UNITY; It starts with you. If not you, then who?
Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
UN DAY 2019
We celebrated the United Nations Day 2019 on the 4th of October 2019 at the school premises. This year the UN Day was celebrated under the theme of ‘Gender Equality’. As per the custom of OSC most of the students dressed up to represent their own nationality.
The class of 2021 – DP 1
As DP students we were given the opportunity to do presentations for each grade. We were divided into groups and we presented under different areas. Grades 6 and 7 focus on Education, grades 8,9 and 10 focussed on the Gender wage gap and the DP students focussed on Human Trafficking. It was a really good experience as I got the chance to move with the OSC students.
Throughout the past couple of weeks, we worked on our presentations in our groups of three. We discussed what we were going to say, the activities we were going to do, etc. My group consisted of me, Lithira and Johail from MYP5. The speciality of this presentation was that it wasn’t merely a session where we just kept on talking and sharing our views on a particular subject. It was more active where the students actively participated in the discussion. The students engaged in a poster activity and later debated about the pros and cons.
It was so nice to see how intrigued the kids were and how much they made it an enjoyable morning by paying attention and contributing positively to the lesson.
The students working collaboratively at the given task.
After the morning presentations, we had our assembly and then we moved into our favourite session which was the food fair. Food varieties from all around the globe were available for the students and we had a lovely time trying out new food.
This activity helped me with the presentation skills, which I believe is very important when you are in OSC. But most importantly I am now aware of the different nationalities that live in the school and how we should work together as one. It also gave me a sense of all the uniqueness of global cultures. It was really amusing and I think it is the best way to celebrate the last day of school. I’m longing for UN Day next year.