This Saturday, school hosted an open day for prospective parents to view the school and get some insight into the IB curriculum. Some student ambassadors were required to help out with touring around the parents[…]
Category: LO6: Global Engagement
You get a pot! And you get a pot! Everyone gets a pot!🪴
Mosquito fogging doesn’t only kill mosquitoes, but also other essential wildlife such as bees, butterflies and dragonflies. According to the US Fish and Wildlife service there are over 70 endangered pollinators. A solution to this[…]
The 10 R’s and Zero Waste
To begin this Saturday morning we had a sustainability workshop led by Kanchana Weerakoon, who is specialized in ornithology but expanded her work to environmental awareness, to teach the support staff and some students about[…]
🛕Jaffna Northern Narratives🛕
In OSC we go on a week without walls in our host country of Sri Lanka, to gain a better understanding of the culture and encourage learning in the environment. From a CAS perspective it[…]
The Smoke in Our Lungs
Before the winter break, a lot of polluted air came with the wind all the way from the factories in India. The nowcast air quality index was measured as high as 130 which unhealthy for[…]
Waving Our Flag
I can now proudly say that as a community, OSC has achieved the green flag award! The Green Flag is an eco-schools accreditation that acknowledges, rewards, and celebrates the achievements in the community towards the[…]
The Baton Relay
When COP27 was coming up, FEE invited all Eco-Schools around the world to participate in a baton relay to get the message that was being delivered to COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh Egypt from COP26 in Glasgow[…]
Getting Down and Dirty (Pays Approved)
On the 29th of October, I joined the Thalangama wetland clean up. I was joined by Mr Lockwood, Mr Poulus, Ms Melinda and Pep as well as students from CIS. We gathered in front of[…]
The Board Has Decided Your Fate
Recently on the 15th of September, Me and my fellow Eco-Schools leader Sasindu took up on the opportunity to present Eco-Schools to the school board and parents. Our intention was to tell the parents about[…]
My CAS Goals
Creative My creativity goal is something I wanted to do for a while. I want to create ‘The Yearbook We Actually Wanted’. Every year students complain about their pictures in the yearbook and how it[…]