Zumba!

Aside from swimming, I will as well be joining Zumba sessions every Wednesdays as part of my activity section of CAS. At Zumba, we dance to upbeat music as a fun workout. It becomes quite tiring at the end of the session, but it helps me to stay active, even if it is only one…

The Last Dive: Swimming 2018

I will be again jumping into the pool this year. However, I will not be travelling with the rest of the Gecko Swim Team to Jordan this year since I want to be able to concentrate on my DP2 year. Even if my academics are very important during this final year of DP, I want…

Another Year at Temple School: Service 2018-19

As the new leader of Temple School, I have new responsibilities to take to make sure that everyone, the kids and the service members, have a great time. During the first session of service, the children did not come since schools in Sri Lanka have not started yet. That time was then an opportunity for…

One Last Year: My Goals for DP2

As I am starting my year in DP2, my last year with the IB program, I will be setting myself a few goals for CAS in order to feel accomplished with my last year of high school. Creativity In terms of creativity, I will be joining SAISA Art for the third time, which will be…

The End of DP1: A Reflection on CAS

CAS was an important part of my first DP year, and it will surely continue next year. I was committed to the different activities I took part of, always being balanced with my academics. As my first year of DP is coming to an end, I will reflect on what I have achieved this year…

Temple School Service Reflection 2017-2018

The service learning group of Temple School has achieved different projects and activities this year. We have started with the painting of the walls of the school. Another project we achieved, with the help of the second grade’s fund raising at the Food and Fun Fair, was to buy a radio for Temple School in…

The Art of Piano

I first started playing piano when I was 9 years old. However, I took a break of piano classes during the first semester of my DP1 year. In January, I decided to meet again with the instrument. Every Monday after school, I took piano classes with Mr. Lancelot Perera. During this semester, I have been…

Practicing Yoga

For my next activity section of CAS, I joined yoga classes on Saturday mornings with Loan.  After swimming season was done, I did not do as much activity, which is why I decided to join yoga classes. This activity challenged me in terms of physical strength as well as in mindfulness. Even if it was challenging,…

Drawing and Painting

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting, wether it was for school work or during my free time. After two SAISA trips in only one semester, I decided to explore a more relaxing activity. Every Friday after school, Ms. Rebecca Morse organized sessions where we explored drawing and painting techniques. We mainly focused on watercolours…

Happy Mother Language Day!

Mother Language Day was celebrated at OSC on the 21st of February. DP1 students taking a self-taught language course, which in my case is French, prepared two performances for the assembly in front of the OSC community. For the first performance, Meghan and I taught the song “Are you sleeping” in French (“Frère Jacques”) to…