- Increase awareness of your strengths and areas of growth
- Undertake new challenges
- Plan and initiate activities
- Work collaboratively with others
- Show perseverance and committment
- Engage with issues of global importance
- Consider ethical implications
- Develop new skills.
I tried out things that I had never tried before, and also took part in activities that I had always enjoyed to try to improve my skills in them, or gain new ones. My acitivies this year were:
Creativity
- Colombo Model United Nations - Security Council Representative
- Piano
- Ceramics Workshop
- Painting
- Guitar
MUN, Piano and Painting were activities that I had always enjoyed doing, but Ceramics was something new for me and it was very enjoyable to try out something I had never done before. I hoped that MUN would help in my debating and public speaking skills and I feel it actually did because the Colombo MUN was much more intense than any of the other MUN conferences I had ever attended. As before, I thoroughly enjoyed playing the piano and the guitar and painting, although they were done freely on my own without a teacher since I feel I enjoy that much more.
Action:
- Swimming
- Basketball
- Badminton
I have always enjoyed swimming so I decided to take part in the school swimming practice here as well to improve some of my strokes. Although I thoroughly enjoyed swimming here, the practices were extremely tiring and I felt that I was able to improve a lot, thanks to the coaches here. I started Badminton about a year ago and since then I have found it quite fun. I have little experience so my skills on court are not so great but I still enjoyed playing and competing and I feel I was able to gain some new skills. Basketball was a completely new sport for me and I wanted to try something new. I don't feel that Basketball is something I'm good at but I think I learnt a lot of things from the coach at this school. I found that I enjoyed swimming and Badminton much more than I enjoyed Basketball but nonetheless, it was quite fun.
Service
- Library Service
- Japanese Fair at Galle, Sri Lanka
- Book Drive continuation from last year
- Week Without Walls
- Donations for the Japan Earthquake
- OSC Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony help-out
Overall, I am pleased with the CAS activities I took part in this year. I feel I fulfilled all 8 criteria by taking part in these activities and my goal next year is to keep it up. I want to develop my skills, gain new ones and increase awareness of what's around me. I look forward to CAS next year.
