The Core: CAS, EE and ToK - Ms Tania Ms Muge and Mr Elliot

Counselor, Ms Mellissa

CORE SUBJECTS

Extended Essay Grade 11

Grade 11 students are currently working on their research questions with the help of their supervisors. All students should already have the subject and supervisor selected in the Extended Essay tab on ManageBac. The process continues with the main reading and research stage when students spend time on finding and analyzing several primary and secondary sources, winter break is an excellent opportunity to do this. After the break, we will hold the first formal reflection meetings with supervisors, and the students will be entering their Research Question (RQ) and 1st reflection on ManageBac, by March 2023. I will be sharing detailed information with the students about this meeting. I encourage students to review as many assessed samples as possible, and the subject-specific section on the EE website at this stage. There are direct links through MB, but feel free to contact me, and I’ll be happy to guide you. I wish everyone a restful, enjoyable break! Grade 12

Congratulations to all students who have completed their final Extended Essays! After mock exams, the essays will be checked, and reflection 3 meetings will be held before we get ready to send the essays to the IB. This was one of the largest tasks in the DP, and successful completion should be celebrated. In February, we will be holding the last formal reflection meetings, which will be followed by entry of reflection 3 by the students, supervisor comments and IB submissions, which will be the official ending to the Extended Essay process. I wish everyone a restful, enjoyable break!

MS. MUGE OKUR mokur@ris.ae Extended Essay Coordinator

Important CAS Dates:

9th December 2022 CAS check-in and communication home Expectations: • Students have at least two experiences logged on Managebac. • Students have started logging evidence towards and reflecting upon these experiences.

Grade 12

January 2023 CAS Project is complete. February 2023 CAS interview 3 will be completed. April 2023 All CAS completed.

Grade 11

MS. TANIA TUFT

ttufft@ris.ae CAS Coordinator

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

In Grade 11 TOK we have brought the term to a close with a visit to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. This trip has served as a stimulus for our first major piece of assessed work the Mock Exhibition, a 650 word response to one of four prompts. It was a wonderful trip, and I would like to thank all of the students for behaving well and representing Raha in a positive manner. It is likely to have been the first school trip for many students in a long time and it was a pleasure to see students engage with the art and artifacts on display at the museum while also having time to relax and enjoy the space of the museum in a less formal manner. Students Mock Exhibition will be due on the first week back after the winter break and from the work I have seen so far the Louvre seems to have offered the perfect catalyst for this work. Please ask

your sons and daughters about this work, many of them have very insightful comments regarding the objects they have chosen.

In grade 12 TOK we have been writing the TOK Essay, the final piece of assessed work in the course. Students will submit a draft of this essay in the last week of term. Students will receive feedback on their essays after mock exams when they return from winter break and will have a final oppertunity to improve their work. Please discuss this work with the grade 12s; the assessment requires them to look across their subject areas, personal experience and general knowledge and draw links between them in their response. The work they have completed thus far, I believe, speaks to the astute, discerning, and plural perspectives that students at Raha exhibit; this is something that should be celebrated.