These two years of being a service leader alongside my co-leaders Oliver and Lithira have been a bumpy road full of ups and downs. The overall consensus is that I feel like we were able to educate the possible recruits and service leaders for next year, but we weren’t able to accomplish much during our time other than that.

We were successfully able to set a foundation for our gecko Inc candidates to wait alternating swim training days and some speaking and working days. As a team, we were able to make sure the rules and regulations of the service were understood by each candidate while also teaching them how to introduce newcomers to the water, from meer beginners to moderate swim skills we were able to properly equip next years service group with the knowledge of how to train and aid children in advancing in water safety.

So far, we have started on a project for creating a webpage that educates future first-time service candidates on the different possible swim training sets and a few phrases in Sinhala to aid in communicating with the children we are coaching.

But unsuccessful points of this year would be the lack of progress we hoped to make. This is because we couldn’t get hands-on experience in coaching the kids; this caused a significant sense of unenthusiasm within the service.

Non the less, we were able to set up gecko inc for next year successfully. Even though we only completed parts of our ongoing project, it is now up to next year’s service leaders to pick up where we left off and make gecko inc great again.

Overall I think this was a good experience as a service leader. I had to overcome many obstacles, and at times I was able to, but other times I wasn’t. Again this helped me with my moral and collaborative skills by having help each other keep their spirits high while also asking for help in advancements to the service.

The goals we have left in the hands of next year’s service leaders would be first to see if it would be possible to bring in the kids from the nearby school so that hands-on coaching can start. Another alternative to this would be to email the sports department and see if we would be able to organize primary school after-school activities on Thursday so that the group can start teaching students of OSC how to swim.

 

 

Learning outcomes performed

LO1 Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth –  Students are able to see themselves as individuals with various abilities and skills, of which some are more developed than others.

LO2 Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process – A new challenge may be an unfamiliar experience or an extension of an existing one. The newly acquired or developed skills may be shown through experiences that the student has not previously undertaken or through increased expertise in an established area.

LO3 Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience – Students can articulate the stages from conceiving an idea to executing a plan for a CAS experience or series of CAS experiences. This may be accomplished in collaboration with other participants. Students may show their knowledge and awareness by building on a previous experience, or by launching a new idea or process.

LO4 Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences – Students demonstrate regular involvement and active engagement in CAS.

LO5 Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively – Students are able to identify, demonstrate and critically discuss the benefits and challenges of collaboration gained through CAS experiences.

LO6 Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance – Students are able to identify and demonstrate their understanding of global issues, make responsible decisions, and take appropriate action in response to the issue either locally, nationally or internationally.

LO7 Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and action – Students show awareness of the consequences of choices and actions in planning and carrying out CAS experiences.