Arianna's Fitness Blog #1

Throughout the beginging of last year I thought that P.E was a nightmare only when it came to fitness because I had never experienced this type of physical education throughtout my elementary years. This year I'm willing to change that because I know what to do, how to pace myself when it comes to the running, how to be a great influence and be a leader when it comes to these fitness days etc. Last year when it came to my fitness I had thought i did well when it came to my beep test and other fitness scores but this year when I had done my beep test I and the other fitness activities I found out that I improved greatly. My fitness scores last year were in the five's section but this year I got up two and a half then last time (7.5). I feel very proud that i did this and i hope to get up higher next time. I feel that I interact with my new peers greatly by showing and helping them out throughtout this year. I also encourage my peers to do the best they can in fitness and I also encourage myself to do the best i can too. In class I'm always prepared with the right gym strip so that I'm always ready to go. When it comes to leadership I feel like I'm a great leader in class because I help my peers out when they need it and support them too. When they're about to give up I keep on encouraging them to not give up and try their best even when they can't do it anymore I'm still happy for them cause they did it to the best of their abilities. On my skill development I think I've improved because I know how to monitor my pace and motivate myself, also practice on things that I have to improve on. My commitments to my after school activies are in the middle because I'm very busy with many things that i forget to tell my mom to inrole me in some sports that I want to do (tennis, kickboxing etc.) but when I do have time i go outside and play basketball, street hockey etc with my brother and friends in our neighbourhood. My dietary chocies are coming down because I have a BIG sweet tooth but that never stops me because my loving mother always encourages me to eat healthy. It will help me on the fitness days and make it a whole lot easier. Like I have said last year, whenever i feel sick because I've pushed myself to much I dont quit or try and tell the teacher because that gives me the sign saying that I've quit on myself, now I know that's really bad but it just feels like I would give up on the fitness and it wouldn't be fair to my peers if I had quit. In P.E I enjoy hanging out with my peers and the thing I would like to see changed is more games with the other classes so not only am I interacting with my peers but I'm also interacting with my other peers from the other classes. Lastly I would like to talk about my personal plans and goals. For my personal plans and goals I would love to be more fit, eat healthy and have more outside activities because I think it'll help me more in life. These are all the things I feel like I wish and have accomplished throughtout the begining of my grade 9 year so far.

Arianna Kong's grade 8 active learning blog post

          Throughout this year I've achieved so many things that I couldn't achieve in the starting of the year.  I have learned all the things about being fit and active but to never think about that a lot but to just have fun doing it.  For me, I think that my fitness level has greatly improved everything and I really proud of it.  Whenever I feel sick to the stomach because I don't eat a lot of breakfast ( the most important meal of the day, which is not good that's don't eat a lot ) or have some pains I always push myself to never quit because if I did it would mean I have given up.  I never tell anyone which I know is bad but I never want to sit out I will always push my self even if it hurts.  I also push my peers to do their best to achieve what I have achieved to be their best and live a long life.  Being fit and healthy doesn't always mean you have to be active you also have to eat healthy foods to live a along life too.  On fitness days I've learned to not quit even if your brain and body tell you that you need to quit just push yourself a little more.  Sometimes I have my down days when I'm not that fit and active  but I pick myself up all over again.  I have been learning a lot throughout this year and I have achieved my goals being fit, active, healthy and to just have fun while doing it with my friends.  I've been pushing myself so much this year and have been improving a lot with fitness days.  My leadership with my friends are at a perfect level because i push them to do their best but to always have fun.  The things I need to improve are to eat a little bit more healthier and be a little bit more active both in and out of school.  I think the grade I deserve is an A but I always think I deserve a B because I don't think I do my best although my peers think I do because I always push myself even when I'm not feeling 100%.  I always want to improve my brain and body with my own leadership to push myself to the best of my ability without giving up on my self when my body and brain want too.    Not only do I push my friends but they also push me to never give up too and I'm very thankful to have them by my side.  This is all the proof I need for you to know that I really want to achieve my goals, be healthy and happy while doing it and to always have fun!  This year has been one of the best first years in high school thank you Mr. Vaughan.

Arianna Kong's active learning blog post

ACTIVE LEARNING BLOG POST

Q: During PE this year, how have you shown you are prepared and willing to participate 
in a variety of activities? 

A: I have prepared myself by always bringing my gym strip, getting hyped up for anything that we are about to do and always being on time for the classes.

Q: On what days have you participated to your best effort and 
why?  

A: On the fitness days I always try my best even when it's to much for me or I over do myself because I want to be very healthy if I want to live a long life.

Q: What days have been a struggle for you and why?
A: The fitness days have more of a struggle for me because I sometimes feel light headed, sick to my stomach and sore muscles the next day.  

Q: How do you contribute to the overall success of the class? 

A: I contribute to the overall success of the class by helping with the clean up and help with whatever people need help with.

 Q: What kind of attitude do you bring and why? 

A: I always bring on my a game and be supportive of others, if we have parteners I always encourage them and myself to do our best even though it gets tough but we get through it together.

Q: How do you interact with other students in our class?
A: I'm always nice and caring of my peers around me and I'm there for them when I am needed or if thy get hurt.

Q: Describe your participation during fitness days - have you been able to push yourself 
physically?  

A: I've sometimes been able to push myself but thn I push myself to hard it becomes harder for me and I quit by resting or getting water, I always need water because it runs out of my body quickly.

Q: What types of fitness activities do you enjoy the most?  

A: The fitness activity I enjoy the most would probably be the partener 1 minute off 1 minute on or the circut because their both fun with the music. 

Q: What fitness goals do you have for the rest of the year? 
A: The fitness goals I have for the year would be getting more exersize everyday because I lack exersize and eating healthy because I have a big sweet tooth.

Q:What does "leadership" mean to you?  

A: Leadership to me means that we take on the responsability role for everyone in the class or other peers around you and to take the leaad in anything the teacher can't do when he/she is busy doing something else.

Q: Who are the best leaders in our class - why?
A: I think our peer teacher are the leaders because they encougarge us to do our best and never quit on what we started.

Q: What improvements would you like to make in PE by the end of the year? 

A: The improvements I would like to make by the end of the end of the year is to have a strong healthy body.

Q: What are you the most proud of so far?
A: I'm most proud of how I can run and do exersizes for a long time unlike the past years where I could only run for a short time but not to short.

Q: Finally, what letter grade A, B, C+, C, C- (gulp) best represents the effort you just described? 
A: I think I deserve an A because I always encourage others and myself when it gets to hard to achieve but we get through it with a few bumps in the road. I deserve this grade because I push myself to the best of my abilities even when it gts to hard to do but in the end I feel like I've achieved what I needed to achieve and I feel very proud of how it turned out in the end. With all this fitness and me pushing myself and others to go past our limits it always ends on a good note and great leardership, and that's why I think that I deserve and A.