Mother Tongue Project

This week Hasara and I went to the library to borrow a Sinhalese children's book. I am on par fluent in speaking Sinhalese and so is Hasara. I however cannot read and Hasara is at a grade 1 reading level. Therefore actually taking a book out, reading and explaining it was pretty challenging for the 2 of us. We did pretty well I think, reading Sinhalese is a new skill I wish to gain and I feel that this service project will really help my acquire it.

SAISA Volleyball Week 4

I've been selected as the Captain of the team.

This brings in a creativity aspect to my primary action. I'll be in charge of warm ups/cool downs and basic team management. This is a leadership role that requires a lot of responsibility and is actually a new skill for me as this the first SAISA team i'm captaining. I've taken up other leadership roles in sports day when I led Red House and in my Group 4 Project when I led my group. Being the Captain of a SAISA team however is a little different, it is a 10 week commitment and my captaincy stays off the court as well. I'm in charge of making sure my team does not get into idiotic trouble and organizing food for visiting teams. It's also added pressure on the court too, I need to be the one who keeps his composure and keeps the team together. I can't be having emotional outbursts despite my lack of performance and concentrate on keeping the team moral up. 

We are currently organizing our visa applications for Dhaka and have about 7 weeks left until we travel. The team is improving exponentially and I'm really looking forward to bringing home a medal. 

SGA- Treasurer

SGA organizes something for every school event. As treasurer I will be in charge of funds and making sure that we have ample money in the budget to support all the events we plan. Meetings are on Wednesday at lunch.

SAISA Volleyball

Last week was the start of SAISA Volleyball 2014. Practices will be on Tuesday, Wednesday,Friday and Saturday. I'm really excited for the weeks to come and to see the team at the end of the 10 week season, I feel we have a lot of potential. Can't wait for October.

CAS Goals

My CAS goals this year relate to 3 thing. SAISA, SGA and The Mother Tongue Project.

In SAISA,

I want to win one of the 3 SAISA awards for both Volleyball and Basketball. For volleyball I want to win the Most Spirited Award, I'm going to achieve this by communicating and collaborating with my team effectively throughout all training sessions and games. For basketball I want to win the MVP award, which has always been a goal of mine since I started playing SAISA. This being my last year is my only shot. I want to show perseverance and develop a lot of new skills to make me a candidate for the award.

In SGA,

A goal of mine is to be a reliable treasurer. As one of the 5 main SGA positions I not only want to concentrate on my job as treasurer but also have an impact on the SGA as a whole. For this I will need to work well with Shanthi Haaze, who is my co-treasurer.

In The Mother Tongue Project,

The goal is to become fluent in Sinhalese, which is my technical mother tongue. As growing up I never learnt it and I hope having a year long commitment to this service will let me achieve this. Another goal of mine is to teach another kid as much Sinhalese as I can to make sure he/she doesn't end up like me :)

Final CAS Reflection

CAS Reflection

This year for CAS I have done many different activities regarding CAS. For Creativity i’ve done Even Crew and Drama Stage Manager for Yerma. For Action i’ve done SAISA Basketball,Friday 3-3 Basketball and SAISA Volleyball. For Service I’ve been apart of Gecko Inc.

Throughout the year i’ve learned so much about myself and where I excel in and where i still need to grow. In basketball i’ve learned about how I still lack in mental preparation and staying prepared for all games. I realised this as well in Volleyball where my mental status got in the way of my physical game. My strengths unpredictably are my ability to take on a lot of work and still come through, something I learned through event crew.

Gecko Inc and Event crew were the two activities I did this year where I had to plan and initiate activities. I planned the adopt a team process and sportsmanship for Event crew along with some activities for the school that we are interacting with for service. I’ve learned that i am pretty resourceful when it comes to planning activities since i have good intuitive ideas along with a sense of responsibility.

I collaborated with a team in mostly all my activities besides when being a Stage Manager for Yerma. In both SAISA teams I really bonded with the team and worked collaboratively with them all to win every game we did and lose and reflect on the games we didn’t. In Even Crew I worked effectively with Greta to plan sportsmanship and the Adopt-a-team process, along with some key roles in both the opening ceremony and line judging.

Throughout all my sports activities i had to fight through a bad ankle injury and it took a lot of perseverance to get through to the end of each season. Event Crew really pushed me as i had to host 4 Dhaka players, do my EE along with returning home late every day.

Throughout every single activity i’ve gained new skills. I’ve learned to use my left hand in basketball, plan activities in Event crew, learned to be a responsible student in being a stage manager and learned new socialising skills when meeting new people in all the activities in CAS.

I hope to have a successful next year as I did this year.

CAS Reflection

My understanding of CAS goals was slightly off last year.

I haven't been sky diving, but I've achieved the other 2 personal goals. That's 2/3

Haven't achieved a 7 in econ or french but I did pass TOK. That's 1/3

Been fit throughout the year, made the starters list in both volleyball and basketball. That's 3/3

6/9 of my goals were accomplished but I feel that for the upcoming year I need to set goals that are more Creativity/Action/Service rather than personal,academic and athletic.