Tutoring

For the past 2 months I have been tutoring my brother in maths. He is in year 8, so although I am not extremely good in math and I cannot solve absolutely every question, I am capable of explaining to him the things which they are studying right now.

For the past month we covered the topic Statistics. I showed him how to calculate statistics and prohibited him of using a calculator so that he would learn how to do it by himself. Before that I explained to him the definitions of the range, the median, the mode and the mean.

From my earlier school years I have a lot of old notebooks therefore it was really helpful for me to show him how I did all those things when I was his age. I think this helped him understand it even better, because he saw different types of solutions. Below is a photo of the homework on this topic, which I gave him to prepare for the next tutoring. I took ideas for the tasks from an old bulgarian maths book and I translated it in english.

During this activity I develop new skills, as I am practically teaching my brother or at least helping him understand what he has already been thought. I also work collaboratively with my brother and I am showing perseverance and commitment.

Swimming - November

Now I go swimming almost every possible day I am free between 6 and 9 p.m. I am missing some of the nights because I have to study especially around the December exams, but I take it as a nice relaxation not that much of a pressure during sport.I see a little improvement in my swimming as last time I talked to one of the instructors in the club where the swimming pools are and he explained and showed me how should I swim.I love swimming since little and to be honest I don’t even feel tired after it. I actually feel refreshed and ready to do more and more things.During this activity I am undertaking more and more new challenges, I am developing my skills and I am also increasing an awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth.

Developing my photography skills

As I am travelling a lot I get the extra advantage to be touched by the beauty of a lot of different places around the world. Particularly those photos above are taken by me while i was in Bulgaria during the October term break,but i am also developing my photographic skills here ,in Moscow. During the winter I already have arranged a photosession to be made by me of some of my friends so I will post my photos as soon as the snow starts snowing.
By developing my photography skills I have increased an awareness of my own strenghts and areas of growth and undertaken new challenges.

Service October-November 2012

For Service I have helped the community as around the Halloween celebrations I had to hand out flayers around the houses and ask people if they would like to buy a pumpkin from the center of the neighbourhood i live in. 
I have also orginised a reading club for little children at the age at 5-8 who still can't read properly and really fast.So while I was in Bulgaria I met with them every day and tought them to read by handing them all of my old books.
The kids seemed to enjoy it although there were 2 boys who didn't seem to like reading in the begginig,but in the end they even told me they didn't want me to go back to Russia. So i guess and hope I will see them in December so that I could see their progress for the past month and help the develop their reading skills.
I am also helping my younger brother with his science and maths homework,because although I am not the best mathematician I solve all the tasks for year 8 with pleasure.
By doing those kinds of service I am developing new skills as I am working with children and I am also collaborating with them and I have considered the ethical implications of my actions.

Developing my swimming skills

As I have decided to proceed swimming this year I can proudly say that I am facing a huge improvement. Last year when i was starting to swim ,although i have been training swimming when i was younger,I realised I had lost the ability to stay underwater for longer time and to swim faster and right in a way in which i wouldn't get tired really fast.
So lately I have been swimming 3 times per week ,sometimes even more ,depending of whether I have time during the weekend or not, and i have improved my existing skill and developed new ones. I began to swim faster than ever and i don't get tired after 10 lengths. Which is unbelievable for me,because I didn't expect i could increase my resistance so fast but I am proud I did it. As I am swimming with less than 2 people in the swimming pool every time I am trying to compete with them so that i would force myself and be motivated to swim even more.
By practicing swimming I have developed new skills or If i can say I have renewed my old ones.I have also at least increased awareness of my own area of growth.

Developing my cooking skills

Last year in April I started cooking for Creativity. Back then i knew a few things and i was preparing them easily but they weren't so hard to make and It did cost me to put a lot of force to make them ,but since september this year, I decided to put an extra effort and actually start producing ''pieces of art'' in the kitchen.So far ,with several failed attempts for pasta carbonara which burned and a pizza which didn't exactly rose ,i can proudly say I am becoming much better as I am cooking every wednesday,friday,saturday and sunday. It is really helpful that my family is honest and they share they real opinion with me. So if they dont like the food i am prepraring for them they tell me exactly what is lacking.

I  have developed my skilles and collaborated with others some of the meals i have prepared, where cooked whiled i was with my classmates (for example the pizza burger on the 3rd picture).I have also increased an awareness of my own stenghts and areas of growth and undertaken new challanges.I will proceed cooking until I get as good as my idol -Jamie Oliver ,who inspires me to cook only by reading and looking through his amazing meals.

Ceramic Lessons

During the term break I went to Bulgaria. As  I am not russian and i don't really speak the language fluently , every time I go to my country I try to accomplish all the tasks for CAS i have set in terms of service,because it is way easier for me to communicate with orphanages ,for example,or donation charities etc in bulgarian.
So during my stay in Bulgaria I decided to sign for a ceramic class. I went there 4 times and produced my own cup for tea. It was really interesting as I have done this in my past,when I was little but I had forgotten how it is done,so it was very nice to remember how to do it again. I gave the cup to a friend of mine who works in a donation agency,so she promised me they are going to give it for charity. 
Although its just a cup and it't not worth that much for some people,it's hand made and it is unique which makes it price higher. Therefore  I hope people will buy it,not only because of it uniqueness but because they will help children in the orphanages.