So far I am enjoying active learning. I think that it is fun and that I have learned a lot about being healthy and being fit. I come prepared every morning with my PE strip and with a positive attitude. I was late once and absent once, but otherwise I am always on time in the gym before the second bell. I participate in the activities we do each day I have PE. Sometimes I feel that I don't participate as much and that I should change that. On choice days sometimes there isn't a choice that i would like to do , but i still try my best and end up enjoying it. For fitness days I always want to try. That is because there is nothing preventing me from not trying and its up to me to make a decision of what I want to do. Plus I always want to try because it is for my own benefits, it wont effect anyone else so I want to do whats best.
Since the starting of the semester, I think i have improved a lot. Especially for fitness because I get to know how well i am dong. I set up a challenge for myself when we do the beep test. i look at what I got the last time we had it and try to score 5 or 6 beeps more. I got better each time starting from last year in grade 8. also enjoy the other different fitness activities set up. There creative , challenging and fun at the same time. For example when we had to run down the stairs and up in the hub, while your partner was in the gym doing whatever was on the board. During Fitness days I know that I have tried because my heart beats fast and I am sweating a lot. On choice days I liked playing handball. It was fun playing with all girls. I would like to play badminton or volleyball as well. On other days I would like to play capture the flag. I've learned a lot about the weight room. I learned about how to use the equipment and what the purpose of them are. Plus what machine helps what part of your body. The yoga and medicine balls are very helpful too and there is many ways that you can use them. Most of the time when you are up in the weight room, you are independent and can do anything we like. I like to try the equipment and machines to see how to use them and how they work.
I encourage my friends to keep trying and not to give up. Sometimes the activity we are doing is hard and you dont feel like trying, but really we can all do it if you believe in yourself. if your friend encourages you and knows you can do it, it motivates you more. I have been motivated and I would want others to be as well. I helped the grade 8s after their first beep test. They didn't know what the stations were for and where to go, so the 9s lead them through . I have helped set up and store away the equipments. when we were playing handball i helped put the nets away and the nets for volleyball when we played it.
During the past couple of years i have seen changes and improvements in myself. From the very first time I did the beep test I would get at least 1 level more each time. The scores taught me a lot. I didnt think I could make it further but I proved myself wrong. And for the hill /community run, I didnt think I was capable to run for the whole time but I pushed myself to do so. I have also made healthy choices in my diet. I drink lots of milk and water , and eat fruits and vegetables for dinner and lunch. For the future I want to join something during the summer break, most likely swimming. I want to be able to get exercise outside of school and when I am not in school.
In active learning 9, I think I deserve a B because I need to participate more in activities we do as a class. For the next semester I will make sure I will improve on that.
