final assesment

SORRY MR NEUF MY PHONE DIED WHEN I TRIED TO PUBLISH IT

 1) Participation:

My Participation during our gym block has improved so much, way more than last year. I love this pillar/section of the course because its so easy to participate, even when i don't have to i still chose to, and gym has come to be one of my favourite classes. I have always been committed to showing up on time to class with p.e strip and a positive attitude ready to take on the activity and challenges coming my way. I have never forgotten gym strip, or skipped a class, there was only 2 times I have sat out or have been excused due to sickness and doctors appointments.  I definitely put my best attitude towards participating and give my full potential whether its regular activites or fitness. There is no reason not to try and i think i show that in my participation. I love organising activities and taking part as well. I love participating and trying to get people involved in gym and try my best aswell because gym is not an individual activity. Its a learning environment and its better to work with others

2) Social Responsibility and Contribution to the class:

again i think i have improved so much compared to last year. I think this because it was our turn to lead the class being one of the older groups. this year i have stepped up to the plate to take charge and help set up or run activities, help people voice their choices in what they want to do in gym and pitch some ideas myself. I say this because sometimes when nobody takes initiative then where would gym class be, probably just people standing around. I didn't do it alone but with the help of my peers, gathering people to play games and run them ourselves, and also making sure each game was fair was something that we did at first and then it kind of became a subconcious habit. I have always encouraged my peers in our block and helped them with things they weren't to sure of whether it was rules or helping run the game, even where things go. In the last reflection i say the words "im improving social responsibility" and i think this year was the year that i did it and i definitely think that it was time for me to move past working on it to almost mastering social responsibilty. 

3) Healthy Living:
My fitness has improved over this year, and i noticed some changes at healthy living too. In our house we cut back on foods and started going on weekly hikes, also started things like friendly competitions in our house. But whos kidding it was always competitive haha. I think everything in healthy living has improved except my sleeping habits.... whoops. 

evidence of healthy living

4) Digital Portfolio and Reflective skills:
I have posted 27 posts during the whole year, which is better than last year. I will admit i was on top of it all but toward the end it started lacking, but i think for a summary of this year, it was pretty good which is not bad considering a majority of the posts are long and include some pictures and evidence. Things about observations and how i can improve as a leader, student and dancer/ athlete. 

This year was eventful and i came across many challenges. Over all I think that in this class based on the progress, physical participation, healthy living and blog I deserve an A. but around 90% percent. 

Final Fitness testing

At the start of this, i was at the nirm but the worst kinda. Also I think from the first result to the last i have im proved so much, i have gotten my beep test up to a level higher than last year and put in more work with pushups improved one with plank and also board touches. my last results were this 

My middle test was great and i am proud of that everything else was pretty much the same or it was better except the beep test. However i think this beep test alone has even showed improvement It wasnt the best but i have moved up from the first time i did the test this year and this one beat my best last year, I think that this definitely shows my cardiovascular improvement. here are some action shots. 

Final Buddy Post

So from all the times we did our buddy days, i learned more and more about ways to teach and thats its not that easy, I also learned a lot about how my buddies brain works, and also how kids younger than me see the world today. 

Through out this whole process it was was easier at times to be a roll model but sometimes hard because i have never really thought about teaching someone to use a lacrosse stick one step at a time and tell them how to move their limbs and do movements. 

I know that my buddy is definitely a runner and had an easier time and a more engaging time when he played the tagging games, but sometimes when hitting the ball with a bat and using the lacrosse stick he was not as engaged. Right off of the bat I think that my buddy and i clicked in the sense off he loves to learn and loves english and loves cartoons and creativity, so i used ways to teach my buddy in creative ways he would understand. I learned about my buddy and the class he is in and how they take so much interest in the little things, and how much creativity and imagination they have. I think i had under estimated them at first but once i got to see how they worked it was reassuring that we were not the only ones still getting used to meeting new people. 

the very last day our class went to their classroom to see the work they do and talk to them about grade 5. It was pretty awesome, mr. neuf wasnt there and neither was my buddy. but i got a card from him and it was adorable because we always have talks about super hereos and tv characters and he drew me that stuff on my card. For the rest of the buddies We talked to the buddies and then went out on to he field and i explained a variation of rock paper scissors and it was clear that they were engaged and loved to play. in the moment it was clear we were all clmfortable with ourselves! 

Fitness

So it has been undoubtly a long time since i posted about fitness, but since we have had buddies on fridays and usually moss tuesdays things have been weird. The last two fitness activities we have done were cardio training intervals and yoga.

I'll write this post by comparing and contrasting each activity. 

for cardio we were told that we should get into groups of 3-5 based off of beep test and do intervals with them our group (grace, avani and i) chose to do 2 minutes of runnin one of walking. we thought we were going to do 3 minutes but we changed our minds. During the fitness we realized that if we would have gone up to 3 minutes of running then are pace would be inconsistent, so at least with two minutes we could run at the same speed each time. We were glad that we accomplished what we did and went around the track many times.

The power yoga was well tiring, the small gym was filled with people willing to do power yoga, but once we got in there really only the girls were working out, with the exception of miggy from our class. it was hard, to keep balance and composure especially all things that have to do with arms. I was definitely feeling a sweat and the next day my arms were SORE.  Both exercises were great, but one worked more of a challenge which was cardio, the other one all though made me sweat i felt more comfortable with doing. 

Buddies Update

I know I haven't posted in a long time. I am so sorry I thought it would be cool to compare my two last buddy sessions and tell you what happened, how my buddy works and operates and strategies i used to help my buddy learn and grow.

modified baseball:
My buddy along with Calista, Avani, Ruth their buddies and idk who else sorry :S ....  had got into a group to modified baseball. The buddies were being good sports and they learned to play the game fairly quickly, we soon added challenges before sitting down and passing the ball like when you catch the ball you do 5 jumping jacks or sit down right away. We also talked strategies to our buddies and talking about worked and didn't. We did several trials and found that spreading out when the batter hits it and coming in when passing the ball was easier. I knew that my buddy had a teachers aid but when with my buddy i never felt like he needed it. During this game i saw some of the trouble he was having. During the game it was noticeable that he struggled to hold the bat and hit it, but also throwing and catching was a little delayed. As the game progressed i helped him by adjusting how he threw and giving him examples and definitely by encouraging him. It really helped that his peers were super supportive as well because you could tell he was getting more comfortable with the idea of all of it, and that the physical activity was good.  He scored a few points and was fast, but sometimes the good teamwork of the out fielders beat him to it.

Lacrosse:
This is a game that i love playing, especially in gym class, and I loved the idea of us teaching it to our buddies. This activity my buddy was on a team with all boy buddies, I could already tell it would be a fast paced game. The gr 10. buddies on our team were Kyle, Zauq, Abhishek and idk if there were any others...sorry. For this when we did a bit of drills i noticed my buddy had a bit of trouble with the stick and had trouble throwing and catching, but when it came to running he would run at free will... even if it was in the wrong way... LOL. My buddy learned to play and handle the stick better towards the end of the game which is good. Good job to the other team and buddies who dominated though!

From both activities and the ones in the past, personally I think my buddy is a runner. By that i mean he loves running and the excitement and adrenaline with it. No wonder he loved the chariot game and the tag game (he also really liked stealing pinnies from other kids).