The carousel organised by the school on university life was very useful in preparing for university life next year. Attending different carousel about third culture kid, self-defence, dickpic and chill and safe party help me understand the different situations I can be caught in and how I can I escape from a dangerous situation. I feel it made me more prepared about university life. The teachers who were facilitating the carousel shared their experiences of their university life which gave made the amazing carousel. Though I think the carousel was very useful the time allotted to some carousel-like self-defence or dick-pic and chill was very less. I feel that the issues faced by students are most in these areas so maybe spending more time discussing this would be amazing. Nevertheless, I am looking for the two carousels after the break. I enjoyed the carousels I had attended this term and am grateful for the teachers sharing their experiences.
EE RC3 Viva Voce
Posted onI chose my EE topic ‘To what extent were the Bengali writers able to bring women empowerment during the British period in Bengal (India)?’ based on my interest in women empowerment, British rule in India and the work done by the renowned Bengali authors. If I were to make any changes in my research question it would be ‘To what extent were the writers of Bengal influential to create awareness about women empowerment in India?’, since my research question made me restricted to women in the state of Bengal. The challenges that I faced during the process was that it took me a lot of time to finish reading both the book as the books were content-heavy and long. This left me with limited time to do my research. The other challenge I faced was managing time and prioritizing between schoolwork and EE. Though after planning and strategizing time I was able to successfully hand in my EE. Through EE I was exposed to different perspectives on the role of women in society, the role of literature in empowering the society and the role of women in society. This experience would be beneficial in the university in the future.
Final Reflection
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Throughout the season we played, I was able to improve as well as learn new skills. The goals that I set for my self at the start of the year were almost achieved by practising different skills during practice sessions as well as playing against a different team. This football season helped me improve as a player.
Talking about the team this year, my teammates had been quite encouraging and supporting. The constant help and advice during the game or after the game made me realise my areas of improvement, During the games, I use to keep those feedbacks in my mind and try not to repeat my mistake. Our game got constantly better because of better communication and understanding between each other. This year was my last football season but it was effective and I learnt a lot of new skills.
Football Reflection- 2
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Football season this year has been quite challenging this year. Balancing between schoolwork and the training session or the football games have been tough. This season is in grade 12 was quite demanding and being there for every team practice session was important too. So I needed to manage my time properly and make sure that I was able to finish my school work and give my best during the practice session.
This season I am more focusing on longer kicks and quick movement into space in the game. I have been focusing on this during each session. Working in a team has helped learned different skills from my teammates.
Culturama Final Reflection
Posted onCulturama this year has been all about personal challenges and learning a different culturama. I feel this culturama dance is very close to my heart and it has pushed me out of my comfort zone. I had a wonderful opportunity to learn about Kiwi culture and get exposed to different ideas. There were challenges while performing as I was feeling conscious of myself while doing Hakka which sometimes affected in my performances but it also made me think about the choices I made, the way I want my last culturama to be remembered. This experience was challenging yet fun. I had a good time being part of something and unexplored.
Culturama Reflection
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Dance Form for NewZealan this year and learning about the kiwi culture :
For the first time since Culturama started in 2013, girls are invited to participate in the New Zealand dance with along with boys. Instead of the All Blacks Haka, this year we have chosen to perform the Utaina Mai Haka,l is a representation of Maori and Kiwi culture. The haka is about welcoming people from different tribes across the land. The song (called a waita) talks about travelling on a canoe (called a waka), which is reflected in the movements of the dance. Both male and female dancers perform this dance and through the song in two lines, the front line will perform a different set of moves (shown in the audition video) while the backline continues to sing and dance to the chorus of the Utaina Mai Haka. There will be dancing and singing involved along with the chanting and movements normally associated with the haka.
This year this form of Hakka is a representation of how the culture of the traditional tribe and removing the stereotypes that girls cannot do Hakka.
Culturama – Reflection 2
Posted onAfter several rounds of audition for culturama , I got placed into New Zealand and represent the Hakka dance performance in Cultrama 2020. This year it was the first time when girls were performing Hakka in the past 10 years. Being part of something that was going to be new this year was exciting. Initially, I was really nervous about joining the dance as it was pushing me out of my comfort zone as this was the first time girls were going to do it. I was really scared of being criticised for not doing the Hakka properly. Taking this as a personal challenge I decided to be a part of it. The journey would be fun and exciting.
PSE Reflection
Posted onThe positive challenge helped me reflect on what I am most grateful for. It helped me be more grateful and appreciate things or people around me. Though I feel doing it every week on Monday didn’t actually help a lot as I was almost writing the same thing again which actually didn’t help to measure happiness. I feel grateful and appreciate the things you have bring positivity on life. I feel they help in bringing positivity, which helps you think better about life which results in happiness. Happiness can be reflected in the kind of work you spend time in and the way you interact. I agree that being happy and positive helps you become successful in life.
HS Football 2019
Posted onThis academic year, I have again decided to do HS football. This time playing year as a grade 12 added more responsibility. The expectation of being more responsible and supporting the new players have been there. For me, the main goal would be to focus on my skills and improving them. Last year what I struggled was with controlling the ball and shooting on the ball. This year this would be my main focus. I am looking forward to the year as it would be difficult handling my school work as well as football.
EE- Reflective conversation 2
Posted onAfter handing in my EE first draft I had my reflective conversation 2 with my EE supervisor. During my meeting with my supervisor, my supervisor gave me some constructive factor on the things I need to work on. She went through my EE and said there are some grammatical errors that I need to work on as what I want to say is not coming out properly. Also, I need to work on my sentence construction as my sentences are too long and don’t make sense sometimes.
Looking more on content my EE supervisor suggested to me include a balanced view of both the book as I use a lot of evidence is used from one book and the other is partially mentioned. I also need to make strong arguments by using evidence from the book. I also need to focus on citing my evidence as few of the evidence was not cited properly.