PE 10 Final Report Card
From the beginning of the year till now I have loved PE. I always have and always will enjoy it, and in all honesty I am sad to know that I will not have it next semester and or all year next year or the year after that. I will most certainly continue to do loads of physical activity, but being in a class with your friends, having friendly competitions and having that friendly supportive atmosphere always makes physical activity more enjoyable. That said I do have a plan for next semester and the years to follow and here it is.... roughly....yeaaa:
Monday- 30 minutes running, 30 minutes push-ups/crunches/sit-ups/squats.etc
Tuesday- Join Period 1 Fitness, run for my paper route, taekwondo class (1 hour)
Wednesday- 30 minutes running, taekwondo class
Thursday- Run for my paper route, 30 minutes push-ups/crunches/sit-ups/squats.etc
Friday- Join Period 1 Fitness, taekwondo class
Saturday- Work (Barn work counts as fitness), 30 minutes running, 30 minutes push-ups/crunches/sit-ups/squats.etc
Sunday- Work, 30 minutes running, 30 minutes push-ups/crunches/sit-ups/squats.etc
This may change based on day-to-day scheduling, but that is the main idea. I have balanced it with running being my cardio and push-ups/crunches.etc being my strength training for each day.
This has been one of my most successful PE years leadership-wise, I would say anyways. I always have my PE strip and am always ready to work hard in class. Even when I say "Welp I'm going to die" for fitness I am still smiling, energetic and ready to go and I think that is something I contribute to the class. I may run around like and eegit, screech out random things and do slightly interesting things (To be discrete), but I know that it gets my friends excited to work with me and be a part of the class and I see other people get at least a little more into whatever activity we're doing. I also like to be competitive with Jaskiran, which works well to keep both of us motivated no matter what. As for my leadership points, which I was supposed to start this paragraph off with, but oh well here it is now. I have become much more comfortable with stepping forward in class, I have organized or helped organize 3 soccer set-ups during choice and always help set up the nets for volleyball and take them down as well. I am also comfortable telling people to be quiet when I know the class isn't listening. As well if I see some one struggling during fitness or anything I like to encourage them with a smile or a "Come on, keep going :)", or slow down for a bit to get them motivated again.
Fitness is my favourite part of PE and I always try my hardest and push myself as far as I can each time, but my biggest barrier for this year has been being injured. I still manage to try my hardest and get a good, beneficial work out from every fitness class, but after 7 1/2 years of taekwondo and 9 years of horseback riding along with various other day-to-day physical activities I am paying for it all :P so sometimes I have to not go as hard as I want to because of injury or possibility of injury, but I feel that I have managed quite well for the most part for this year. I would say that is really my only barrier in how hard I try during class and fitness. One of my strengths I would say is not only motivating others, but keeping myself motivated as well. Whenever I reach my barrier where I have to push myself I start to have a mental conversation with myself (This is normal I swear!..I think.. maybe...YES, YES IT IS) to distract myself from anything else going on and when that stops working I set mini goals. For example on the beep test I set my goal to be the next .5, then once I've reached that the next level and then the next .5 until I really cannot push myself any further. That said, I guess goal setting would also be another one of my strengths. Continuing on the topic of goals, one goal I have before the semester is over is to reach somewhere between a 12 and a 13 on our final beep test. I know I can do it, so to achieve this I just need to have that mental conversation with myself and not stop. I know for sure I will be motivated as this is the last beep test and I really want to end off with one of my highest score yet. However something I need to improve on is being slightly less random as I'm sure not everyone enjoys it, my social skills aren't exactly the best so that is one of the things I would say I need to focus on for the future.
As most people know I do taekwondo outside of school and am a 3rd Degree Black Belt, which is one of my biggest fitness activities outside of school. I also do English horseback riding, which IS a SPORT! :P I also do barn work to pay for my riding lessons, which I would say counts as strength training haha :). I also like to go to the YMCA and run on the treadmill or roof track for 30 minutes when I get the chance. My lifestyle outside of class is fairly fitness filled. I also do a paper route, where my goal is to not stop moving running for more than a minute or two. I like to turn everything into a fitness competition, I have had a push-up, plank and wall sit competition in my planning class and have worked out with my step brother's father when he was visiting from the UK. As I'm sure anyone who has been in my class can say, for the most part I have fairly high energy levels... although that may just be my high randomness levels, but.. ummm.. same thing!! :D
One of the things I have not enjoyed this year, would have to be the blog, and as you can probably see I haven't done to well to keep it updated. I think it feels too much like a chore and I would much rather just do PE and write my scores down on a piece of paper in a folder. Which could be done on the blog, so maybe this is just because I am no into social network that much even though we are entering a technological generation. I guess I am slightly behind, well no I know I am, because my mum uses social network more than I do, but yeaaaa there's another goal right there for next year. And something I know hardly anybody will agree with me on is that I would love to have a fitness week where everyday is fitness for an entire week :), but that's just my hyper, PE loving, weirdness talking I'm sure :P. That said fitness activities such as the 30 minute run. beep test, modified beep test, the non-partner and non-equipment locomotion and the partner and non-partner circuit were one of my favourite parts of this years PE.
I am not the most social person believe it or not so one thing I really learned this year, more than any other year, is how much a supporting and friendly environment can really up your energy and spirits and really keep you motivated. I am going to Semiahmoo Secondary next year as I got into the IB program there and one thing I really hope will be there is the same environment that there is here at Sulli. I love all the friendships I have made with everyone, even the teachers and I really hope I can have a similar environment at Semi. This year I became more open and social and really noticed how much a great atmosphere can change things and I really appreciate the environment and atmosphere our class has had this year.
Beep Test Scores:
Beginning- 9, 20 push-ups, level 4 flexibility, 13 T-test, 1 minute plank,
Middle- 10, 25 push-ups, level 5 flexibility, 12.6 T-test, 1 minutes 25 seconds plank
End- 11 and 9 (Did both) 30 push-ups, level 5 flexibility, 3 minutes plank
I can also do 50 sit-ups non-stop, 50 crunches non-stop and 30 V-sits which was one of my goals at the beginning of the year. I was also able to get past 10 and t reach number 3 again on our last partner circuit which shows improvement not only of me, but my partners Rebecca, Jaskiran, Anastasia, and Rushmital.
All this being said I believe I have proven that I deserve an A and 91% as I have been a better leader since my mid-term report card.
