Before quarantine due to COVID-19, I was trying out for the SAISA girls basketball team. I enjoy exercise and sport but I generally participate in team settings with support from coaches and teammates. Therefore, I knew that staying fit was going to be a struggle as I needed self motivation and determination in order to…
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…
SAISA Track and Field
TRAINING The training for our SAISA Track and Field competition started in November and went through to February. We had mandatory practices three times a week but I made an effort to go to at least one additional morning practice and afternoon practice a week as well. During the December break I had to ensure…
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…
Week Without Walls: Highlands 2020
Week Without Walls is a learning experience set up by our school that aims to help us understand the culture and environment in Sri Lanka, contribute in service learning and strengthen our understanding of the curriculum through outdoor education. The 10th and 11th graders are combined before being split up again on one of four…
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…
VOICE: Semester Reflection
Throughout this semester we spent lunch times on Tuesday’s meeting and practicing different songs. Over a couple of weeks Mrs. Duncan introduced us to three different songs, “You and Me” by Lifehouse covered by Christina Parie, “Let Me Love You” by DJ Snake and Justin Bieber covered by Emma Heesters and “Shallow” by Lady Gaga…
Duke of Edinburgh Preliminary Adventurous Journey
Last year I participated in the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award program and I decided to continue with the Silver award program. In this program 26 hours of skill, physical recreation, service and an adventurous journey needs to be completed. After completing an orienteering lesson with Major Ruwan, we learnt different skills that we would…