In active learning I find it really fun and I am enjoying it so far. I am always on time and prepared with my PE strip. I give a positive attitude towards the activity we are planned to do that day which makes it even more enjoyable. When we are doing group activities I show leadership towards my friends and try to encourage them. I also receive a lot of encouragement from others as well and that really helps to push myself to do better and keep going. I remember that in the beginning of the year I used to give up more faster because I thought I could not keep going and I didnt believe in myself, but I realized now that I have worked towards changing that because it was for myself and I really wanted to improve my fitness. I did Improve a lot since the first day and i'm proud of that.

I know that I have improved and went up in my fitness. On the beep test I was always reaching and going forward, But after winter break I went very down and I only got 4.5. I think this happened because I didnt get enough exercise and I wasnt active during the break so my body wasnt doing what my mind wanted to. I wasnt proud of myself that day because I knew I could do way better  but I didnt try hard enough. I am going to push myself even harder on the next beep test we have. During the pond run I tried my best as well and at the end I was proud. When we were in the weight room and recorded how many steps we took on the pedometer I was working very hard to get to 2000 steps. I jumped rope in the first half, I got up to 700 steps when we were jumping rope. After we did the ladder and I got up to around 1000 steps. Lastly we went up and down the stairs and I reached over 2000. I got around 2472 steps at the end of the block.
I enjoy regular days when we are with our class. I thought it was fun when we played golf. I learned how to hold and hit the ball. I thought it was useful because when we go play outside of school you know what you are doing. When we did the dance on the last week before spring break, I learned a lot more about dance and the different types of dances that are out there. I didnt even know how to do Bhangra until we did it during the dance week.

I think I have learned a lot during the 8  months.
I think I deserve an A. because I try the best I can during fitness days and days with only our class. Since I put my best effort I have improved and grown my knowledge about leadership, staying fit and enjoying yourself!

March 5 interim report

in Active Learning 9 I think I have improved a lot since the first day up till now. I have always come prepared to class with my PE strip and am always on time.In the first few months, I didnt show much leadership towards my classmates and I have seen that change when I got to know more people. Also my participation has improved more within my class because i realized that before I wouldnt try hard and I would force myself to say that I dont like the activity. Then I actually enjoyed it once I started trying so I think it is just our mind that takes over. I encourage my friends to do the same because otherwise once you see someone not participating you want to do the same and that influences us in the wrong way.

In my Fitness I have seen a lot change as well. Each time in the beep test I always improve but one time when we had it I dropped down and only got 4.5. I think the reason was that we didnt have fitness for almost two weeks at school and i hadnt got any exercise outside of school either, so that made a big difference. That day I wasnt proud of myself because I knew I could have done way better. i liked the loco loco motion fitness. I enjoy it a lot because I can get a good fitness workout out of it.

I enjoy playing handball and I would also like to try playing badminton as a class or as a choice day.
I think I make the right choices for my diet because I know that I have fruits and vegetables and have three proper meals a day.
I am thinking of joining something in the summer because I need fitness throughout the whole year. In grade 10 we have PE only for one semester so for the other semester I need to join something in school or outside of school in order to maintain my healthy lifestyle

I have seen improvements in my leadership, participation and in my fitness so I think I should deserve a G for my workhabits

Semester 1- Report Cards

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.

Work Habits

In Active Learning, I think I deserve a G for my work habits. I think this because I always come prepared to class with my gym strip and I'm always on time. I enjoy and try my best for anything that is planned for us. Even though I try my best I think I could still try I bit more. On fitness days I really enjoy myself because you are busy the majority of the time and you get to challenge yourself or try to improve from the last time. I like to see what level of fitness I am on when I'm doing the beep test and seeing myself improve the next time. Choice days are fun as well since you get to do what you want and make a choice among your friends. I participate in any activities we do and  encourage my friends to keep trying when they don't fell like participating on that day. Since we have PE first block, I always have a good and healthy breakfast so I have the energy to run and move around. My goal is to join something outside of school like skating or swimming.
So far in active learning I am enjoying it and I am looking forward to the rest of the year!:)

My Final Blog Post

My grade 8 PE was awesome. We did some really fun activities and fitness too. i really liked going outside for PE and running in the fresh air. I liked doing obstacles because its fun just jumping around and running. For fitness I didnt like the hill run that much, and community run I did like. From september to June I learned a lot about being healthy and active. And now that we have come to an end, I have to give myself a grade. I participated mostly all the time and I tried my best on choice and fitness and any other activities we did. So I think I want myself to have and A. I really enjoyed myself in Active Learning and there were some times that I really dint enjoy, but I pushed myself to just give it a try and sometimes I ended up liking it and others I thought that it was fun but not the best. Having PE with ms Phillips was very fun  and I hope I have her next time in my future years of high school!:)

Community Run

On Friday we did the community run for fitness. I actually enjoyed it except for one part. Anyways I enjoyed it because  I think I did better than the last time we had it, which was around October I think. I ran and then I would walk and run and walk...so on. I kept up and at the end of the run I was sweating and felt good. Now, (a day after) my legs are soar which tells me that I ran my best!:)

BEING HEALTHY

Being healthy is different for everyone, I mean it could mean exercising or eating right. Well you need both exercise and eating healthy. You obviously don't want to eat fatty foods all the time but yeah once in a while its OK... as long as you burn the fat by exercising (like running or taking a long walk). On fitness days, Tuesdays and Fridays, I think we should work as hard as we can and as hard as our body lets us because it is for our own benefit. I think the teachers put together fun ways of working out (like the poker and relay),so it would be fun and have a challenge at the same time. It makes me look forward to something and enjoy it! After fitness days, I can feel that I am sore, which tells me that I've worked hard. Sometimes when I don't notice that I'm not doing much, our teachers assistance Alyssa encourages everyone, which helps. PE is wonderful and I'm looking forward to the next day!:)