Secondary CCA update

But even with all of those challenges we manage to surprise ourselves and decorate our surroundings every week with something new. We understand that we’re always learning even by making something small, which gives us happiness.

– Mahika Student CCA Leader

The Secondary CCA (Co-Curricular Activities) programme started inearly September with a combination of activities taking place. These were organised and led by both teachers and students as part of the Creativity, physical Activity and Service (CAS) and Service as Action (SA) programmes. In keeping with the school’s mission of “Encouraging Responsibility”,older students have chosen to lead others in a variety of areas.

This semester the CCA programme for Secondary students has seen 17 different activities taking place. These include such diverse opportunities as Painting and Sketching, Yoga, the History of Civil Aviation and Creative Writing. Student leaders are responsible for creating plans and activities for those in the CCA. They use the reflective process to look back, analyse and then look forward and make changes. Older students are leading others in Origami, the Rainbow Alliance, Photography, Creative Writing, Yoga and Painting.

One of the aims of the CCA programme is to give participants opportunities to learn and have fun, whilst at times being able to remove themselves from focusing directly on screens. Although the leading is via video as a medium, many of the activities involve students using their hands to create artistic pieces or to work on fitness and sporting skills and only following leaders via the screen.

Although not directly part of the CCA programme, some students have chosen to lead primary children on Saturday mornings in a modified activities programme. Dance has been popular with others participating in football skills and singing.

Origami CCA is led by a DP 2 student. We have teacher supervision in all CCA’s and here is what has been said by the supervisor about the activity:

“Making something creative using our tactile perceptions can be extremely therapeutic. This is what a small group of students and I found, as we all engaged in a truly calming journey of discovery making delicately folded paper objects for the weekly Origami sessions with student leader Mahika. Following the frenzy of a regular school day, the Origami CCA is something we have learnt to look forward to every Monday, as we urge our stiff fingers that have become so used to tapping at a keyboard, to be become more sensitive and pliable as we manipulate intricate folds of paper to create aesthetically beautiful objects. The session leaves us calm and recharged to take on the rest of the evening with a lot more vigour and joy than would be the case on a normal day.” ( Lila Ravichandran Faculty supervisor)

The CCA programme will continue after the Diwali break until mid–December. In early December, students will receive a form to sign up for new activities that will commence in January.

Miss Jodi O’Reilly

Human systems and economic activities	The study of how and why people construct organizations and systems; the ways in which people connect locally and globally; the distribution of power and authority.
Social organization and culture	The study of people, communities, cultures and societies in the ways in which individuals, groups and societies interact with each other.
Continuity and change through time	The study of the relationships between people and events through time; the past, its influences on the present and its implications for the future; people who have shaped the future through their actions.
Human and natural environments	The study of the distinctive features that give a place its identity; how people adapt to and alter their environment; how people experience and represent place; the impact of natural disasters on people and the built environment.
Resources and the environment	The interaction between people and the environment; the study of how humans allocate and manage resources; the positive and negative effects of this management; the impact of scientific and technological developments on the environment.

Living things	The study of the characteristics, systems and behaviours of humans and other animals, and of plants; the interactions and relationships between and among them, and with their environment.
Earth and space	The study of planet Earth and its position in the universe, particularly its relationship with the sun; the natural phenomena and systems that shape the planet and the distinctive features that identify it; the infinite and finite resources of the planet.
Materials and matter	The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose.
Forces and energy	The study of energy, its origins, storage and transfer, and the work it can do; the study of forces; the application of scientific understanding through inventions and machines. (IBO, 2009)

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