Sign Language 2015

This is my fourth and final semester of Sign Language. We've been learning a variety of things so far such as fruits, buildings, etcs. further expanding our vocabulary. There has also been an increase in group activities lately since towards the end of the lesson, we split up in teams and compete against each and collaborate which serves as a review for  the things learned in the lesson and occasionally the ones we learned the week before.

Below is a picture showcasing our first lesson that we had for the new semester.

Learning about fruits, in this case: an orange

Recycling 2015

We recently finished the first semester of my second year of recycling a few weeks ago which calls for a reflection post. Overall, I would say that the Recycling and Sustainability group have made quite a bit of progress over this past semester.

Similar to the second semester of my first year of recycling, we had a recycling group with not too many people. Having a handful of people makes it much easier to organize people into groups and to get a work done in an efficient manner; which was reflected in that group. The work of collecting the materials to recycling was normally done in a timely manner leaving space for the members to have a period to reflect on the progress made on that day.

Another initiative that was taken up was to reduce the consumption of cardboard in the school. To make this possible, upon the suggestion of another one of our member, the cardboard boxes sold at the canteen used for holding food, was given a price of Rs. 20. With the added cost, it could be noted that the usage of those cardboard boxes dropped. A problem we faced initially was the lack of plates, since even though the cardboard boxes we charged, people continued to use them to the lack of an alternative. But the recent increase in plates incentivized people to switch over to that rather than the cardboard boxes, which helped fulfill our original aim of decreasing the usage of those cardboard boxes.

With the new semester approaching and the sign up for the new batch of members a few days ago, I'm looking forward to another semester of Recycling.

Below are a few pictures that were taken during our last recycling session:

Gathering all the recyclable materials outside before sorting them into boxes.

Loading all the boxes onto the truck. 

A picture of myself putting one of the boxes onto the truck. (Credits to Yoon Jae for taking the picture)

All of us gathered to write reflections with the DP students helping out the MYP members in writing the reflection. 

Last semester

As the new semester has arrived, I have been able to select amongst new activities. The ones that I've chosen are similar to the previous ones as I'd like to build on those skills.

For action, I'll be continuing with Fun Basketball. I've found continuing with Fun Basketball beneficial as I'm able to further increase my awareness of my strengths and areas of growth. For example, I've become much more confident with the ball than I was when I first started and I know that I could improve in certain areas such doing a lay up.

For creativity, I'll be continuing with Sign Language to further expand my vocabulary.

And for service, I'll be doing Recycling which would involve collaboration with the new members who join us.