Basketball Team

This is the first term that I came to GCA and I become stronger than before. We have a lot of chance to exercise at GCA. There are many PE lessons and physical activities. Students can join them and train themselves. I joined Basketball team.

Many people love playing basketball but I did not like it at first. In the beginning of the term, my good friend asked me to join the Basketball club. She told me basketball is really a kind of interesting sports. I thought, “why not?” I could learn something.

My friend did not know how to play either so we learnt from the easiest part. First, Mr. Saxby (our coach) taught us how to dribble and the rules of the match. He trained all of the members as clear as possible. I did not know anything about the basketball but I understand a lot after I had the class. We had classes three times a week and I felt I did better in dribbling and many other things.

After many weeks there came the match. We were going to play against the GCA in Jiaxing and Hang Zhou International School. We were both very nervous and excited. We played against HIS first but they were too strong to play with us. They were trained well and seemed learnt for a long time. Their movements were perfect and had great teamwork. That was why they could play so well. The higher grade members played most of the time of the match. I also played for some time and I felt it was so wonderful to stand on the court and take part in the match with team mates. We put effort on one thing together that was to win the game though we were lost at last. I was exhausted but happy to join this game. This was a good experience to me.

We played against Jiaxing GCA later. I was less nervous and hope to get into the game more. Jiaxing GCA was not strong and they were not as good as our team. I played more than last time and I had more confidence. Mr. Saxby talked to everyone about what they should do. This time we won easily. Although we could not win the champ but we won one at least. I was so happy.

I learnt a lot from this match. We must have team spirit and be serious with it. HIS was a good example. We should learn more from them.

We had another match after a few weeks. Our team did better than before and won again. I was glad to see it. I believe we will be stronger and stronger. If we want to win the score while we are playing the match, we must look at the goal and trust ourselves. It is important to be brave in the match because we are going to catch the ball from the offence. Teamwork is the most important. In basketball lesson, we did not only practice basketball in many ways but also exercise like running or frog jumping.

I like basketball now and it maybe fit me because it needs much passion. I think it is good to do this sport. It's fun to play and also makes ourselves healthier.

Marketing Team

This term I joined several clubs such as Treasure Exchange Club, Basketball team, Marketing team, Volunteer Club and Fun Club. Joining clubs is really a good thing for us students. We can learn many skills and have fun.

Marketing team is a helpful club for us. I learnt a lot from it. Entering this club is very strict because we must write a resume of ourselves and translate an article from which it gives. I tried my best to do all those works and I succeed at last. It was very difficult because there were only six people in Grade 10 can be enrolled and I was lucky to be one of them.

The organizer of this team is Mr. Gallinelli because he is in charge of making the whole school better. We had a lot of meetings about the school like uniforms, parents meetings, etc. these things. On November 10 to 12, the first parents meeting of grade 10, 11 and 12 of this term, all of our marketing team members dressed formally. In the beginning, we had to welcome all the parents and take them to the hall because they did not know the way. We also gave hand-out to them too. I stood with my classmate and was waiting for the parents. I found it was interesting to see different people and give the hand-out. I pointed the way to the hall for them. When there were a lot of people, I took them to the stairs to the hall by myself. It was a really great experience and I enjoyed it very much. This could help us be more organized. It gave us confidence and made us do everything better. We kept doing this for three days and I did not feel very tired but happy.

We also helped with GCA newspapers. I interviewed Michael Zhu who graduated in 2007. I sent e-mail to him and asked several questions about his university. He wrote a long article and talked about how he chose universities. Michael is studying at McMaster University and his major is International Business. He introduced his city which he is living and he likes his life there but he feels tired sometimes. Michael also gave us some advices to learn better: train yourself to take notes in class and practice English more in the school. I learnt many things from what he replied.

I also did many other things. We thought about the new GCA uniforms and gave advices. We can translate for teachers in the meetings too. The most of these things were done by higher grade students because they have more experiences and we are just in grade 10 now. Members of this team are professional and they made the club strong in introducing the school. Although it is very good but there is still a small problem that is maybe we should ask other schoolmates’ advices sometimes. It will be great for working better. In the future, when I am in higher grades, I will help more with those things.

Anyway, I am happy that I joined the Marketing team. It teaches me how to be organized and trust myself. Students can contribute to school to make it more beautiful, more organized and better in much other kind of stuffs. This club is also good for entering universities I think. I am looking forward to doing the works for the school next term.