End of Season 1 U19B Football – What I got out of this experience/ outcome

One of the major thing I thought was important to take away is the importance of looking out for improvement rather than just the end result. A lot of the times, we were disappointed looking at the game result. One of the reasons we weren’t winning was because the opponent was A team, we were also not strong enough as a team since we had less experience. But as we reflect after each game, we realised that our communication, passing, working as a team has gotten much better. We talked about how we have improved compared to the last game and this really encouraged the whole team to work harder. This is when i realised that sometimes, it is okay to lose, as long as we are improving and we recognise it. It taught me the importance of being confident, enjoying sports, the power of encouragements, and team reflections.

Post culturama show – What I have gotten out of it/ Outcome

It has been a week since culturama ended and I think that I have been able to create one of the most memorable experience out of this. There are 2 major things I got out of this experience and in my opinion, both of them are very important for me. Throughout the journey, I have been able to develop my dance skills and collaborative skills. The dance of South korea was challenging, though through practices outside of the usual rehearsals, i was able to overcome, learning how to cope with challenges. Being one of the more experienced dancers in the group, I have learned to help the other dancers who are struggling to remember, in a way that will make it easier for them to master the dance. Another thing I got out of this is interacting with people from other grades. Through this dance, i have been able to make new friends from either lower or higher grades. It changed my perceptions about being friends with people from different grades and at the same time, I learned the enjoyment of meeting people from different age groups. Not only about dance, we talked about different things and it was interesting enough to see different perspectives on different things. Overall, Culturama has helped me bond with new people and i think that it is an event that is not only about dance, but about a way of learning about yourself and others.

U19B Girls Football – Challenges/what i look forward to

I have been on this team for 3 years now and since I am one of the older people in the team, I want to take some leadership role. I am a vice captain on the team, but one of the challenges for me is that I am very bad at taking leadership role. I am usually nervous to talk in front of a group of people so I want to try overcome that.

This year, my goal is to be a good senior. For the past 2 years, I was a friend of a girl who is 2 years older than me called feven (she graduated last year). Whenever i was upset about football because i let down my team, or i was confused, she was always there to help me. She was very encouraging and she made me feel more comfortable in the team. I want to be like her in the football team, someone who can take care of other people.

I am looking forward to enjoying football with the people in my team and meet new people from different grades. I dont really think about winning or losing because we are all inexperienced with football, but i hope to make this experience another good one.

Circus – challenges/what i am looking forward to

I joined this service last year as well and i really enjoyed it so I decided to joint his year again. One of the things I am looking forward to is the circus shows we do. It is very fun to have a large audience and seeing them have fun watching us too. Another thing is teaching the local kids how to do the circus tricks. It is very rewarding to see kids say thank you to me after they get the trick.

One of the challenges is that I am trying to go on a giraffe unicycle. I tried to go on it last week and i could ride well, but my control was very bad so i want to work on that. It is very rewarding to see myself improve every time and my goal is to be good enough to be able to ride it in one of the shows.

LO 3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience

2 weeks till show – challenges/what i look forward to

This is my third year doing culturama and I got into the South Korea dance this year. Dancing is one of the thing i enjoy and i dance on daily basis outside of school so I am looking forward to having a chance to dance in front of a large audience. The dance us starting to come together. One of the challenges is that i am more of a contemp/ballet person more than hip hop, so I take a little more time to remember and polish the dance. Another challenge is balancing school work and culturama rehearsals. So far it has been fine since school has just started and we dont have much work but on the show week, we have rehearsal everyday until 8-9pm. This may affect my working time, I am going to be more tired so I need to make sure i am getting enough sleep. I also have to be efficient in terms of using time because time is starting to be limited and i have to prioritise which work to start with. I remember last year when I did culturama, i had a lot of time management issues so this year I am going to be making a more detailed plan to balance all my works. At the same time, this is what i enjoy a lot so i am looking forward to our end product when the show is on. I hope to get to know people from different grades, i already made new friends so i think it is a great start!

here is the link to the video below of me doing rehearsals outside of school on sundays:

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