School Physical Education Classes (8 hours Action) (Term 1, 2 and 3)

For our Personal And Social Education classes in school, we mostly play team sports to build our connections between one another while improving our general teamwork, coordination and cooperation. Moreover, I just enjoying playing around with my friends in a friendly game of soccer, Ultimate Frisbee or other tactical games. I enjoy being a leader in sport-teams towards my classmates and I try to involve them as much as possible to make them feel more confident so that they can improve their abilities.

For the majority of the 3 Terms, we played softball, sometimes with the rest of the year when they were not doing the alternative creative activity. I enjoy softball as I can actively contribute to the success of my team and I enjoy leading others. However, for about 4 weeks, we changed to volleyball which is a sport that I found very difficult in the past. Luckily, I managed to succeed in improving my technique which allowed me to contribute more in my team. What I enjoyed about it though was the fact that other members of the class stood up and took leader roles instead of myself, and this allowed me to improve a different aspect of my communication skills.

Social and Student Council (10 hours + 4 hours Service) (Term 2 and 3)

During Term 2 where Jo and I were voted in as the President and Vice-President of the Social Council respectively, we have helped to set up various school events such as the annual Singing Bees Contest and Valentines' Day. Both of these events required preparation but more so with Valentines' Day as we had to setup the night before to ensure that the roses were as fresh as they could possibly be, and this took quite a few hours but the surprised and satisfied reactions of the students (with how many roses and chocolates they got) on the Friday made it all worth-while; knowing that we were helping to make the students enjoy the time that they have at ISB as great as possible. In addition, we also jointly run with the General Student Council to better service the students through Sport and Environment activities and drives. Currently, we are also working on smaller scale ideas to tie in with the house-point system that ISB has to make the activities more competitive and enjoyable for everyone. I hope to see the General Council as a whole to keep meeting the needs and wants of the students so that we can provide them with the best opportunities to make school-life more than just the books.

In Term 3, our council took the opportunity to give the students of ISB the most enjoyable activities to take part in. We put on: Breakfast Friday, where we sold breakfast at break time; School Splash, where we hired bouncy castles and slides, and bought water guns for everyone to have a massive water-gun fight; Movie Night for the Year 6s and 7s, this was so that they could bond and allow the Year 6s to feel more comfortable about entering secondary; and Inter-house Basketball Competitions, where teams of Red, Yellow and Blue from each year played each other to become the winners of the junior and senior divisions, and then the overall champion of the school.

I am thoroughly impressed with the effort that we have put into the number and variety of activities that we have held for ISB, and I hope that the students feel the same. Even though we had initial difficulties working together as a team while juggling our demanding schoolwork, we have managed to successfully work together with all of the ideas that we have put forward as a council. I hope that we can continue to work together well so that we can put together an amazing last Term before we hand it over to the year below.

Homework Supervisor and Student Mentoring and Tutoring (11 hours Service) (Term 1, 2 and 3)

Over the first, second and third Terms, I have tried to help students with their organisation to not only make us be a role model and improve them, but also to improve our OWN organisation so we can in turn, try to help them better. However, I have always taken pride in my organisational skills and I have suggested that my student follow the same work patterns as I do so that they can be as productive as I am which I stress to him. I enjoy caring for and seeing other students be successful through just being given a short talk to at the start of the day twice a week to see if any subjects are giving them trouble or if they need advice; mainly, they just need to be shown how to do things and then they will do it well. All that's needed is that initial push and I have firsthand seen how my student has progressed and been a better student in general. I had never had this opportunity of an extra option to help me in the past and I feel satisfied that my student DOES have this opportunity so that he can perform better in school.

In Term 3, I tutored a student two years lower than me for the IGCSE maths course in order to help him improve his knowledge of the subject, ask quesitons and to reinforce what he had learnt in class. I felt that while I was tutoring, I was also revising my old work which tied into the current maths course that I was doing, IB Mathematics Higher Level. This was the first time that I had actually tutored anyone for anything and the experience taught me to be patient with the process and open-minded with the way that I could explain the different topics, so that I could teach them in the best way to enhance his learning.

Cricket Training and Matches (42 hours Action + 2 hours Service) (Term 1, 2 and 3)

In addition to being on the basketball team, I am also on the Cricket team of ISB. I newly joined this club in October, 2009 and have been one of the leaders of the team. I genuinely have a love of the game as a whole as watching it on T.V. is a highlight when I visit Australia, and I feel very excited when I play cricket and I already have some amazing memories of our games. At the moment, my bowling is quite good but my batting reactions needs a little practice so that I can stroke the ball and place it where I want on the field. Because of this fact, I have not been able to score high all of the time when batting in matches against our rival school, JIS, because I am more conservative when I play. But sometimes you just need to take a chance when you play as I found that this was when I played best. This is what I am trying to work towards to improve my game so I can further contribute to the team's success in the future.

Near the end of Term 3, our team took part in the Tri-series between ISB, JIS and the Under 19's National Team of Brunei. We played our best and made it into the finals where the scores were tight up until the very end. We won with only 2 overs to spare but it was ISB's day for victory again. I was very impressed by the way that our team played and worked and communicated as a unit, and I hope that we continue to do so in the future. A little while after the conclusion of the series, I wrote up an article with help from my dad and my coach, Faisal, for both of Brunei's newspaper: The Brunei Times and the Borneo Bulletin.

Now, with our vice-captain leaving Brunei and consequently, our team, we will have to find new faces to join our team and this will also require me to take a more leading role in our team as a whole.