Gecko INC- Service

After a few Thursday meetings we have now decided on what we are going to focus on in this CAS. We have planned to have Community Basketball on Saturdays at 2-4 pm for people 14 or older. Each person will pay 50rs so that we can afford a referee for the small games that take place. We are planning to inform other schools about this possibility to come and play as it is a good way to bring people together from other schools and play sport in a proper manner. We will also set up snacks and drinks up at the blue gecko cafe where the players from both, community basketball as well as community football can come and get refreshments. Each person part of our CAS has been assigned a task what to do and I am in charge of the blue gecko cafe with Shanthi. During this week we are going to inform as many people as possible about this Community Basketball through posters as well as just informing people about it. Chrishni and I are making the posters which will include all information needed.

I was made the leader of this CAS with Chrishni which shows that I am actively involved and can make our group work well to achieve our goals.
Having a leading role in this CAS was one of my goals for this semester and I am happy to have achieved it.

Sports day

We had our schools sportsday on Wednesday the 7th of September. I was actively involved in this event and enjoyed the day very much. I took part in all sport categories (except swimming) and these included: football, volleyball, basketball and kickball.  The team I was a part of was the blue team which in the end of the day won second place.

Playing basketball. Blue V.S Green

IB Orientation, Beginning of After School Activities and Goal Setting

IB Orientation

On Thursday 25th of August our whole grade left school to go on a IB orientation trip. On this trip we were introduced to the IB program and we learnt what was ahead of us, what the requirements were and we also did some outdoor activities to get to know each other better and learn new skills.

On the first day we mostly participated in out door activities such as rock climbing and boat building and team-based activities. Rock climbing was a new experience for me and I enjoyed it a lot. It required us to trust out partners who we worked with as well as communicate well and listen to directions. After a few slips and bruises I was happy of what I had accomplished in the activity. 
The boat building exercise required teamwork and creative planning and this is what I feel our team could have done better in. Out of two boxes our team created one bigger box, which turned out to not work very well, as expected. 
During the whole time on this trip we did many other team activities which also required team work and planning, such as the tower building and 'getting over the string as a team with out touching it' activity. The team and outdoor activities were my personal favorites and it allowed me to get to know some new people on my grade. 
We also went through some IB related topics and they helped me understand the IB program a bit better than before.

These pictures are from the IB orientation. First picture is from the boat building task. Here we are testing how the boats worked, as you can see our was not a success..The second picture shows one of the group activities we had.

Beginning of After School Activities

The after school activity I decided to join this year is Gecko INC. This is a new ASA that just began this year. It is based on the gecko athletics in our school and we plan new things to add or improve in the athletic department in OSC. In our first meeting we brainstormed what exactly we want to accomplish in this CAS and what could some of our future goals be. Here are some ideas that we thought:

•   Saturday Basketball for primary kids. 
•   Improving the hospitality of OSC when teams from outside of our school come and participate games and tournaments.
• Informing parents and encouraging students to come support OSC teams at games/tournaments.

We still have not set the final goals nor decided on what idea/ideas we are going to concentrate on as we have only been at one meeting.

My goals for After School Activity

• Be active and committed in the After School Activity I am in.
• Work well in a team and listen to all ideas made.
• Make sure that we don't only plan, but also implement.
• Possibly reach a leading role in the CAS

My goals for next two years of IB

• Develop new skills during the year in all subjects
• Develop time management and responsibility
• Be actively involved in sports and SAISA's. I am planning to take part in Volleyball, football and badminton.
• More later