On the 5th of November, we began our garden bed project. The project entailed us building garden beds to grow food for our canteen to use. In addition to this, the project will serve as a learning experience where students from elementary to grade six will grow their own produce and learn to cultivate produce. […]
Activity
July 5th to August 4th – Summer Break Rides
During summer break one of the main activities I did was cycling around Colombo and to the gym. As part of my CAS goal, to stay active I would often do rides which were a total of 17km (both ways) to a local gym. Once I got there I would do regular workouts for around […]
April 23rd – Housing and Habitat, Home Run
Route of Track On this day, our service group (Housing and Habitat) did our yearly event Home Run which is essentially a 5km run near school premises. The event was a huge success which brought in more than 50 people that ran the event. On top of that many people brought there dogs with them, […]
February 12 – Basketball Session
On this day, me and nine other friends met up at a basketball court, where we would play for around 2 and a half hours. Throughout this period we played many games with only a very few breaks allowing for a very active session. We experimented with different types of games, doing 3 vs 3’s […]
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January 24th to 28th 2022 – Week Without Walls
Venture North The week without walls, which I was assigned to was Venture North, which was a thrilling and unique experience. This micro trip was centered around cycling, in which we did everyday averaging around 38 or so Km. Overall I felt that the trip focusing on the CAS elements of activity and service, in […]
December 23rd 2021 – Lilydale to Warburton Trail in Victoria, Australia
For December break I went to Melbourne, Australia for around three weeks in which one of the days I went and did a infamous trail known as the Lilydale to Warburton trail. This was one of the more challenging cycle rides I did as it was 80km and full of incline. The most challenging […]
November 24th 2021 – DP Orientation & Service trip in Kitulgala
On the 24th of November, me and my classmates went on our DP orientation trip to Kitulgala Borderlands for three days. The trip was a huge change in scenery and was quite a juxtaposition from the new norm of staying indoors due to Covid-19. The trip allowed us to explore the natural rivers, flora and […]
October 20th 2021 – Cycling in Nuwara Eliya
On this day, me and my dad woke up at 6 in the morning and went cycling in Nuwara Eliya around Lake Gregory which is a pretty famous landmark there. The ride was around 18km long from our hotel which in terms of milage isn’t so much. However with that said there was a great […]
October 17th 2021 – Badminton With Friends
On this day, me and six of my friends went and played badminton at the body doc courts for around two hours. During this time we played multiple different games and did bot doubles and singles. Over the two hour course we took a very few breaks and there was always at least 5 people […]
October 9th 2021 – Futsal
On this day me and nine other people met up at unisports complex and played futsal for around two hours from 11-1. We ended up playing with a pretty large group of people and did various number of team sizes such as 3 vs 3, 4 vs 4 and 5 vs 5. It was a […]