FINAL PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT "REPORT CARD" POST - ACTIVE LEARNING 2015

Participation 

Back in grade 8, whenever we played hockey, or activities like poker fitness, I would hate it. I wouldn't give it my all and barely participate because I didn't like it. But now, no matter what activities we do, I give it a 100%.  Because if you don't like to play that activity, at least try to make it fun for yourself AND your peers by trying your best. This could be used as an analogy for exercises. For instance, if you cannot do a regular push up, then you can modify it and still do the exercise. The next time we have the fitness testing, will be the last time this year. And to prove my point, I will give it the best of my ability.
 
I am always here for P: E unless I have to miss it. For example, prepping for band concert and Illness. Since Physical Education takes place in period 3, everyone is punctual. Of course, not perfectly on time because some people take more time to change than others. I always bring my Gym Strip on PE days.  Once and only once, I didn't bring it as it was Day 2 and we weren't supposed to have P: E. Yes, the teacher posted about it on twitter, but I probably missed it or was busy over the weekends. “Missing “sometimes” or having “no strip” more than once or twice may result in a failing mark here.”

 
I find myself pretty skilled at various sports: for example FOOTBALL (European, not American), and badminton. By skilled, I don't mean a professional of course, but good enough. Currently, I’m not as good as I was before, but I've been getting back to it by practising for fun on weekends with my brother *who is 10x better* On choice days, I always pick football, speed ball, or CTF. This motivation behind it is pretty simple, I pick sports I like to do whenever I get a choice . I'm, also thinking of joining the football team next year, maybe.  

Social Responsibility and Contribution to the Class

As I said, I try 100% all the time to make everyone’s experiences more successful.

Look at it as a way to motivate. Not always, but most of the time, I help out with equipment. For example, I helped put away equipment during CTF. I say mostly, because our class is so awesome that everyone tries to get the equipment and there’s none left over. Almost like you have to race to put the equipment away. I bring a positive energy  all the time.

 Honesty is the best policy. Cliché? How about “Honesty, JUST DO IT” Anyways, I'm always honest during competition and on fitness scores. I mean why would you even lie about your fitness score. Firstly, you aren't going to get marked on it, and if you were going to, own up to it.

Healthy Living

 I have improved on my beep test scores and I will continue improving. Even if it’s up by 0.1 or 1, it doesn't matter because it is still improvement. (7 – 8.4) Going from a 7 to 8.4 was an inspiration to me, it proved that, if I try harder than I tried last time, I get rewarded. As of now, I see myself a fitter person than I was at the start of the year. Because of the time I dedicate outside of PE. (Treadmill, Gym, Swimming, and Football) Some barriers I face is; the feeling when you want to give up after you are so tired and I also tend to get a strain/cram/pain near my kidney area after I’m tired which is normal.

 
Personally, I don't believe in diets and I never will. My motto is “work 2x as much as you eat”. Eating a lot of proteins, and vegetables actually helps you. Going on a diet restricts your nourishment, which causes you to feel weak. I have been dedicating time on weekend to run on the treadmill, play football, go to the gym once in a while, and swimming. I don't do this for this blog. I do this for myself. I post it, because why not?! A friend once told me “Don’t work about the PE grades, concentrate on your fitness” and this is what I follow. These extracurricular activities really helped me become fit, strong and have a better endurance than I used to. Scroll through my blog and you will see loads of evidence.
 
My past goal was to become more fit and have more endurance. And by doing these “activities”, it really helped me. For instance, on the treadmill, I would get more calories burned in less time. My future plans/goals are: to do what I've been doing and keep it up in the summer as I will have lots of time. 

Digital Portfolio and Reflective skills

  I have evidence for most of my posts and I have 47 posts in total, if you include this one, the fitness one, and the buddies’ one. I always try to go in depth and in detail in my posts, and I put a lot of effort into it. I find commenting is a great way of receiving feedback from your peers and your teacher. Again, I go in detail and I try to put in some evidence, which I find challenging because I don't have a phone. And the funny thing is, that I don't need one J My blog has got most of the evidence except a video of myself. But hey, a picture is worth 1000 words.

 I would give myself an A because of my consistency in my fitness and my blogs.

PE FITNESS RESULTS

Beep Test : 10.

Plank : 1:37

Push-Ups :  23 ( at once only)

Vertical : 30 cm (Not sure if you can bend your knees before you jump for vertical, I didn't bend mine)

T-test: 12.41

*I'm happy that I beat my old beep-test score 8.4, and now in grade 10 I will set the bar higher and go for higher than 10 :)

This is evidence that all the treadmill, exercise sweat, and hardwork pays off!

"CANT FAKE THE FIT"

FITNESS TUESDAY

Surprisingly, today we had choice for fitness and the choices were: running laps around Gold Stone Park, Yoga in the small gym and pyramid (series of exercises) in the large gym. 3/4 of all the classes COMBINED went to do yoga... Some did the pyramid and some went for the lap run which I also did. Surprisingly, the majority going for the lap run were Grade 8's and a couple of 10's. So I tried to lead by running most of the time ( stopped to take breathers) and hoping to make them work harder. And MR. Vahn also did the same. I wasn't that tired while running but I had to take breathers. In the end, I think I did about 6-7 laps and overall good exercise,

FOOTBALL

On Saturday, me and my brother went to play a match of football, just me and him. And by football I mean real FOOTBALL. Not American Football. Unfortunately, he couldn't bring his phone as his shorts had no pockets and he might have lost it while playing. It's your choice to believe me or not. Because if im lying, im the one who is losing. Anyways, it's been a long, long time since Ive played football with him. We were always busy with school etc. He usually goes to play with his friends on the weekends, but he tells me not to come as they are older than me and play more aggressively. Even though, on Sunday he's gonna go play, he still came to play with me on Saturday. We begin by jogging from my house to the field. There, we would warm up by passing to each other from a far distance. He actually pointed out that my accuracy was still good as usual. Afterwards, I would be the goalkeeper and he would take some shots. And then when it was my turn, I scored some goals. In the end, we did a 1v1 match. First to 10 wins. It was a tough match for me as I was facing someone with more experience, endurance and skills. In the end I won, 10-9 ( I was actually winning 8 to 5 and he started catching up):/ It was a very close one. Obviously, he didn't go 100% but its cool with me. We played from like 5:20 to about 8. In the end, my legs were tired and we walked back home. I had a very good time.

Pic of FOOTBALL when I got home :

BUDDIES

Today, we had buddies yet again. And I believe next week will be the last time :( Today, we played Lacrosse. Initially, I didn't want to play it, but in the end, I wished we could play more of it! So, after we encountered with our buddies, we explained them the rules of lacrosse. Of course, some didn't understand, but after explaining over and over again and telling them to be careful, they finally got the rules. One rule that was broken from time to time was the 3 step rules but it didn't matter to me because they were having a blast. Unfortunately, the big buddies couldn't play because there wasn't enough sticks and if we played we could've injured our little buddies. Again, I had to emphasise the rules to my buddy, Whenever he was trapped I would point out to his teammates who were open and he would pass to them. I also gave him some tactics . In the end, the little buddies enjoyed the game very much and wanted to play it again, My buddy was very sweaty in the end but that didn't matter to him as he had fun. Also, we would have to stop the game from time to time as our buddies would all fight for the balls.

CAPTURE THE FLAG

On wednesday I believe, we had choice and the choices were : Capture The Flag, Lacrosse, Hockey, Badminton  and a couple more. Initially, I wanted to play some badminton, but there was too many people and since it was sunny outside, I thought, why not play CTF . Surprisingly, there wasn't THAT many people and there were lots of 8's, some 9's and some 10's.  Shockingly, a grade 9, Tulin, took leadership and Gurjap and Abhishek enforced the rules. I tried to enforce some of them to the 8's whenever we encountered each other. I also encouraged my friends to play. I would always run and get the footballs. And when I was tagged, I would run back and go again. It was 8/10 vs 9's. Since we lost twice, Gurjap suggested we balance out teams and after we did, the game went smoothly. Unfortunately, many people weren't listening and the leaders had to scream. In the end, me, Abi and Gur helped to put away the equipment.

JOGGIN'

On Sunday, since I had nothing important to do, me and my brother went for a jog. We started jogging from my place and jogged all the way to SH and back. We then raced a couple of times and I actually got faster. My brother usually beats me in races, but I was toe-to-toe this time. Overall, It felt good to exercise and spent some time with my brother.

BUDDIES

Friday was very rushed as we had to go to buddies, come back and eat quickly and go to the assembly. But it turned out fine. My buddy was happy to see me, and we chatted a lot. He told me that he was excited for summer and excited to play modified baseball with us. I found it amazing how he was so involved in the game, when at first he thought it would be boring.. How ironic.. Fortunately, he didn't play cockily and let his friends swing the bat too. It was very hard for me to make him understand the rules but after the big buddies demonstrated, he got the essence of it. Not I see how it's like for our teachers when we don't listen..