The Gecko INC team has begun the Saturday Community Basketball again!
The Gecko INC CAS group had a meeting a week after the WWW trip. Here we decided to continue with the community basketball as it had been such a success last semester (raised over 400 US dollars through community basketball). As we had raised so much money, we have decided to look for another school that we can supply with sports equipment too(instead of just one school).
We had our first session last saturday but only a small amount of people attended due to the short notice . This weekend we are expecting more people to come and play. :)
Thursday, February 16, 2012
SAISA football!!
I made this years SAISA girls football team yay!
We have had practices for the past 3 weeks and the team was finalized a couple of days ago. I am very excited for this season!
As being a memeber of the team, I must show commitment and attend all practices. I will also need to show team work as after all, football is a team based game. Through out this season I will be developing new skills in practices, practice games and the tournament.
My goals for this season:
We have had practices for the past 3 weeks and the team was finalized a couple of days ago. I am very excited for this season!
As being a memeber of the team, I must show commitment and attend all practices. I will also need to show team work as after all, football is a team based game. Through out this season I will be developing new skills in practices, practice games and the tournament.
My goals for this season:
- stay committed
- improve my skills in working in a team
- developing new skillsin football
- stay fit and active!
Monday, January 30, 2012
WEEK WITHOUT WALLS!
Last week we went on WWW to Hambantota. This was a great opportunity for us to get some CAS done.
What we did:
Day 1:
Travel day. Once we reached the hotel we had lunch and afterwards left to go and see the 2 schools we would be doing service work at for the next 2 days. As we were introduced to the schools a day before starting work, we were able to get a better understanding on what exactly we were to do the next couple of days. I found it very good that we did the visit as this made the next day easier to get settled and start working asap. The school was small and showed levels of poverty as there was no proper equipment or technology available. We had time in the evening to set some goals for our selves for the next few days of service work. These were my goals:
Day 2:
First day of service work at the local school. Once we arrived the children welcomed us with flowers. We spent an hour playing games and getting to know the children and their mothers before starting actual work. I personally really enjoyed this as this was the first time ever for me to actually interact with the local rural community. It was difficult as language acted as a barrier for me to communicate with the locals. We begun working on our set tasks right away after spending a little time with the school community. I begun by drawing out the outlines on the wall from where we could start painting from properly. Together as the mural team we set a goal for the first day which was to finish the two biggest parts of the mural, the tree and the elephant. We were able to reach our goal and even work further on from it which was great, this helped us the next day too as it meant that we would have more time to finish everything else. I enjoyed this day as we worked really well as a team and as painting turned out to be more fun that I expected. I enjoyed the fact that we could be creative while painting as we could come up with new ideas as we went on. We were also able to do some problem solving as we faced problems along the day :D In the evening we again got some time to set goals for the next day of service:
Day 3: In the morning we yet again had time to play and interact with the children of the school. I was unable to attend this as I had to go paints that had run out the previous day. We begun working on the mural and were able to finish it on time. We were also able to paint the whole wall (above the school sing) which was a great acchievement for our mural team. We were a lot more organized today than the previous day and it helped us to get things done faster, especially cleaning up. Our whole mural teamwas very happy with the outcome.
What we learnt during these two days of service:
What we did:
Day 1:
Travel day. Once we reached the hotel we had lunch and afterwards left to go and see the 2 schools we would be doing service work at for the next 2 days. As we were introduced to the schools a day before starting work, we were able to get a better understanding on what exactly we were to do the next couple of days. I found it very good that we did the visit as this made the next day easier to get settled and start working asap. The school was small and showed levels of poverty as there was no proper equipment or technology available. We had time in the evening to set some goals for our selves for the next few days of service work. These were my goals:
- Interact with the local community and get a better understanding on local rural life style and ways.
- Work collaboratively with others to produce a good final product that we could be proud of.
- Represent our school, behave well and show respect to others.
- Stay commited
- Find out how the tsunami has affected the school community (survey=language barrier)
Day 2:
First day of service work at the local school. Once we arrived the children welcomed us with flowers. We spent an hour playing games and getting to know the children and their mothers before starting actual work. I personally really enjoyed this as this was the first time ever for me to actually interact with the local rural community. It was difficult as language acted as a barrier for me to communicate with the locals. We begun working on our set tasks right away after spending a little time with the school community. I begun by drawing out the outlines on the wall from where we could start painting from properly. Together as the mural team we set a goal for the first day which was to finish the two biggest parts of the mural, the tree and the elephant. We were able to reach our goal and even work further on from it which was great, this helped us the next day too as it meant that we would have more time to finish everything else. I enjoyed this day as we worked really well as a team and as painting turned out to be more fun that I expected. I enjoyed the fact that we could be creative while painting as we could come up with new ideas as we went on. We were also able to do some problem solving as we faced problems along the day :D In the evening we again got some time to set goals for the next day of service:
- Tomorrow should be more organized
- Clean up better and try not be as messy
- Spend more time with the children
- Work hard so that we will be able to finish everything on time
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| Playing with the children of the school on the first day |
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| First day at service |
What we learnt during these two days of service:
- time management
- interacting with small local children. Overcoming the language barrier
- working well in a group as efficiently as possible
- plan well and stay organized
- developed new skills
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| Before and after |
Thursday, January 5, 2012
End of Community basketball!! December 10th 2011
We had our last saturday community basketball held the weekend before we went to christmas break. We had organized the tournament to be held that day and that turned out to be a success. This tournament brought people together as athletes played with new people each saturday. We also were able to make profit which we will use to get the sports equipment with soon.
Now as the community basketball has come to an end we have really noticed how people enjoyed this CAS and what it offered to the community. Many people have been asking us when does basketball start again and that they cant wait till it does. This proves that this CAS has been a success.
Being a part of this CAS has allowed me to improve my skills of working together as a team to pull everything together and make each session a success. As a CAS leader I have developed my overall skills as I have been required to be in charge making sure everything is working right as well as to have control. It has proved to me that I am able to make commitments and be a reliable leader and a team member.
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| Tähdets! |
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| The winning team |
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Joining MUN!
I joined MUN a couple weeks ago as an admin and I have so far attended 2 meetings. Although admins do most their work during the actual conferences, we must attend all meetings every week. I have begun staying after school on wednesdays for the meetings to get a better understanding of how things will work.
What do admins do?
Set up the conference
Type up resolutions
Take care of supplies for all MUN participants (OSC is hosting the conference)
Being an admin for MUN will give me new experiences and make me develop new skills as I have never done anything like this before. This opportunity will also allow me to meet new people and learn how to work together with others.
What do admins do?
Set up the conference
Type up resolutions
Take care of supplies for all MUN participants (OSC is hosting the conference)
Being an admin for MUN will give me new experiences and make me develop new skills as I have never done anything like this before. This opportunity will also allow me to meet new people and learn how to work together with others.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Gecko INC. Community Basketball. 19th November.
On saturday we yet again had our weekly Community Basketball. This time we had about 40 attendants and we made over 8500rs profit, which is so far the best we have ever made. Good, intense games were played and people had a lot of fun.
As we are ending this CAS in december our CAS group has decided to have a tournament on the last saturday (10th December). This will be a nice end to the Community Basketball.
On thursdays meeting we discussed what we are going to use the money for that we have made from this CAS. We decided to buy sports equipment to a local school in need.
This is a post from the Gecko INC facebook page which tells more about what we are planning to buy etc.
Our main project this semester is going to be... S.W.R.D. BANDARANAYAKA VIDYALAYA
This school has 235 children (111 girls and 124 boys) and they do have a little playground at the back of their school. However, they do not have the proper sports gear to enjoy sport.
What we are planning to buy with your money:
Cricket bats
Cricket Wickets
Tennis balls
Netballs
Netball Hoops (hopefully)
Footballs
Badminton rackets and shuttles
Hopefully we will make anough money to buy these items :)
As we are ending this CAS in december our CAS group has decided to have a tournament on the last saturday (10th December). This will be a nice end to the Community Basketball.
On thursdays meeting we discussed what we are going to use the money for that we have made from this CAS. We decided to buy sports equipment to a local school in need.
This is a post from the Gecko INC facebook page which tells more about what we are planning to buy etc.
Our main project this semester is going to be... S.W.R.D. BANDARANAYAKA VIDYALAYA
This school has 235 children (111 girls and 124 boys) and they do have a little playground at the back of their school. However, they do not have the proper sports gear to enjoy sport.
What we are planning to buy with your money:
Cricket bats
Cricket Wickets
Tennis balls
Netballs
Netball Hoops (hopefully)
Footballs
Badminton rackets and shuttles
Hopefully we will make anough money to buy these items :)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday Community Basketball
Saturday 2-4pm 12.11.2011
We had community basketball again last saturday and this time about 35 people showed up. This is less than last time (50 people attending). We increased the entry fee to 100rs from 50rs which could have effected the amount of people coming to play. Even though the attendance was less this weekend, we made profit and the games were easier to manage with less people wanting to play. This weekend was yet again a success :)
Next weekend we are planning to keep the entry fee as 100rs and make no changes from how we have been running the games so far. On out thursday CAS meeting we will talk and decide on what we are going to do with the profit we have made. One idea so far has been to buy sports equipment for local schools in need.
We had community basketball again last saturday and this time about 35 people showed up. This is less than last time (50 people attending). We increased the entry fee to 100rs from 50rs which could have effected the amount of people coming to play. Even though the attendance was less this weekend, we made profit and the games were easier to manage with less people wanting to play. This weekend was yet again a success :)
Next weekend we are planning to keep the entry fee as 100rs and make no changes from how we have been running the games so far. On out thursday CAS meeting we will talk and decide on what we are going to do with the profit we have made. One idea so far has been to buy sports equipment for local schools in need.
Pictures from last saturday
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