Creativity Action Service

Creativity Action Service
CAS, the heart of IB Diploma programme, is a cycle of experiential learning where the students plan, act, observe and reflect. CAS enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development. At the same time, it provides an important counterbalance to the academic pressures of the rest of the Diploma Programme. A good CAS programme should be both challenging and enjoyable, a personal journey of self‑discovery. Each individual student has a different starting point, and therefore different goals and needs, but for many their CAS activities include experiences that are profound and life‑changing. The MYP Community and Service (C & S) program ties in with the CAS program to be undertaken in the Diploma. Community and Service Learning is a compulsory component of IB MYP and helps our students connect what is learned in school through to the real world. This learning extends beyond the classroom allowing students to participate in the community where they live, paying special importance to developing their sense of social responsibility, improving those skills that will enable them to make meaningful contributions to the society. This blog is a way to connect and reflect.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Nepal Earthquake Fundraiser- The Bake Sale

On 25th April 2015, Nepal and parts of India felt some very intense tremors reaching the magnitude of 6.9. This mishap left more than 7,000 people dead and many more severely injured in Nepal.
Pathways School Gurgaon Middle School listed down a few ideas in order to help the people in need. One of the actions we took was a bake sale that we held at the PYP Exhibition on the 2nd May 2015. Many Pathwayzians supported this cause and we were able to make a contribution of Rs. 16,030, which we will forward to the Nepal Embassy situated in the capital, to help the ones in need.
Along with the bake sale amount, we will also be sending the resources that our students have provided for immediate us-age.

It was a new experience holding the bake sale and we really hope that we are able to make a difference to the people of Nepal.

~Meghna Ratra , Vice-President Student Council MYP

Another Reflection on Bake Sale

On the 2nd of May, the middle school student council organized a bake sale fundraiser to gather funds to help those in need who had suffered and are suffering from the catastrophe in Nepal the previous week. We got a tremendous response from the entire middle school and it was a real pleasure to see that everyone was so eager to participate towards the cause. There was lots of enthusiasm on display by the students and I do not think that without their help we could have put up such a good show.

On the day itself, I felt proud to be a member of the Pathways Community, for the simple reason that we got an outpouring amount of self-home baked goods from all the people who had promised to deliver. Other people also found a terrific way to contribute in making posters; spreading awareness and helping us setup and sell the food during the PYP Exhibition. The parents and students there were also very eager to buy the food and donate money for the cause. In the end after 2 good hours of solid work we managed to sell all the deliciously baked goods for a total sum of Rs.16, 030.

Personally, however, it was not the money that satisfied me the most, nor the delicious food, yet the smile on people’s faces that I saw as they knew that they were contributing. I enjoyed the enthusiasm of everyone and actually had a really good time! I thought that people love to help people out as I viewed the joyous response I got, but do not generally get the opportunity to and I would like to thank Pathways for giving us the opportunity to do so. This whole activity taught me a lot and gave me a tremendous feeling of self-satisfaction after the job was done.

By: Zorawar Singh Ghumman

       President Student Council MYP


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