WHAT IS SHORT TERM SERVICE AS ACTION?

 
MYP 2 and MYP 3 students must also complete 1-2 short term commitments.
Short term commitment is a smaller action or a one time event with which the student contributes to the school community (participate in the school performance, help in the school garden, keep the classrooms tidy…).
The list of possible short term commitments will be published on our Learner profiles wall in the school hallway along with the mentor.

STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Each student will choose 1-2 short term commitments from the list (they may also suggest their own) and sign their name.
  2. The student will contact the mentor to discuss the process and timetable of their chosen action.
  3. The student will write a reflection on 1-2 learning outcomes of their choice in Teams and inform the mentor.
  4. The student will complete the short term commitment (including the reflection) by no later than May 31, 2023.

How to get started?
  • Think about your interests and strengths when choosing activities.
  • Check the after-school activities offered by the school.
  • Keep an eye on the SA notice board (next to the office) for information about new activities on offer, or to see what other students are doing.
  • Check your Teams, as you will receive information about SA activities there.
  • Think global involvement – helping with global issues but also get involved locally.
  • Help people through humanitarian organisations such as Young Caritas, or the Red Cross and others.
  • Support the environment by supporting organisations such as the WWF and Sea Shepherd.
  • Raise money by all means, BUT ALSO RAISE AWARENESS!!!
What is a good reflection?

Service and Action involve much more than just planning and carrying out the activity. By reflecting on your activities you will get to know your strengths and be able to recognise new skills learned. Students may vary the way in which they reflect on activities by choosing different media and methods (art, a narrative, blogs, photographs, etc.). Reflection should not only happen at the end of an activity – reflect regularly.

Here are some guiding questions to help you with your reflections:

  • What did I plan to do?
  • What did I do?
  • What were the learning outcomes?
  • How successful was I in achieving my goals? What difficulties did I encounter and how did I overcome them?
  • What have I learned about myself and others through this activity? What skills, attitudes and values have I developed?
  • Did anyone help me to think about my learning during this activity? If so, who helped and how did they help?
  • How did this activity benefit others?
  • What might I do differently next time to improve?
  • How can I apply what I have learned in other real life situations?
  • Did I receive any feedback during this activity? How has that helped me?

 

EXAMPLE 1

Learning Outcome Reflection entry
Challenges and New Skills In order to coach the young football players, first I needed to develop my own skills in particular areas of football and then I needed to know “how” to teach the young players. This was a challenge! I did not know “how” to go about teaching the skills in an easy way for young people and I felt I needed to ask the leader/supervisor to give me advice and ideas and then I went away and made a cunning plan! I used the plan, it was a challenge but the new skills of teaching that the supervisor helped me with were key!
Commitment & Perseverance I found it really hard at first to get my ideas across to the young players. They were very excited, kept talking and running off and I felt I had no control and they were not listening to me. My supervisor helped me with some suggestions of keeping activities short, practical and without too much explanation beforehand and things improved…I had to definitely persevere to achieve the final outcome! I feel so excellent about how I kept going even when it was really difficult and all the young players were everywhere! Over the season I feel that I continued to work on the way I interacted with the younger players and I feel that I have gained in both confidence and skill as a coach.

 

EXAMPLE 2

Learning Outcome Reflection entry
Challenges and New Skills In order to coach the young football players first I needed to develop my own skills in particular areas of football and then I needed to know “how” to teach the young players. This was a challenge! I did not know “how” to go about teaching the skills in an easy way for young people and I felt I needed to ask the leader/supervisor to give me advice and ideas and then I went away and made a cunning plan! I used the plan, it was a challenge but the new skills of teaching that the supervisor helped me with were key!
Commitment & Perseverance I found it really hard at first to get my ideas across to the young players. They were very excited, kept talking and running off and I felt I had no control and they were not listening to me. My supervisor helped me with some suggestions of keeping activities short, practical and without too much explanation beforehand and things improved…I had to definitely persevere to achieve the final outcome! I feel so excellent about how I kept going even when it was really difficult and all the young players were everywhere! Over the season, I feel that I continued to work on the way I interacted with the younger players and I feel that I have gained in both confidence and skill as a coach.