HOUSE PAGES
HEYERDAHL
HOUSE CAPTAINS WRITE UP PING TURONGPUN It has been a very difficult year for everyone and adapting to school life has become harder, nevertheless, us Heyerdahlians have constantly endeavoured for excellence, quality and have showed high calibre when participating in every house activity. This year, we have had to face the challenges of competing in the house competitions during the pandemic. The once intense House Basketball was replaced with a lonesome basketball shootout, our usual house quizzes have been transformed into sitting in front of laptop screens, and our once most prized activity, Sports Day, has vanished, and was instead left in the hands of the House Captains. Despite all of these changes, every single one of us has persevered and made the most out of all the house events. The enthusiasm and determination brought into the activities, whether it being ‘Mask Design’, ‘Virtual Background Design’, competing in the fitness challenge and taking part in the typing challenge, it is evident that Heyerdahl has proven, once again, the ability to compete and drive our house to the new high!
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SHAMAL 2021
HEYERDAHL MARK BEZZINA Through the dedication of the house leaders, the perseverance of the students, and the unconditional support of the Heyerdahl community, this year’s sporting activities went ahead despite the current situation. Activities that have not been seen in our school before, things like house tennis tournaments, class basketball shootouts and the very tiring fitness relay, were all introduced. Everyone who participated should be proud of what our house achieved this year, everyone’s best efforts were left on their respective courts, machines (and fields in the house captain tug of war). We had a few members of our house win gold for us in their individual events, special mentions go to to Robert (Year 7), Jessie (Year 7) and Mya Khurshid (Year 8) who all won their events in House Tennis. The support given to all of the students participating this year, was exceptional especially as the encouragement was yelled from 2 metres away and from under a mask!
ZEENAT JAVAID Every single member of Heyerdahl this year has contributed massively to the house and has shown remarkable resilience in the face of the pandemic, as House Captains, it really made us proud. With the pandemic at hand, the role of the House Captains changed drastically, and along with all of the other members, we too have had to adapt the way that we function as a team. Over the year, instead of corralling students to take part in the swimming gala or house football, the leadership team has instead had to organise online events — almost fully integrating the house approach to be online, for covid safety of course. We have even created a house video as a replacement for our regular, live house assemblies! One key event that has dramatically changed this year was that we as a school did not get to experience Sports Day… Instead, the House Captains (in a slightly lonely mood) represented each house in our own mini-pseudo sports day, with (covid safe!) activities including tug of war, backwards sprinting and archery. We’ve had to change and adapt just like the rest of Heyerdahl.
