Basketball

Im trying out for SAISA Basketball this year. I have never played this sport before in my life and therefore I am undertaking a new challenge and developing a new skill! The team is getting picked today, if I make the traveling team I can further develop and improve my skills. If I dont, atleast I tried and experienced something new :)

SAISA volleyball tournament in Kathmandu, Nepal

 

The gecko girls volleyball team travelled to Kathmandu to play at SAISA and we came back and brought home with us BRONZE! We were really happy to come third in the tournament as there were over all 10 teams taking part. We really came together as a team and that is what made us win the matches and take home bronze medals. As captain, I fullfilled my rore as well as I possibly could.
Back in Colombo, I was awarded the MVP for volleyball.

Volleyball Captain!

I was able to reach one of my goals that I set in the start of the year which was to reach a leading role in one of the SAISA sport teams of OSC! I was voted the Captain of the girls volleyball team which is a great achievement of which I am very proud of. This role requires me to be a good team leader, communicate well with all team members and have responsibility over team related topics.

The OSC volleyball team has been practicing for 7 weeks now (4 times a week) for the up coming tournament. We have played 3 games against local teams which have been a good way to prepare our selves and get used to game situations.

Our team is traveling to Kathmandu, Nepal, for 4 days to compete at the SAISA tournament on 3rd of October. I am expecting to see our team improve a lot during the tournament. Our goal is to represent our school well and play to our best ability.

Busy Saturday!

My day started off with volleyball practice in the morning. Being a part of the girls volleyball team I am required to attend all practices and be committed to the team. We had a great 2 hour practice where I developed my skills in blocking and spiking.

I promised to help out with supervising our school gym during the Welcome Back BBQ that our school hosted. Sports equipment for table tennis, badminton, volleyball and basketball were available to be used by the people attending the BBQ and so my job was keep an eye on the gym and make sure everything was running smoothly. I enjoyed this job I was signed up for as I could interact with other students and staff memebers.

Later I helped out with the SGA event, “Welcome back to the island party”. Being a part of the SGA committee, I signed up to help with the event. I helped out by collecting money from the attendants as well as by taking photographs of the students enjoying the music at the disco. The photos were later posted on the SGA facebook page.

By helping out with the BBQ and the SGA disco I served the OSC community. Over all the day was busy but I was happy to be a part of the team making the day as successful as it was.

One of the photos I took at the disco

At the SGA event as a photographer

SENIOR YEAR!! Goals for my final year in high school

 

 

Its the beginning of my senior year and I have new goals that I hope to reach:

1. As a service leader for the CAS group Gecko INC stay focused and take responsibility of what the CAS wants to achieve this year. Benefit the OSC community by improving the extra curicular sports that it offers for the staff and adults. We will be undertaking new challanges that come with this new project we will be beginning.

2. Attend atleast 2 SAISAs -volleyball and football, possibly also Basketball. Achieve some sort of leading role in one of these sports.
Having never played basketball before this opportunity for me to try out for the team would allow me to develop a new skill. It would be a good possibility for me to try out something new as basketball is the only sport out of all five that OSC offers (football, volleyball, track and field, swimming and basketball) that I have not practiced before.

3. I was elected as the grade 12.1 SGA representative. This now requires me to stay committed and attend all SGA meetings and events.
"Representatives need to be organized, punctual, and ready to commit not only to your grade, but to your school as well." -OSC

4. I joined the after school activity YEARBOOK, which takes place every wednesday after school. This allows me to be creative as most of my after school activities so far have been sports related. Yearbook will also allow me to develop my skills in editing photos and creating pages on photoshop as well as photography.

All these activities will allow me to get involved with the following learning outcomes: 

• Show perseverance and commitment
• Work collaboratively with others
• Undertake new challenges
• Increase my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth

Carnival - Face painting

I helped out with the carnival that was held by the SGA by face painting. This experience allowed me to be creative and use my skills to paint paintings and interacts with other students that I had possibly not met before.

Volleyball Pre-season

I signed up for volleyball practices that are starting the monday we come back from April break yay! The sooner we start practices the better, this way the team stays fit and wont lose all skills before the actual volleyball season begins next year.

I enjoy playing volleyball a lot and so I cant wait to get started :)