My name is Aarav Thakkar. I study in Grade 12 at Fountainhead School. I enjoy reading, playing chess and watching TV shows. I have volunteered with NGOs and tried to make a difference in the world. I would say that I am good at mathematics, and I can also draw a little. I would like […]
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CAS Experience 8: Drawing
My activity was to improve my drawing skills. I already knew the basics because I took it as my AS in my MYP years in the form of visual arts. I knew how to sketch and draw but it was not the best sketch ever, so before I move on to advanced drawing and painting, […]
CAS Experience 7: Instagram Page
The experience was to set up a page on social media app, Instagram. I made a page about saving water where I outline ways to save water and scary statistics about water wastage and how little water we have left. I had this experience from the 5th of January to the 21st of February. I […]
CAS Experience 4: Internship
My activity was to participate in an Internship Programme for aerospace engineering. It was a demonstration of Creativity. I participated in an Internship Programme by Inverted Prism from 21st November 2020 to 6th December 2020. We were divided into groups and were supposed to come up with a design for a space shuttle which would […]
CAS Experience 6: Gym
My CAS experience was to go to the gym for physical exercise. After the lockdown was lifted, the schools had not been opened due to COVID-19, but gyms started opening at limiting capacities, so I took the chance to try and get my body in shape. I went to the gym 5 times a week, […]
CAS Experience 5: Cleaning Dumas Beach
The experience was to clean a portion of Dumas Beach in order to give back to the society. I assembled a group of friends and we went to Dumas Beach and cleaned it. It felt really good to give back to the society, because we, humans are the ones that polluted it, not realizing that […]
CAS Experience 3: Cooking
My activity was to play cook. I already knew kitchen basics like chopping and making roti sabzi but I wanted to make delicious dishes as I am a foodie and like eating a variety of foods. I cooked like, twice or thrice a week and it helped me a lot. It was also an activity […]
CAS Experience 2: Chess
My activity was to play Chess. It was a demonstration of Creativity. I played chess on Chess.com app on my mobile phone where I played 5-7 games of chess where each player had 10 minutes and I also solved daily puzzles, which are classified in two parts, rated and learning. In rated puzzles, the puzzles […]
CAS Experience 1: NIMUN
My activity was to participate in a Model United Nations (MUN). It was a demonstration of Creativity. I participated in a virtual Model United Nations by Navrachana International School, Vadodara from 16th to 19th October. I participated in the United Nations Security Council Committee, where I represented Brunei Darussalam in the South China Sea Conflict. […]