October 25

BACK AT HOME!!

In my opinion, staying fit is one of the hardest things to do in times of a pandemic. Even though the country is not in lockdown, most of the public places are closed for security reasons. Only a limited number of people are allowed in a gymnasium at a specific time and swimming pools are completely closed without further notice. And adding up to that all the school work, assignments, and projects that give you nightmares leave you almost no time to get out and stretch your legs. But however, that is not good enough of an excuse if you really want to do it.

Despite school starting again, I have been following up with some of the routines I started off during quarantine. I and my father have been going on daily walks and runs, but with the busy schedule, we had to make them weekly runs. A good thing about DLP is that it saves you the hours of time spent in traffic going to and fro from school. Which also provided me the extra hours to work on staying fit and healthy. I once again started running in the neighborhood and doing some stretching in the mornings.

These are some of the stretches and workouts I’ve started following;

  • The runner’s stretch
  • The standing side stretch
  • The forward hang
  • The low-lunge arch
  • The seated back twist
  • The bound angle
  • 10 lunges for 3 sets
  • 10 squats for 3 sets
  • 10 side-planks for 3 sets

With the government requesting all schools and other academic institutions to be closed, I have been unable to dance for almost 2 weeks. However, I hope to do some practices during the upcoming weekend as it would help me to not lose my flow.

Even though it is sometimes hard to sick up to this schedule with all the school work, I try my best to engage in some kind of physical activity at least once in two days.

October 25

Through the canopies of Sinharaja.

The geography class 2021
Pc: Ms. Desline

All IB geography students have to do an Internal Assessment (IA) related to a topic discussed in class. To do so, students come up with a research question, gather data, analyze it, and come up with a conclusion to the research question through physical engagement.

Mr. Lockwood, our Geography teacher, takes the IB geography class every year to the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka to collect data for the IAs. So this year we were the lucky batch. The trip was originally planned to be held in April and everyone was very eager but unfortunately, Covid-19 stuck the world and we had to postpone it to late September. The students were finally back in school and very excited about the trip. As the excitement still remained our enthusiasm was a little disturbed by the piling workload. To cover-up for the time lost during DLP and also the upcoming tests almost all the subjects had some kind of assignment due. Adding to that one class had their English IOs, the HL Math class had a test on Calculus, and SAT examinations were to take place in the week after the trip; some of us had more work than the others. But still, we were quite hesitant to talk to Mr. Lockwood especially because of his keenness on joining this trip. However, after much debate from the classmates, we finally went to him and asked whether we could do the Mullawela hike on another day and leave Sinharaja early on Saturday. He was very understanding and was willing to consider our suggestion.

Finally. the day of the trip arrived. We were going to leave at around 8.00 in the morning on the 23rd of September. It was about a 2-3 hour drive from OSC and it was almost lunch when we reached there. We hiked to Martin’s lodge, which took us approximately 25 minutes. We had lunch at the common area and Mr. Lockwood did a briefing of the plan during our stay there. We then went on a small hike into the Sinharaja woods. By the time we came out of the gates we were literally soaked up but it was really interesting as a walk in the woods is always the best. Then we had dinner back at the Lodge and did a little recap of the day’s happenings. We also got the opportunity to interview Mr. Martin’s daughter and it was very helpful to get familiar with the whole procedure, especially for the Sinhala speakers. Later, we played cards in our rooms and fooled around through the night. We were playing Monopoly cards when Satwick left to get some water. The day had been pretty chill so we thought we’ll hype up the evening a bit. We left the room we were in and went to the next room turned off the lights and locked ourselves in. And when Satwick came back up we knew we’d get caught as everyone was doubling over with laughter. The moment just got way better when Mr. Lockwood asked the boys to go to their rooms, and Kevin been stuck with us girls in the room started freaking out. It was such a peak of our trip and I’ll never forget the laughs we had.

Some of the class members with a family we interviewed. Pc: Mr. Lockwood

On the second day, we were put into groups of 2, my group being me and Talia, to go and interview the villagers. We had do a bit of hiking to reach the interviews as their houses were widely spread. But overall, it was fun and interesting at the same time to see the different ways of living of the villagers. This activity not only helped us to improve our social skills when interacting with people from the local community but also helped the students to work together as a team.

Me and Talia with one of our interviewees. Pc: Mr. Lockwood

After the interviews were done we had lunch and went for a swim in the stream down the hill. The water was icy cold and we had so much fun. The third day followed the same routine except it was raining so hard that we had to travel by jeeps, even the dip in the stream had to be canceled.

This trip was filled with challenges, starting from leaches who was clinging onto your legs along every step. So we had be prepared with leech sprays and leech socks. All of my classmates were supportive of each other and I got the opportunity to know them better. I also was able to challenge myself to do things that I never knew I could do; from walking over a plank to living four days in a network-restricted area.

This is going to be my last school trip as a senior and I couldn’t have thought of a better way to end it.

Me and Talia in the midst of a pouring rain the middle of Sinharaja.
Pc: Mr. Lockwood

Learning outcomes:

  • Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.
  • Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.

As a Sinhala speaker, I had to conduct the survey in Sinhala and then translate the answers to my partner in English. Even though I found this task a little hard in the beginning, later on, I became quite comfortable with it. I also became familiar with engaging in a normal conversation with the villagers rather than only sticking to the survey, which I think helped me get a better understanding of their living situations.

  • Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.

In Sinharaja, the surveys were conducted in groups of two. Working in collaboration with a partner made the interviews much easier as the tasks could be divided among the 2 members. As I asked the questions, Talia recorded them and it made the task convenient for both of us.

  • Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions.

When preparing the questionnaire, we had to make sure to be formal with our questions so as not to sound rude or offensive.

 

 

August 20

A NEW BEGINNING – DP2 GOALS

With anxiously waiting for 4 months for summer, our hopes were drastically ambushed with Covid-19 domineering our lives and the entire world, we were all stuck in our homes with very little to do. After the Distance Learning Programme implemented by the school came to an end with the school year ending, I was extremely happy to have a few days off of school work. Despite not been travelling to and fro from school, the DLP was quite tiring as we had to strain our eyes in front of a screen for hours. So I was happy for the vacation and spent a lot of time watching movies on Netflix, reading books and hanging out with friends. However, as we started off last year the EE deadline was approaching and I had to abandon myself from all distractions at least once a week. Since I had completed my outline before the summer, I only had the mere job of writing down my essay. But as I sat down in front of my computer on the 20th of June, my mind was completely blank. It took me a couple of days to figure out how I was going to start my essay but after the first two lines were there all of the rest flowed through. Each week I spent one day to write my EE which helped me finish my draft sooner than I expected. The last week before school started was me all editing and re-editing my draft. And soon enough, I was packing my bags for my senior year. 

I was a little anxious to be back at school for my last year at OSC. There was a set of protocols that we were informed of that had to be followed at school. Most involving sanitisation, physical distancing and wearing masks. It was a challenge that all of us was going to get used to.

As I walked to school on the 12th of August 2020, I was wondering if this year was going to be the same as last year. Should I expect the same from myself or should I aspire to be more? That brought me to work up to my goals this year and also to reflect on my previous goals.

Creativity

This year for creativity, I am hoping to keep Performing Arts as my main focus. But with the current situation, several protocols have been adopted that prevents us from engaging in actual performances. However, we have been putting our ideas into work by producing our own play. I have also signed up for teaching new kids and organizing workshops for them. For the past few weeks, we have been doing several ice breakers and introduced them to the different form of performing arts. All the students are talented which makes it a challenge to come up with activities for them that would both entertain them and also full fill our purpose. Since the new recruits are not categorized according to age, I found that some of the students I teach are also older than me. Which I feel is also a huge challenge to not consider the age gap during class and prove yourself worthy of your position. So during the next 3 months, I hope to work to the best of my ability and work cooperatively with the other teachers and at the same time improve myself in every aspect.  Apart from that, I hope to continue with some of the art projects I started during the summer. With Covid-19 leaving us a lot of free time at home, I found myself in a new interest in colours. So I’ve been making different things using waste and painting them. I also tried doing some actual painting, which I have to say wasn’t much of a success. So my goal is to complete a big wall decoration make of recycling newspapers and paint before December break.

I believe engaging in some creative activity helps to reduce our stress at school and at home. With starting school as seniors, DP2 brings a lot of work and assignments that require frequent revision. So with meeting all the deadlines and IAs due it really adds up to all the stress. So for me performing arts and handwork aids me to take my mind off the school work and enjoy myself.

Activity

As part of my activity this year I will continue with Kandyan Dancing. It is a bit strange to be dancing with 2m distance between you and also coming to class on separate days. Nonetheless, some functions and concerts have been cancelled this year so we are left off to improve ourselves for the competitions. This year my main goal for dancing is to stay fit and improve muscle strength and coordination. We have been having dancing practises thrice or twice a week to catch up with the time we have lost so I think it succeeds to keep me fit for now. Also during the DLP season, I and my family decided to go for runs and walks every evening and we continued it during the summer as well. However, now since the school finishes late I have less time to get home and complete all my school work. So we have pushed it towards the weekends. But I often play badminton with my sister. Overall, I hope to continue these till next year and be fit and healthy.

Service

I have been a member of the service group ‘Girls for Girls’ for the past year and we’ve been engaging in a lot of activities with them from cooking to playing sports. We have been working with groups of girls from Emerge Center, which is a rehabilitation centre for sexually abused girls. Our main goal is to build awareness within our community about these impacts and help all the girls around the country to stand strong. But with the limitations that come with Covid-19, the service sessions have been cancelled for a few weeks and interactions with outer institutions has been prohibited. So when the group meets I hope to discuss with the others and come up with different ideas to approach our aim. I also wish to conduct an online campaign or social media account to make awareness within our society. Throughout DP 2 my goal is to work collaboratively with the leaders and accomplish our aims.

 

Learning outcomes:

  • Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.
  • Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.
  • Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences.
June 4

DP1 FINAL REFLECTION

The last year, as the juniors of OSC, was a very special year in my life. It as filled with crazy and compelling adventures along the way. From being one of the new kids to become almost a senior, I have learnt and gone through many things from the variety of subjects to all the activities and service.

The journey as a gecko started for me on the 6th of August 2019 when I entered the OSC main gates for the orientation for the new kids. We were given an overview of the school and the diploma program and taken on a school tour. On that first day, I never realized that someday these walls and these people would mean so much to me. OSC made me grow not only as a student but as a person accomplished with discipline and flourished with the skills I had and acquiring new ones along the way.

My first expedition with the DP was the orientation in Kithulgala. It was a really good trip filled with fun and thrilling activities. We engaged in many activities over the course of 3 days spent at Borderlands Kithulgala. It was very helpful for me to get along with the other kids and teachers in my grade. When the first month of DP ended like that we were extremely happy for a moment only to be met by piles of work and assignments in classes. The following months included some other fun activities like the sports day, UN day, Science trips, WWW etc. Overall it was a great year and I think I was able to get the most of it.

DP1 orientation.

CREATIVITY

This year for creativity, I was a member of the Advocate at school and attended performing arts and dancing outside school.

The Advocates

I along with the other members of the Advocate organized the annual contest for poetry, prose and photography. It was a lot of work of collaboration and perseverance but I enjoyed working with them and had a lovely time. I also improved my literary skills on the way. Dancing is always fun and this year I’ve been attending regular practices. I was able to discuss with Ms Fleming and perform at the school during the National Day assembly. It was a big challenge for me. I have danced plenty of times either in groups or with my partner but this was the first time I danced solo in front of an audience of about 500 people. However, I practised for about 3 weeks straight so I can reduce the probability of forgetting any steps. It was a really good experience and was amazed with all the appreciation received afterwards. As for performing arts, I spent the last year preparing for my diploma but unfortunately with the current situation the examination was postponed. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun and got the opportunity to engage in different workshops.

ACTIVITY

My overall goal for activity this year was to stay fit. And I believe I was able to fulfil that. During the first season, I played volleyball at school. Being a novice to the game of volleyball, it was quite hard at first. It requires a lot of stamina and concentration. Ms Kelly and Ms Chandler were really helpful in teaching me the correct techniques of the sport. I did badminton this year for the second season and I really enjoyed it. It has always been a sport that I was interested in playing. Playing badminton requires commitment, collaboration and communication. Especially when playing doubles you have to make sure that your partner is aware of what is happening and you have to work together.  I enjoyed playing badminton and I am looking forward to playing again next year.  Apart from this, I went for jogs during the weekends and did stretching at home as it helps with dancing. I also joined up for Zumba at school. Since I loved dancing it was a bonus achievement as it helped me to stay fit while doing something I love.

SERVICE

Last year for service I signed up for the service group Girls For Girls. It is a service group that works to the empowerment of women around the world. This year girls for girls has accomplished many things and we have been very happy with the progress that we have made. Since each service day is assigned to a particular group member I had to initiate and plan an interesting and suitable session for the girls from the Emerge Center. This is one of the things I like about our service group. This allows all the members to know how a undertake a challenge and successfully face it. This also teaches leadership qualities and time management. We were able to do wall climbing, make milkshakes, play sports, watch music videos, sing-along and I enjoyed all our service sessions. With the current situation, we had to push down some of the activities planned but next year I hope to organize a dance session for the girls to teach them some of the basic steps. This is something I learned the girls loved to do. I also hope to have a women’s week at school where we could work towards our goal as a whole school.

Some of the service members.

Apart from this I also participated in my first and last Week Without Walls trip to Hambantota. Here we worked with the Janoda foundation, where we taught pre-school kids for 3 days. It was a lot of work but at the same time, I was glad that we were doing a service to the village. We also built a mini-railway for the kids and then conducted a beach clean-up with the Shangri-La.

During the beach cleanup.
Photo credits; Ms Fleming

Overall I think this year has been both successful in CAS as well as academics. I’ve always loved the blogging aspect of CAS and can’t wait to start the new school year as the seniors of OSC.

The DP1’s

May 28

Sinhala story-telling with MYP

For the past couple of weeks, I have been volunteering in the Sinhala classroom for MYP with Ms Dilini Silva. Sinhala is a fairly new and foreign subject for the kids at OSC so the MYP Sinhala department has decided to conduct a Sinhala story-telling session where you teach the kids a simple story in both Sinhala and English. Through this, the kids catch up a few Sinhala words each lesson.  So when myself and Anouk, from DP2, started to volunteer in this story-telling we decided it would be better to start off with simple stories.

On the first day, we did the story about the hare and tortoise.  First, we showed them a video of the story in Sinhala. Then Anouk recited the story in English and I repeated in Sinhala. Once the story was finished we asked them to tell us the Sinhala names for certain words and vice versa. The kids were very interactive and eager to answer all our questions. I was amazed by how quick they were to learn entirely new words. The following week we did the story on the crow and the cheese. It also followed the same procedure but myself and Anouk shifted the table around so I told the story in English and her in Sinhala. It was very enjoying to work with the small kids. Up to now, we’ve completed about 4 simple stories and hope to do one more before the school year ends.

I am very glad I signed up for this and would like to thank Ms Dilini for her great support extended. It’s sad to realize that this would only last a couple of lessons more but nonetheless, I’m grateful for this opportunity. I am looking forward to the next class to hear the little kids unmute themselves all at once and scream around answers.

Learning outcomes:

  • Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.

Myself and Anouk discussed together, the story we are going to do each class and the approach to be taken. When doing so we have to consider the age of the kids and their capacity. We also have to make sure it’s interesting for the kids and that it contains a moral.

  • Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences.

The Sinhala story-telling is usually scheduled for Thursdays from 10.30 to 11.00 am. It falls between the first and second blocks so I make sure that I manage my time accordingly.

  • Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions.

As I mentioned above, when selecting a story we always consider whether it is suitable for their age and that they enjoy it. We also make sure not to include any kinds of discriminations of anyone or anything.

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May 28

Service Reflection – DP1

Dp1 is almost over leaving behind lots of beautiful memories. During the past 2 semesters at OSC, service has been an important part of my life. I signed up the service group ‘Grils For Girls’ mainly because of the issue they were addressing. Sexual harassment is increasing around the globe but not the actions taking against them. So as a group we work with groups of girls from Emerge Center Lanka to help them ease their minds and rehabilitate them. It’s a lot of fun and we always exchange a lot of things among ourselves; may it be how to cook, weave bracelets, make smoothies or even play cricket.

The girls participated in Wall climbing.
P.c: Savindi Jayasuriya

The girls helped us with making tacos. P.c: Savindi Jayasuriya

During the past year, we did a lot of activities with them like playing cricket, volleyball, wall climbing, making smoothies, making tacos, singing songs and many more. All of these activities brought unique experiences to all of us. I personally learnt a lot about working collaboratively. All of the girls were a family. They were so cooperative with each other to the extent that I was surprised. They are also very skilled with household work and I was very impressed by their artistry in cooking. The group consisted of singers, dancers, painters, skilled sportsmen and it was a great experience working with them. However, with the current situation, the Emerge Center has decided to close down its compartment for a year and we are definitely going to miss working with such lovely girls.

Each service day is reserved for different individuals. This way each of us gets to plan out an activity for the girls and conduct it. I believe this is really good as it improves your planning skills. When you are planning an activity for them have to take into consideration many things. For example, it cannot be something that might remind them of a past incident etc. And also conducting the activity can be challenging too. The girls are not very fluent English speakers so there was always an issue with language. Me being a Sinhala speaker, I found it helpful to communicate with the girls easily and also to aid the other OSC members with talking to them.

So I think service has always been fun and productive. All the girls from OSC work really hard in all service projects and I am really proud to work alongside such a team.  With the Emerge Center being closed next year we wish to conduct some other activities to work for the empowerment of women. I hope to extend my complete to support for all the future endeavours of the service group. Even though with the Covid-19 situation we haven’t been able to engage in any practical events with the girls I believe our aspiration stands strong.

At the girls graduation ceremony.
P.c: Mrs. D

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May 28

SERVICE with the troublemakers

“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” Ellen Burstyn

With starting the second semester of DP1 in January 2020, I spent a lot of time on my school work, submitting assignments and keeping up with the content. I also participated in a lot of extra-curricular activities at school and outside school which only left me at home for a couple of hours each day.  This made me spend very little time with my family and especially my siblings. And I did miss fighting with them over the simplest matters and making fun of them and annoying them. Nonetheless, this quarantine period left me with plenty of opportunities to spend time with them.

So during this time, I helped them with their schoolwork, watched movies, did some cooking and played board games. It is pretty hard to cope with 3 kids of different ages at the same time because they seem to have very different tastes in everything. However, my mother was really happy about me working with them as they were off her trail even for some time.

I helped my brother with math and I helped my sister with note-taking and studying techniques for her upcoming exam. We also watched some horror movies together- one of the things that all of us love to do. It was nice to forget about the assignments due and just concentrate on whether there’s a ghost under your chair.

Overall, it was good to spend time with my siblings and it helped me to bond with them more. At the same time, I’m glad I could help my mother in a way.

 

Learning Outcomes:

  • Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.

This was of the few things I learnt the most when working with my siblings. At first, there was a lot of fights with picking a movie or who’s in charge of what. But once I realized that the best way was to go for something everyone preferred and do something everyone loved it helped to reduce the disagreements between them. Since everyone was sharing their ideas I also got the opportunity to understand their preferences.

  • Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.

Working with my siblings was a challenge firsthand. They liked different things so I had to listen to all of them, especially my younger brothers before deciding on anything to do with them. This helped with my patience as there were plenty of times when I got annoyed because of them. Also, I learnt to plan out things that all my siblings would enjoy doing together.

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April 19

Dancing in Quarantine

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.”

Alan Watts

Dancing is always fun be it curfew or not. But keeping up with my dancing schedule during this time has been a bit challenging. With all the work form school and other things, you lose track of time to engage in some dancing. But with the constant reminders of my teachers, I have danced a couple of times during the past weeks. I choreographed a dance and improved my stretching and pointing. Even though dancing alone at such uneventful times is quite boring it has helped me to stay fit and engaged.

Me dancing at home

 

Me dancing at home.

I have allocated Tuesday and Friday evenings to practise dancing. I start off with warm-up stretchings and then move onto the 12 main ‘sarambas’. I dance for about 1 and a half hours each evening and it helps me to tire myself in something else other than school assignments.

Me dancing at home.

With the upcoming dancing concerts, I believe it is best to build up the necessary fitness and also to be fluent with all the steps and traditions.

April 13

Staying fit with Covid-19

As I mentioned in my earlier post, the Covid-19 virus is affecting the whole world and putting the total population into quarantine. Ever since our school was shut down the last 13th, I, alongside all the people of the island, have been at home quarantined. Being at home for weeks leaves you with a lot of extra time and boredom. Even the distance learning program implicated by the school has failed to cease our boredom. But I think the least we can do is stay at home and help the government with their actions. During this time we must make sure to stay healthy and fit.

So as a part of my ‘activity’ sector for CAS, I have been doing at-home workouts, badminton in my garden and most consistently I have been playing ball games with my brothers and sister. I go for jogs in my neighbourhood on some mornings right before online school starts. Moreover, I have also been keeping track of my dancing schedule by practising at home at least twice a week. This has helped me to stay fit and also do something I really enjoy.

Me and my mom playing badminton in the garden.

This has helped me both to stay active throughout my days as home and have fun at the same time. I like playing games as my form of exercise since it allows me to spend time with my family while also ‘burning calories’. I plan on continuing these forms of exercises for as long as this quarantine lasts, and I also plan on making additions to my active plans to switch it up every now and then.

Overall I see this is also an opportunity to develop stronger bonds with your family while staying active.

April 13

Covid-19 Bringing out some art from me??

With the emergence of the new coronavirus in December last year, it has been a global pandemic. Ever since the virus infected Sri Lanka the government has taken steps to shut down all public places and impose islandwide curfew to minimize the spread of the virus. So, schools been a place where hundreds of kids hang out together, have been closed since Friday, the 13th of March. While our school has a special distance learning programme to keep us busy during, I have felt surprisingly bored at times. Most of the first week of the curfew was spent on Netflix and books. Studying in DP1 in an IB school can be pretty hard because of all the work to be completed. Assignments are due each week and you have tests to study and grades to keep up to… With all that work, I didn’t spend as much time as I used to on movies. So, during this week I’ve had about 3 movie marathons with my sister and watched about 20 films altogether. I have to say it was really good to distance yourself from all the school books and be free. I also read about 5 novels during the 2 weeks. 

The books I read at home.

After I was tired of all the movies, I decided to do some creative work which I have never been able to come up to. So, I was able to discover myself trapped in a new interest in art. During my stay at home, I’ve created sketch drawings, watercolour paintings and crayon paintings.

Some of the drawings I did at home.

I have also created a wall hanging made from old newspapers. Even though I have completed the basic structure I couldn’t actually paint it as I couldn’t get paint from any stores. I hope to get some paint as soon as possible to complete this.

The basic structure of my wall hanging.

Apart from these I also got a few guitar lessons from my dad at home. I have got a couple of guitar lessons a few years back but couldn’t really continue it. So I realized this was the best time to learn something more and make use of time. I learned the basic notes; since I couldn’t remember any of it and now I’m working on a song. I hope it goes well.

Art is one of the few things I spend the least of my time on other days. But now I feel that doing any kind of art provides you with relaxation and I have started to enjoy myself despite been not good in these things. I also found this really helpful to keep my mind out of all the stress created from excess school work. I also believe that is really good way to stay away from the computer screen for sometime during the day.

Moreover, I decided to try out some cooking at home. All this time I’ve baked cakes and made all kinds of desserts like cookies and milkshakes but never tried to make something different. So since I was at home with nothing to do I thought of preparing something spicy. During the first week of curfew, I prepared cutlets with my mom. It was pretty easy than it looks. All you have to do is prepare your filling, dip it in eggs and then fry it. Even though we usually eat pre-cooked cutlets and I’ve never made it before, it turned out pretty well and tasted good. I also prepared vegetable buns, pancakes, cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies. Apart from this, I helped my mom to cook lunch and dinner. So I guess we could say that I have spent more time in the kitchen during these three weeks than I have been during the past year. I think that cooking is a really fun activity to do, especially with your family, and it’s also nice to treat yourself, especially during times like these.

Some food items I prepared because I was bored.

Some food items I prepared because I was bored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some food items I prepared because I was bored.

 

Chocolate chip cookies I made at home.

Learning outcomes:

1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.

2. Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.

With the extra time and boredom that Covid-19 brings I have been able to deploy myself to discover some different skills and activities expanding my experience and learning something new in a time of stress and uncertainty.