Winter Day Reflection

Action + Service

On this friday there was a "Snow Day" which was organised by year 13 and some year 12. Unfortunately I wasn't involved at overall planning but I join my classmate in one of their activities which was called "Capture the Pole" ( this is what I would call it). I proactively put the pole when ever it was needed: before every game and between each segments.

 In order to be more efficient I made a little snow passage for easier access to the playing field. Since the snow was really deep this little trick really help me and my classmate put the pole without delay the games, which could be considered as being aware of the possible weaknesses and problems and improving upon them.
 The communication between our team was also really important. Every time one of my teammates organised students against the wall in order to start the activity, I would ask them how many students there are. This way I could set up poles that is one less that the number of participant there were to make the game more competitive.
 After two rounds of this activity we would start the next segment which involved us to throw little plastic toys into the snow field and the task was find them in a relay format: one-by-one.
 Oh I forgot to mention we always split the students into to teams and reward the team which wins the most with chocolates bars.

I develop some organisation skills and more efficient communication with others which is useful in any team working activity.

I felt that I have achieved work collaboratively by doing my part of the activity well and communication with teammates to make the games run successfully. Furthermore, I organised the poles into one pile after every group of students which could be easily accessed when needed. This way I have showed my commitment to the activity and some planning even though I didn't came up with the activity.

Overall, I felt that Snow Day went not as well as last year's one due to little incident with a teacher getting hurt because of the chaotic activity we had after lunch. This maybe indicates the lack of organisational skills from year 13 and 12 but at same time not much help from the school and teachers. If I had to make the Snow day next year I would make a pseudo plan 2 weeks before the day in order to solve possible problem and make plan B if necessary. People who are making the activities must inform the CAS coordinator for necessary equipment beforehand not on the day.
Finally, we must warm everyone to wear warm clothing in order to make the day fun for everyone.