The month of September was a very hectic month and it was filled with different kinds of activities for all the students to take part in. The after-school activities had begun and the community service meetings every Thursday after school were now a common feature, The sports gala and the “hope for kids” charity concert versus cancer and the founders day assembly also took place this month. Even though I am new too this school I thought it would be a good idea to take part in everything as it would help me develop some skills,help a cause and get to know the other students better. Turns out I was right! This is a quick report on the different activities :
After-school activities : This semester I have chosen football also knows as soccer as my after-school activity. I have been attending judiciously and am proud to say I have not missed a single session. On one afternoon the weather conditions were horrible so the activity was cancelled but still some of us who were more determined to play football roughed it out in the rain and played a usual game as if everything was perfect. This activity has helped me develop my football skills and has earned me a place in the soccer team , atleast for now.
Our first football match : We played a football match against a team called “ The Colombo Lions” who were about on average ten years older than us and used to practice every week. We were getting beaten badly in the beginning but then we pulled it together in the second half and put up a comeback. We learnt a lot from this experience about ball control and team play. We hope to play this team and other teams in such practice matches before we go for SAISA as it will really help our teamwork.
Community Service : For this semester I have chosen the cleft palette organization which raises money for operations for children who suffer from this disease. All members of this organization meet every Thursday after school to discuss methods by which we could raise money for these children. We have set and estimate of earning 300,000 rupees through donations and holding events for our cause. Though we still don’t have any concrete plans on how to earn this money I am sure we will think of something that will work.
The Sports Gala: the sports gala was an action packed day with activities ranging from football to swimming. I chose to take part in all non-swimming activities and try and earn some points for my house the blue house . I took part in football, volleyball , kickball and basketball. We did not perform outstandingly well in these activities though in the end through our whole house’s joint effort we were able to lift the sports cup for this year!! BLUE HOUSE CONQUERED ALL!
Charity concert : This concert was organized by one of our schools own community service organizations called “hope for kids” and it went off very well. The tickets were sold out which made us happy but also nervous because now we knew we had to perform in front of a massive audience. Me and a group of other boys and girls got together and choreographed and performed an Indian bollywood dance as our contribution to the concert. Our performance was greatly appreciated and it can be seen on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ZN61c4W-o. We were extremely satisfied with ourselves for our performance and being able to contribute something to the concert for this cause.
Founder’s Day Assembly : For the founder’s day assembly our group of dancers that performed for the charity concert was once again called upon to perform our dance as the finale for the assembly. We were honored by this offer and readily accepted and performed our dance once again in front of the entire school. This time too the performance went off without a hitch once again and left the crowd pleased.
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