilities of these entities and every student will support a child, and this student is in charge of providing a toy, a case of candies and spending some time with the child.
I want to emphasize that I have already done this and the results were successful, as students learn from this experience, and children enjoy this activity.

Within this project I also hope to do several campaigns to gather food, clothes, toys, diapers and other things that could be of help and simultaneously more visits to the facilities of the entities. In these visits the students could create entertainment for the children as puppets or play a movie.


In order for students to know about the campaigns taking place during the years, I plan to send bulletins through internet, and also to have posters around the school that inform students about the main features of the campaign and how they can participate.
I would like to work with primary students, and send them bulletins to take home, so their parents can be informed on campaigns and on how they and their children could participate. Also I could inform students through the assembly. I am looking forward for interested students to take part of the project the whole years, as well as students who want to participate in some campaigns.
It is an experience to students that will teach them the importance of helping of others and also we will help children like us who haven’t the same resources as we have.

MEMBERS OF THE CAMPAIGN: PROYECTO NIÑOS FELICES

MELISA MANTILLA (YR 12)
CLAUDIA GANGOTENA (YR 12)
ISABELA GREEN (YR 12)
GABRIELA SIERRA (YR 10)
MICHELLE BONILLA (YR 10)
PAULA VILLAGOMEZ (YR 10)

Proyecto “Niños Felices” Christmas campaign

This campaign consists of several steps, these are:

1. Start the compilation of food and other things that may be needed in these places. Rice
   Sugar
   Flour
   Noodles
   Canned food.
   powdered milk
   Cereals
   Baby food
   Diapers
   Clothes
   Toys
2. (There also types of food that aren’t included here, but this should be food which can be without refrigeration).
   
   A bake sale and similar events to gather money as a jeans day. Is necessary to do several events as we want to buy clothes and toys and even to hire entertainment (for one of these places).
   
   o NON UNIFORM DAY: as one of the fund raising events for the project, we want to request the 26th of November for a non uniform day. It will involve both primary and secondary students and teachers. It will cost $1.00 but we are open to larger contributions. We want to use the money to buy food and clothing essentially anything that has not been already contributed or food that cant be stored for long periods. The non-uniform day should be announced in the bulletin on Monday 24th of November and also on secondary’s assembly on that same day, while primary and secondary parents should be informed through emails and bulletins.
   o BAKE SALE: we want to organize a bake sale on 14th of November. Cakes, lemonade and other things will be sold on that day on both break and lunch, it includes primary and secondary. Everything that is sold will be contributed from students, nothing that we buy. The bake sale should be announced through the week, on the 10th of November’s assembly of secondary and through emails and bulletins sent to parents.
   o CRAFTS SALE: We have been making items of handicrafts to sell them on the school. We would like to sell these through all the month, from the 10th of November until the 5th of December, as it is the day before we are going to deliver the contributions. This will include primary and secondary. It was announced on the secondary assembly of the 27th of October and emails and bulletins should be sent to parents on Wednesday the 29th of October. Informing of the campaigns and the crafts sale.
3. Primary students also should be informed, with a bulletin for their parents, so they also can be involved in the campaign.
4. To motivate students, a prize will be awarded for every class in which every student contributes with something for the campaign.
5. The group of students should be no more than 8 students, I will announce around the 2 week of November that we need volunteer students for the campaign. The time they spend on the campaign will account for service hours; I had already talked about it with Mr. Flynn, who accepted this will count for CAS hours and service of the IYA.
   
   The campaign will last from the first week of October until the last week of November. In the beginning of December a group of volunteer students and me will visit several facilities in which we would deliver the food and other things collected during these months. Also we would spend some time playing with the children and having some valuable time with them.
   
   I had already made some contacts with the orphanage “Corporacion Para sus niños”. Further information on the place and the number of children will be given after the half-term vacations.
   
   

Cas plan

This is just an outline, a plan for my CAS, this can be further expanded, and changes can also be made.

INTRODUCTION TO CAS!!!

DIPLOMA PROGRAMME CURRICULUM CORE REQUIREMENTS: CAS

Creativity, action, service 

CAS is a fundamental part of the programme and takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a counterbalance to academic studies. 

• CREATIVITY: Includes a wide range of its activities as well as the creativity students in designing and implementing service projects.
• ACTION: Includes not only participaton in individual and team sports but also expeditions in local and international projects. 
• SERVICE: Community ad social services activities. 

Students are expected to be involved in CAS for the equivalent of at least three hours each week during the two years of programme. 

Each school appoints a CAS supervisor, who is responsible for providing varied choice of activities for students. Programmes are monitored by IB regional offices.

A system of self-evaluation encourages students to reflect on the benefits of CAS participation to themselves, and to others, and to evaluate the understanding and insights acquired. 

If you want more info about CAS or the IB DIPLOMA, you can access the following web page:

http://www.ibo.org/diploma/curriculum/core/cas