PE: Gynastics

  What was my goal today? 

My personal goal was to learn more about gymnastics and improve at certain points like over by the beams as well as the parallel bars. I wanted to be able to stretch and enhance my physical activity in both tasks. Another is looking at other methods that I can do, such as excercises to help with stregthening my core. If done so, I would then be able to do activities much easier and be able to do more in the future.

What have I learnt?

I continued to improve my skills in the parallel bars. Doing teh excercises I was previously thought in the past lesson. I was able to do activities in a much frequent rate. In addition to that I was also able to perform the task/s more successfully. With teh beams however, I also made progress. It includes me being able to be more courageful on jumping, which made me quite more frightful before. Another activity that I tried was an horizontal bar, I made several successful turns, improving slightly every turn.

Hurumanu 7 : P.E - Table tennis and Juggling

For three of the weeks that we have spent this term on P.E; we have currently been doing coordination practice as well as table tennis. There were tasks for each of the activities, for juggling/coordination practice. We first started to use scarves and use one of our hands to juggle the two scarves until we have reached a score of 10. The next task for the same activity, using the same equipment we then added an additional scarf; three scarves now using both hands. Likewise, we had to achieve a score which is the 10 as well. Further tasks were included in the juggling, moving forward the next task was looking at doing the exact juggle, yet, using balls. Again first with one hand then the next with another.


Further tasks were presented, as mentioned not so long ago; we also had a choice of doing the activity which is table tennis. Previous to playing the game, we were given and explained with the rules. Before long we began to play, with only being introduced to the game, we did not yet start at a goal. However, in the following sessions, we were then presented with looking at playing by ourselves; the task being able to spar with a wall up to again, a score of 10. After being achieved the goal, moving on, was looking at sparring with now a partner. But this time the score was raised to 20. More sessions followed, teachers then challenged us to see up to how much we can spar non stop with a partner. (We reached 46).

Both of the activities that we have been given the choice into were not of my norm. I have not tried to do much of them before, however, these following weeks have given and taught me skills. Steadily I improved. They pose--the juggling especially-- a challenge that needed much resilience. Constantly I got better, which proved that practice makes you better.
Concluding this experience [that is still ongoing]; I felt that doing these practices and looking at new experiences has taught me more than just only the game. It has also taught me about being more resilient, practising and trying new experiences. This has been an insightful experience, and I am looking forward to further pursuing more about this topic/s.

Welcome to P.E at Level 2

What I have liked in the lockdown, were a couple of different activities and deed. During it, [the lockdown] I have been able to connect with my family a lot more, have done more family activities, bond as a family. It is not only that however, but I have also had the time then to contemplate about myself, looking at what I loved to do, looking at what I would love to do and simply go and try it out. I have read a lot of books, spending hours and hours of the time finishing a whole range of genres, currently, I am still reading and continuing to read a series and is planning on simultaneously reading them, as they update every week [Tower of God, Solo Leveling, etc.]. I have also begun to appreciate more things, I have begun to appreciate school more as I started to miss going and attending to it. There are not only positive sides for this, of course, not being able to go where we normally go, going shopping, out and about, somewhere relatively far; it was not allowed, it made me feel stuck, I craved for liberty. Yet I knew that this was for the best. 

Regarding fitness, I have done some ways into enhancing my physical wellbeing, I have started to eat healthier, some exercises, running and jogging, having some walk around. Stretching and doing some activities that I have done before when I did martial arts, looking at remembering and relearning what exercises and drills that I used to do before. Coming back to school we are now faced with, looking at having more control towards our learning and so we have been now tasked with looking at a learning plan that we want to do.

Starter: Stretches loosening up the muscles, some warm-ups, sprints, skipping etc.

Activity: Looking at doing a range of sports and physical activity, from sports to games, discus, shot put and maybe even looking at some 'Arnis' sparring.

Warm-down games: Calmer games, like badminton, tennis, dodgeball, etc.

The Skeletal System

After moving forward with our 'Physical Education' after the previous learning of our 'Cardiovascular System'  we begin to move forward and transfer to a different part of the body. In this week we started to learn more about the "Skeletal System" a fundamental part of the body which is the framework for our features and the body. It is what we are building upon; not only that but the skeleton is part of the body that possesses a lot of functions. Such as the already mention, framework, there are functions such as supporting the tissues, the organs and muscles. There are many ways in which the skeleton is beneficial to us, it is a vital factor in how we live, or even if we can even live without it as I highly doubt not to.  What the skeletons and the bones that consist of it can in everyday life, go unnoticed, the cardio, nervous, skeletal and the soon topic, muscular system as well as many, many more others are essential and thus we should learn to take good care of them.

Here is the link to the work that I have done: Skeletal System

P.E The Cardiovascular System

This week on our the subject of health, it is of very great importance that we learn and try to achieve better health for ourselves especially on times such as this. This week and the previous on our P.E we take a look at our 'Respiratory' and 'Cardiovascular' systems. What they are and their functions; they are what keeps us the living, what affects them? We learn as such that the heart and lungs, as well as the other organs as intertwined; a machine that functions to the better of our selves. However, we may not fully know what they consist of, what they do, how they work and in this, we dig a bit deeper...

Game History

In the second term of this year, in PE we have been tasked with some activities involving sports and games around the world. The traditional, cultural, generally games that have been played up to date. In this, we were tasked with producing a small summary into a game of our choice about its history; how it came to be, how it evolved and has change over time. Looking also into the origin of the chosen game, what it was compared to what it is now; as well as famous players of such games. For this task, I chose to look deeper into one of my most favourite sport/game which is chess. In researching, I have learnt many things around it and have made me inspired and motivated to pursue it further.