Fiddler On The Roof Musical

At the beginnning of this school year the secondary school of The Overseas of Colombo picked out the musical, "Fiddler On The Roof". Secondary students who were interested ouditioned over the course of two days. Since I am in grade 12, I got the choice if i wanted to participate in the production by acting or by a backstage work such as lights and sound. I chose to take part in it as an actor and therefor auditioned. I got the role of a Russian soldier called Fyedka.
Through this prodcution many hours had to be put in after school in order to make it the good show that it was. We were asked to come in on Mondays after school for a few hours and on saturday 12:00 to 5:30 and sometimes 6. During the course of the two months I have developed my acting skills and my confidence on stage. This all goes under creativity. This is because through acting one is self expressing their character, each person acts differently according to how they chose to do their stage directions and how the want to convey their message.

SPORTS DAY !!

On Wednesday 7th of September the Overseas School of Colombo had Sports day. The sports that were played were: football, Volleyball, Kickball and basketball. After the lunch  break there was swimming, but since it wasn't mandatory to participate in most of the secondary students did not do this.
Out of all the sports played that day , Football and Volleyball were the ones i enjoyed the most since they have always been the sports I enjoyed as a hobby, unlike basketball and kickball which are sports i would only take part in if i had too which came across in this occasion. Since i have been attending OSC for a while now i've been too previous sports day and too be honest this one wasn't one i enjoyed allot. The reason for this being that the games which were played were too short, each game would be 10 minutes, so once you actually start to get into the game its time to wrap it up and move on. Sports has always been a big part of my life for as long as i can remember but having games that short just didnt make it enjoyable for me and I wasn't motivated to play. On the conclusion of sports day the house that won was Red house, in second place Blue, Yellow taking in third place leaving behind Green in last. Through this sports I also became aware that our school has lost allot of spirit. Previous sports day were about representing your house and being proud of it but with this sports day allot of students skipped and many just came to school with no spirit. One good thing about sports day is that it brings people closer together, its at the start of the school year so not everyone knows everyone and it just brings them closer together outside a classroom environment.

Grade 12 Goals and Introduction to CAS

Grade 12 had begun  and its about time i created my CAS goals for this year. Leaving behind grade 11 where i think i had a successful CAS year, participating in different SAISA's and attending after school thursday CAS programs.
My goals for this year are as follows :) :

--> To ago to the gym at least twice a week (action) since i made a promise to my father that i would not participate in any SAISA's this year.

-->Participate in the Secondary School Drama Production. (action)

-->Get involved in at least one after school thursday CAS group (Service)

-->Try learning to play the guitar (creativity)

Creativity: “arts and other experience that involve creative thinking”

Action: “physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle, complementing academic work elsewhere in the Diploma Program”

Service: “an unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected”

(from OSC Creativity Action & Service Handbook 2010-2012)