As we near the final IB exams, my DP CAS adventure is also coming to an end. I hope to continue to participate in CAS activities in the future to gain experiences. Learning Outcome 1: Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth Creativity: For Senior Voice, although we were sadly unable to…
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CAS Project: School Record Boards for Swimming and Track and Field
When visiting other SAISA schools, one thing that we always noticed is that they had a big board for their school swimming and track and field records. I thought that having one in OSC would be a nice way to keep track of all of the hard work put in over the years and potentially…
The Trails of Indiana Jones – Hiking in Hanthana
The Hanthana Mountain Range lies in the central part of the island, south-west of the city of Kandy, and consists of seven mountainous peaks. The drive is about four to five hours from Colombo but there’s plenty to see even as you come into the range of the upcountry. Hanthana was declared an environmentally protected…
Bike Riding
Personally keeping fit during quarantine has been a challenge as I get bored from doing the same things everyday. I have been trying to overcome this by signing up for any exercise based activity that comes my way. So, when I heard about a bike trip organised by Mr. Lockwood and Abby I was eager to…
Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools through a seven-step process that helps them address a variety of environmental issues. The seven steps are as follows: Forming an Eco-Schools Committee Carrying out an environmental review Making an action plan Monitoring and evaluating Linking this to the curriculum/learning on campus Informing and involving others…
ReefKeepers: Starting a New Chapter
At the beginning of school all of the after school activities were indefinitely postponed including service, fortunately in the new quarter of school we are still able to participate in service online. The first service action that Alex and I, the service leaders of ReefKeepers, needed to do was introducing our service for new members….
Yoga
Although I have occasionally tried a couple of yoga classes, I have never done yoga as my primary source of activity. As an extremely inflexible, competitive person it did not seem like a good fit for me despite my mum being a yoga teacher. Due to the coronavirus restrictions my options for exercise became much…
Duke of Edinburgh Silver Qualifying Journey 2020
Last year I participated in the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award program and I decided to continue with the Silver award program the fol. In this program, 26 hours of skill, physical recreation, service and an adventurous journey need to be completed. After completing an orienteering lesson with our award leader Major Ruwan, we learnt…
DP2 CAS Goals
CAS GOALS Last year I began the DP CAS program, taking part in various creativity, activity and service components outside of the school day. Midway through our second semester, school closed due to the coronavirus pandemic causing major changes in my approach to the CAS program. Fulfilling the different components when confined to my house…
Creativity in Quarantine
One of the aspects of quarantine that is positive is having the time to learn new skills. A majority of the skills that I learnt are creatively inclined and are things that I likely would not have done unless I were in quarantine. Learning the guitar: After over a month in quarantine I decided to…