For some reason unlike all the other CAS posts that I have written, this was the most difficult to write and has taken me the longest complete. Maybe in someways I just didn’t want school to end. Currently with the impact COVID19 has had one our lives is more than I can express. Classes moved…
Category: Service
Quarantined: teaching, helping and looking after my siblings, a great service to my mother
This quarantine I got to spend a lot of lost time with my siblings. With IB exams being around the corner before my days consisted of me just studying, finishing up assignments and going for extra tutoring and coming home late and waking up early. Sometimes I felt like I barely saw my siblings. However,…
Women’s day awareness bulletin board
This year for women day we were planning on having a seminar for the secondary school students. We were hoping to have a panel of women and men and talk about current issues in Sri Lanka and in the world. Due to time restrictions it was not possible. However, we did not let this stop…
Playing Cricket with Girls from Emerge
We as a service group try to balance out indoor work as well as outdoor work with our girls from emerge. This batch was very into sports and they loved playing cricket and playing volleyball. We gave them the option to pick between cricket and badminton and they picked cricket. The service girls and I…
Making Tacos With Girls from Emerge
For the girls emerge our service strives to give them new opportunities as well as new experiences. Most of the girls have never tasted food that is out of the Sri Lankan culture. They would eat traditional Sri Lankan food such as rice and curry. However, we thought that teaching the girls how to make…
Wrapping up the CAS project
I conducted my CAS project before December break. I have mentioned previously what I did for my CAS project. The wall climbing with the girls from Emerge. I did this activity with these girls because it is so empowering and it is an extremely fun activity. As much I wished to do this activity more…
Service – Semester One Reflection and Improvements
Semester one of service has been very successful. We have officially worked with one batch that was absolutely amazing and we look forward to working with the next group. Although service is going well I think it was important that the girls in our service voiced their opinion and tell the service leads what they…
CAS PROJECT WALL CLIMBING
This CAS project is very close to my heart and I absolutely love doing this project. I have done this activity once before with the girls from emerging, the girls that we work with for service. These girls were the first batch that we worked with and every moment was special with them as we…
Middle School Basketball Tournament
Before October break Mr. Rossberg approached me and asked me if I was interested in helping him plan a basket ball tournament for the middle school. And I said yes because last year I was interested in having a basketball tournament called hoops for hope but due to time restraints and other factors, I had…
Wall Climbing for G4G
I have decided that my CAS Project is going to be an activity that I do with the girls for girls service. Wall climbing has become a very popular activity amongst the girls over the years and it has been one of the most highly requested activities to be done. For the girls from emerge…