This year OSC did well in volleyball, considering we lost crucial players from the team last year. Although we could have done better as we all know we could have, we finished the tournament held at ACS in second place. Through the days of the tournament, our collaboration as a team got exponentially better, having lost 2 games in a…
Category: Activity
Geography IA Trip
For Geography class we have recently been going over our IA plan and organizing questions for our trip to Ella, staying in the Amba Estate. We had been planning questions to conduct interviews to have with people who live along and around the Pekoe Trails. For my IA I planned to look at the happiness index of local citizens around…
Bamboo Composting at OSC
Over the course of the last few months in service we have been working hard designing, cutting wood and putting together our newest compost in the primary playground. This is our second compost we have made in this service year and the third is coming along over the next following service sessions. Our first compost is located behind the s-block…
Monkey Wars at WWW
This years WWW I went on the HeArt of Sri Lanka trip to Kandy, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla. We stayed at a total of 3 different places for 4 night, spending the first night in Helga’s Folly. This hotel began from a simple home and was filled with art on every wall ceiling and floor by Helga de Silva Blow Perera.…
SAISA Basketball in Jordan, Amman
Finally, traveling and having competed in the tournament we had lots of fun this year traveling across Jordan to the the Dead Sea where we bonded as a team and competed at ACS (American Community School). Although we were hoping to follow with the performance we had last year, this year we came 6th overall pushing ourselves further back from…
SAISA Basketball Practice
With basketball season beginning after the volleyball season ended, I have been training with many new teammates to ready for SAISA travel at the start of February. This is my second year taking part in SAISA basketball after coming 3rd overall last year in Bombay, ASB. This year we will travel to Jordan, Aman and compete at ACS. Practicing on…
DP Science Trip to Sinharaja Rainforest
On 11th to the 13th of December we took a science trip and traveled on the bus to Sinharaja rainforest. Working in 7 different groups of 5 people per group we split up across the edge of the forest to collect the data we need in plots. In my group I worked with Aadhya, Dimath, Mali and Nayara. On the…
SAISA Volleyball Champions 2023-2024
Taking part in SAISA Volleyball this year will be a highlight and something to remember and always think back on. Having hosted the tournament the crowd was full and the pressure was always on consistently in every game we played. Over the course of the 3 days from November 2nd to 4th we played a total of 7 games, 2…
Local Volleyball Tournament
On Saturday (21st of October) the boys and girls SAISA volleyball teams (including me) took part in a small volleyball tournament that lasted from 8 am to 3 pm. Taking part in the tournament was of course our schools volleyball teams along with 3 other local teams. In this small tournament each team played each other so we played a…
Volleyball Practice for SAISA 2023
Every week since the 25th of August I have been attending volleyball practice in school to prepare for our tournament with other SAISA schools on the 2nd to 4th of November. These trainings will take place on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and for the past couple weeks we have begun to also train in the mornings on Monday and Wednesday…