Service sessions at School

Service sessions are initiated by the school to provide an opportunity for the students to help unprivileged children and make a change for global significance. When I had the opportunity to make a change, I felt the joy and was very happy that I could help someone and make a change for the betterment of their lives and society. Service sessions helped young children learn to play sports, cooking food dishes, learn dancing, learn painting and how to operate a computer. Particularly, I helped those children learn ultimate frisbee as I know how to play it well and I have also played many regional tournaments. It was my first time interacting with someone I do not know and teaching them how to play sports. It was a bit difficult for me to communicate with them as the children came from a variety of different cultures and everyone spoke different languages. I was impressed by the way my friends were trying to speak different languages, it sure sounded a bit funny but their efforts were worth applauds. I was also impressed by the children, they were very curious and enthusiastic to learn new things and interact with us. It seemed like the service sessions really meant a lot to them as they all wore their new clothes and were dressed really well.

LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

Working as a group is generally easy with me as having people with different skill sets helps the whole group to divide work equally according to their skills and also the work gets done faster.

It was easy for me to work as a group with my friends as we usually play together and we share a nice bond with each other. At first it was difficult for everyone to speak different languages, eventually, we divided people into different groups according to the language they speak. Dividing people into groups made it a lot easier for us to communicate with children. Frisbee can be thrown in a number of different ways,  and all of us used a number of different techniques to throw, which helped us teach the children not one but a number of ways of throwing a frisbee. Which was also one of the benefits of working as a group to make work easier and quicker.

LO6: Demonstrate engagement with the issues of global significance

Education and Hygiene were the issues which were catered during the service sessions. I believe that Education is very essential for one’s survival. With the lack of resources, it is very hard for these underprivileged children to educate themselves, the education provided to them is very limited. Education makes it easier for a person to earn and feed themselves, therefore it is very important for these children to discover what they like and educate themselves as much as possible for a brighter future. Being aware of the importance of education, it thrives to learn more and more every day. There are a number of health problems which are caused due to lack of hygiene. Therefore, we encouraged the children to wash their hands with soap during the break before having anything.  Teaching these little things to them has a very great impact on their lives in the future, for me being a part of this brought me proud and bliss. I enjoyed these service sessions very much. I can now say that I tried to make a change for good, and I would like to thank Fountainhead School to provide me with the opportunity for making a change.

Getting a certificate for being a part of service sessions regularly.

Children having food.
Teaching how to throw a Frisbee.

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