Month: January 2022

DP Orientation/Sciences Trip

Kithulgala Orientation

Our grade went on a three-day-long CAS/sciences trip to Kitulgala from the 24-26th of November.

Day 1

On the first day of the trip, we went white-water rafting and canyoning. It was my first time ever doing something like this and I was completely unprepared. I didn’t expect white water rafting to be as wet as it was and the shoes I picked also had no grip f

or the canyoning segment. The water was freezing, getting in felt like hopping in an ice bath, and the trek was long and grueling.  Despite this, I was surprised at how much fun it was. I’ve never been fond of heights, the fear of falling and getting hurt has always prevent

ed me from doing things and the segments that involved diving into water really challenged this. We capped the day off with a warm bowl of soup and conversation over the fireplace.

 

Day 2

On the second day of the trip we had work to do for our individual science class. The ESS group visited a nearby dam system and then later went on a hike to look at native wildlife with the rest of the group. Leeches were everywhere. Shreaks echoed throughout the forest.

 

 

 

Day 3

The day started with a quick swim in the freezing river water. After that, we capped the trip off with one final hike as an environmental sciences group. It was around a four hour long hike up one of the mountain trails to a waterfall/ancient temple.

 

 

 

Overall I’m glad I took part in this trip. It really showed me what some of my weaknesses were and forced me into putting myself out there and improving my skills. It was difficult at times but regardless, I perserveered and managed to survive…

 

Reflecting on the past.

 

In the past, I’ve had spouts of pursuing certain activities however most of them have only been for short periods and are things I haven’t kept consistent at regrettably.

Creativity – At my old school, I competed in a design competition. The competition involved me and a group of people having to design something that solves a problem for a company. Along with this, I started a credited HTML coding course around the middle of quarantine that I have yet to finish.

Activity – Along with the coding course, during quarantine I also started a workout program and started to run every second or so day. This was also a spout and it did not last long. Before the school reopened, a few of us got special permission to come into school. During this day I had a free block and we chose to spend it exercising in the school gym to then upload it onto the CAS portfolio.

Service – Admittedly I haven’t really participated in any service activities because of Covid-19 but this is an aspect I will work on.

In conclusion, what all of this has really taught me is that I need to do a better job at remaining consistent. In order for me not to get bored of activities I will add variation in between them in order to keep them interesting.

 

 

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