In my opinion, extracurricular activities are crucial to a child’s growth. Many of the children are unable to do so for a variety of reasons. I am a fervent believer in this, therefore when the chance to volunteer for school community service presented itself, I did so. These sessions were conducted for 3 weekends, totalling 6 sessions of teaching students different skills and enhancing their gross motor skills. Here with proper resources provided by the school and basic exercises, those students were able to perform exponentially better by the end of 6 sessions. 

The sessions included ones where they learnt the passing of the football, dribbling, scoring a goal, teaching them the rules of the game and finally they were divided into groups and they played a match for one of the sessions. 

LO’s that were met during this:

LO 4: Shows commitment and perseverance in CAS experience

I committed by showing up for all 6 sessions. It was challenging to manage the kids who were assigned to me at the beginning because they were reserved or were over-enthusiastic and had never experienced such a chance before, there were some communication lags too but I persisted in my work, and eventually, they warmed up to me and we were able to get the most out of each session. I had to be persistent if I wanted to keep talking to them and ensure that they learnt something helpful every session.

LO 5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

Since I wasn’t the only volunteer who had chosen football, I worked with other people as well. Before each session, we prepared the drills and skills, and when the kids showed up, we divided up and allocated responsibilities amongst ourselves. Due to the number of kids, we had to work together and consistently maintain peace to make the best use of our time.

LO6:Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance 

Quality of education is a basic right that should be available to everyone. Sports education will help them to be more skilled in terms of their event and overall ensure that proper aspects of holistic learning are benign covered. They developed skills which will help them in multiple ways. Learning about how they could train with minimum resources and exercise accurately. Moreover, this will also play a major role in their well-being as by playing sports and performing drills which will aid they performance, they can ensure better health and be more active in their lives.