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…
Category: Service
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….
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…
Earth Week in Quarantine
For several weeks ReefKeepers and the Recycling and Sustainability service group were collaborating to plan Earth Week in order to honour the international Earth Day on Wednesday the 22nd of April. We were organising an assembly, a guest speaker, activities, and a whole school spirit week. Unfortunately, shortly before Earth Week school was cancelled due…
Primary School Track and Field Meet
For our primary school sports program, OSC has taken the initiative to host an annual track and field meet with other schools in Colombo. Some of my teammates and I were asked to help out as officials for the event after our practice on Saturday morning. We first started out by helping Coach Mac time…
Viridis Recycling Plant Study
On the 7th of February, our geography class went to the Viridis a plastic recycling plant that has been the leading plastic recycling company for the past 10 years in Sri Lanka. We brought with us the plastic bottles collected at school and the plastic found during the neighbourhood sweep lead by our ReefKeepers service…
ReefKeepers Plastic Patrol
At 8:30 in the morning on February 2nd, World Wetlands Day, members of the ReefKeepers service group gathered at school to set up for the plastic patrol. By 9:00 we began signing people in and giving out gloves to people; by the time everyone was ready we had over 40 members of our school community…
ReefKeepers: Semester Reflection
ReefKeepers is a student led service group that is dedicated to advocating for awareness and reducing plastic use within our community and beyond, to help protect the oceans. I joined this service group after going on a school trip where we participated in a coral reef study and beach sweep in Hikkaduwa (a local beach…
Friday’s for the Future: Climate Strike
At the beginning of our service session, Ms. Clover showed us the speech that Greta Thunberg did at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. This brought about the discussion about our school’s participation in the climate strike called “Fridays for Future” on the 20th or 27th of September. “Fridays for Future” is an…
DP1 Orientation
In the morning of the 28th of August, after a long bus ride, we arrived at the Kitulgala river. First, we gathered our gear: a yellow jacket for warmth in the cold water, a life jacket, and a helmet, then we set off on a hike to the waterfall for canyoning. The canyoning experience was…