International Day

    The British International School of Moscow has an amazing tradition of organizing an International Day in the end of October of every year. This year was no exception. This year, our class was responsible for setting up the dining hall as well as helping Yr 12 to run several activities. Personally, Polina Orlova and I, we decided to join a group of Yr 12 students, who had an activity about Lebanon. While they were presenting their Power Point presentation and giving younger students a chance to try Lebanese food, Polina and I were drawing Henna tattoos and doing face painting of flags.
    As well as running our activities, the day before the International Day we have made decorations to decorate the hall, creating the "International" mood so that there would be a festive atmosphere during the day.

 The following learning outcomes were met:
- Increased awareness of strengths and weaknesses
- Planned and initiated activities
- Worked collaboratively with others
- Considered ethical implications of our actions

    In order to prepare for the activity, we brought a lot of different paints as well as henna paste, oil, hand sanitizers and a couple of other tools we would have to use that day. Overall, I think the day was very well-planned, as usual, and the students enjoyed all the activities they were a part of. The Henna tattoos required some preparations as it was necessary for us to get a signed permission from the students' parents, which had to be written and distributed earlier that week.
    Our activity became so popular that we had to spend the break time and most of our lunch in the art room, painting faces and drawing Henna tattoos, so we ourselves didn't have a lot of free time to enjoy activities, but I think in the end it was all worth it!