On 31st of October the Halloween Day has taken place in the British International School of Moscow. I had taken part in organizing the event and I would like to describe the whole experience and the things that, in my opinion, went well and what could have been improved upon.
To begin with, Karina, Polina and I have stayed after school the day before the Halloween day in order to decorate the school. We have prepared a variety of decorations, including spider webs, balloons, garlands, posters and other miscellaneous things that we thought would help to get everyone in the right mood. It took us almost 3 hours to hang everything up inside and outside of school, contrary to how much we thought it would take (I thought we would be able to finish in under an hour). When we got home (the three of us went to my house), we were already tired, but we knew that we still had tons of work to do before the next day. We baked cupcakes and cookies that would be sold during the bake sale and decorated them. We also had to pack everything for tomorrow, e.g. additional decorations, baked goods, tickets etc.
The next day we tried to get to school as early as possible. When we entered the school, there already were a couple of younger students, who seemed to be really impressed with the decorative work we have done the night before. This was really encouraging for us as we spent a lot of time and effort making sure that the day went well. During our second lesson that day, which conveniently was CAS, our year group began decorating the hall, where the disco would take place that evening. Everyone was given a task - some people were carving pumpkins, some people were covering the windows with newspapers and some people were hanging up spider webs on the walls. We were truly grateful for all the help we received that day, because everyone worked collaboratively with others, thus making sure that everything was done to a high standard.
On lunchtime, we had a themed bake sale. As always, most of the baked good were sold very quickly and we managed to collect almost 10,000 rubles in less than an hour, which I think is rather impressive.
After the end of school, the most exciting part of the whole day has begun - the Halloween disco. In parallel to the disco, we had Korean students organize a Korean restaurant, where they sold snacks and Korean triangles as they are very popular in our school. The people who came to the disco seemed to be having a lot of fun, thanks to the guys, who volunteered to be DJ's! The music was great, the costumes that both the students and the teachers were wearing were amazing and the decorations really created the spooky atmosphere we wanted to achieve! Overall I, personally, was very happy with the final outcome of our planning - people had fun, we managed to raise funds for charity, and all of the time and effort we spent on planning everything have paid off!
On a less positive note, however, I would like to mention that just like with any event we had faced a few problems over the course of the day, however I am proud to say that we found ways to solve all the problems. For instance, we had a misunderstanding with the school administration and therefore have misinformed the students about the day being a non-school uniform day, so we had to change the information sheets and make sure that all students heard the new version of the announcements, saying that they would have to wear uniform and change into their costumes after school.
Another problem that we had to face was the fact that we made a mistake of not telling the students about the disco well in advance, so until the last day we were nervous that very few people would actually show up. Most of the people ended up buying the tickets during the last day before the disco, which was a big relief.
Overall, we have received a lot of positive feedback, especially from younger students, so I think that we should be proud of the final outcome!
As a result of organizing the Halloween Day, the following learning outcomes were met:
- Increased awareness of strengths and weaknesses
- Undertaken new challenges
- Planned and initiated activities
- Worked collaboratively with others
- Shown perseverance and commitment to the activity
- Developed new skills
To begin with, Karina, Polina and I have stayed after school the day before the Halloween day in order to decorate the school. We have prepared a variety of decorations, including spider webs, balloons, garlands, posters and other miscellaneous things that we thought would help to get everyone in the right mood. It took us almost 3 hours to hang everything up inside and outside of school, contrary to how much we thought it would take (I thought we would be able to finish in under an hour). When we got home (the three of us went to my house), we were already tired, but we knew that we still had tons of work to do before the next day. We baked cupcakes and cookies that would be sold during the bake sale and decorated them. We also had to pack everything for tomorrow, e.g. additional decorations, baked goods, tickets etc.
The next day we tried to get to school as early as possible. When we entered the school, there already were a couple of younger students, who seemed to be really impressed with the decorative work we have done the night before. This was really encouraging for us as we spent a lot of time and effort making sure that the day went well. During our second lesson that day, which conveniently was CAS, our year group began decorating the hall, where the disco would take place that evening. Everyone was given a task - some people were carving pumpkins, some people were covering the windows with newspapers and some people were hanging up spider webs on the walls. We were truly grateful for all the help we received that day, because everyone worked collaboratively with others, thus making sure that everything was done to a high standard. On lunchtime, we had a themed bake sale. As always, most of the baked good were sold very quickly and we managed to collect almost 10,000 rubles in less than an hour, which I think is rather impressive.
After the end of school, the most exciting part of the whole day has begun - the Halloween disco. In parallel to the disco, we had Korean students organize a Korean restaurant, where they sold snacks and Korean triangles as they are very popular in our school. The people who came to the disco seemed to be having a lot of fun, thanks to the guys, who volunteered to be DJ's! The music was great, the costumes that both the students and the teachers were wearing were amazing and the decorations really created the spooky atmosphere we wanted to achieve! Overall I, personally, was very happy with the final outcome of our planning - people had fun, we managed to raise funds for charity, and all of the time and effort we spent on planning everything have paid off! On a less positive note, however, I would like to mention that just like with any event we had faced a few problems over the course of the day, however I am proud to say that we found ways to solve all the problems. For instance, we had a misunderstanding with the school administration and therefore have misinformed the students about the day being a non-school uniform day, so we had to change the information sheets and make sure that all students heard the new version of the announcements, saying that they would have to wear uniform and change into their costumes after school. Another problem that we had to face was the fact that we made a mistake of not telling the students about the disco well in advance, so until the last day we were nervous that very few people would actually show up. Most of the people ended up buying the tickets during the last day before the disco, which was a big relief.Overall, we have received a lot of positive feedback, especially from younger students, so I think that we should be proud of the final outcome!
As a result of organizing the Halloween Day, the following learning outcomes were met:
- Increased awareness of strengths and weaknesses
- Undertaken new challenges
- Planned and initiated activities
- Worked collaboratively with others
- Shown perseverance and commitment to the activity
- Developed new skills
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