TRAINING Although our school training starts in August – three months before the competition in October, I normally begin training over the summer in Vietnam. After not swimming for almost a year it was a struggle trying to regain the swim strength and fitness that I had the previous swim season, therefore I did mainly…
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…
DP CAS Goals
CAS GOALS Over the next two DP years I will be taking part in the CAS program, in which I will be fulfilling creativity, activity and service components outside of the school day. Although I have been taking part in all three components before the DP program, my CAS blog provides an opportunity for me…