THE END…not really (final reflection)

Creativity, Activity and Service have been apart of my everyday life for the past two years. If I’m being honest, at first it was challenging and it felt unnecessary but along the way I realized how important it was to keep me sane with the insane workload and I truly looked forward to some of…

Service update

This semester we have a small service group with only five girls. Since there are only ten children from the Temple School, each service member was put in charge of two children this makes it easier for us to spend time with the kids and give them more attention. Service this semester started off with…

CAS Project

As the service leader of the Temple School service group which primarily focuses on helping less fortunate children from the local Temple School in Thalawathugoda to help teach children aged 3-5 learn English. This year, I decided to change the goals of our service. Instead of only focusing on improving only the English knowledge of…

Service Update

My service is the Temple School service group and we help children from the Temple School who come from less fortunate families to have experiences that a child their age from the overseas School fo Colombo would have. We meet every Thursday afterschool for an hour and we play, teach and celebrate with around 15…

One year of service is not enough!

This semester we organized a party for the temple school kids. Every year our service organizes two parties for the children and all the service members, to be held at the end of each semester. The service leaders planned the party and asked the service members to bring treats for the children. On the day…

WWW Jaffna-Anuradhapura

Week Without Walls (WWW) is a co-curricular programme which challenges students to get out of their comfort zone, think critically, communicate effectively and bond with the rest of the group. We could choose to go on 1 trip out of 4 interdisciplinary micro trips. Each of these trips focus on one area: Highlands– hiking, photography, environmental…

Semester 1 Service Reflection ’18

I chose to work with the “Temple School Service” group this year. This service group spends time with children between the ages of 3-6 from the Pelawatte Temple School on Thursday’s from 2.50-3.50 p.m. All these children come from underprivileged families and so we help and work with the children to provide them with opportunities…

Event Crew:SAISA Girls Volleyball 2018

The school Event Crew comes together to help out with school events. Our school was lucky to be able to host this years SAISA Girls Volleyball Tournament. Mr.Turner is the teacher in charge of the school Event Crew.The crew meets occasionally during lunch to discuss and plan upcoming school events. As a new student I…

Temple School Service

“A we lose ourselves in the service of others we discover our own lives and our own happiness.” For service this year I have chosen the “Temple School service” group. Our group spends time with underprivileged  chidren from the “Temple School”. We play with them,teach nursery rhymes,sing songs,teach the alpabet etc. All these children come…