Monday, 8 June 2015

Final Portfolio Assessment

Final Portfolio Assessment

1) Participation- this category includes all of the factors around your ability to participate and the quality of your participation of in-class activities. Some things to consider would include: attendance and punctuality, wearing gym strip (actual change of clothing from what you wear the rest of the day),  physical presence/activity level during games, intensity of participation, skill level in various games, and the motivation behind your selection of activities on choice days.


I come to every PE class with my gym strip , I'm not always on time but I'm always in class before any physical activities begin. I haven't forgotten my gym strip all semester. I am physically present during all PE classes including all fitness days. At the beginning of the year I would always try my best but as the semester went on I realized I was giving less effort and I noticed that PE only affects me so the amount of effort I put in reflects on how much I wanna strive to be fitter. Although I am not the most skillful at games, I find myself to have a lot of fun playing them though such as shoot ball and ultimate football and when having fun I tend to try out the hardest. I would usually play hockey for choice days and if there isn't hockey I just choose whatever I don't play often (unless it involves some form of dancing) because I like trying new things.
I think I deserve 20% in this category.


2) Social Responsibility and Contribution to the Class- this category includes all of the factors that led to your improving skills around working with peers to make everyone's experience more successful. Some things to consider would include: examples of leadership (organizing others, encouraging peers), examples of initiative (helping with equipment, helping with other classes WITHOUT being asked to), positive energy and social dynamic during activities, honesty during competition and on fitness scores, and connections with the community/volunteering

I help set up hockey by getting the pads and nets almost every time we have it for choice but on other days I'll be honest I don't help set up a lot but I do now and then. When we play activities that I don't want to play such as soccer pretty much never set up even though I know I should, which is my bad on my part because I know the faster we get stuff set up the faster we can play and have fun. In my opinion I am a terrible leader but I'm good at listening to instructions and helping whenever someone asks me to. I encourage my friends by telling them stuff like "YEEE LETS DO DIS GUYS" and 
"Yo you pretty good at this are you a professional, why haven't they scouted you yet ?" For initiative I help with equipment for hockey without being asked all the time because I enjoy the sport and want to get the game going ASAP so I can play but during other activities I'll be honest I pretty much just stand there socializing unless I'm asked to help out which I never reject. I help my friends without being asked to a lot (like helping Hemat around when he sprained his ankle) but for other people I don't know  , I only help when I can tell they really need it or asked me to.
I think I deserve 15% in this section.



3) Healthy Living - this category includes all aspects of your past, current, and future data and goals on your health and fitness. Some of the things to consider would include: your actual fitness scores and what they teach you, note worthy changes in your fitness, some of the barriers/limitations you face in participating, dietary choices and extra curricular activity choices and their impact on overall health, injury prevention, management, and rehabilitation, and future plans/goals for overall health choices.

Fitness scores
Beep test : 10.9 - 11.9 (1 level improvement)
Push up : 32 - 40 (8 reps improvement)
Flexibility test : 1-1 (no improvement)

I have gained stamina ( do cardio activities longer ) and strength ( being able to do more push ups and pull ups ) throughout the semester which shows me I'm on the right track with my exercise routines, I started consider doing yoga to increase my flexibility because although it wouldn't contribute to my goal that I set. I know flexibility is key in being as fit as possible and living a longer healthier life.
There aren't any barriers that I face when participating besides the fact that sometimes I just feel lazy and decide not to try, so in other words only I myself limit myself to participating fully. For diet, I have quit all types of carbonated pop like coke, root beer, sprite ETC pretty much any drink with crazily high sugar levels (my parents and close friends can vouch for that ) I eat a lot of fruits and replacing portions of rice I usually intake for vegetables like lettuce and spinach. After training and PE I like drinking milk (usually chocolate milk when I'm at school) or eating chicken because I know it helps with restoring and gaining muscle. Out of school I train at a boxing facility and to prevent injuries I always wear hand wraps and tend to use gloves when I need them, and when I spar I wear face guards. My future goal for my overall health is to eat less processed food and going on more walks. Although my it wouldn't make me gain muscle and be a better fighter or significantly improve my fitness level, it would definitely contribute to my well-being and living a long healthier life.
                     (a common dish I would usually eat after training, missing my glass of milk)

I think I deserve 22% in this section.

4) Digital Portfolio and Reflective skills: this category includes all aspects of your blog posts. Some of the things to consider would include: the total collection of digital evidence and number of posts, the quality of the selection of evidence as a demonstration of learning, the quality of the summaries/explanation of the evidence (with reflection of effort, new learning cited, research included, and future goals/plans set), the usefulness of comments on peers blog entries as a part of socially constructed learning and assessment, and your ability to synthesize your entries into a summaritive final post which provides evidence for your learning.

I have around 10 blogs and although that is not a lot, I think I have demonstrated what I do out of school pretty well, but not so well what I do in class sadly. I think the quality of the evidence I have are much better in some blogs than there are in others. Like I have a video for one , and others I don't even have pictures, it's not that I don't want to have evidence, its just sometimes I forget to get it or don't have enough space on my phone. I know that isn't an excuse but just wanted to throw it out there. I don't comment on other peoples blogs much but I tend to encourage them a lot after PE in the locker room a lot like to Evan, Jagmeet ETC I would tell them they did good and stuff that they could change up that might help them. My comments online are more motivational than informative I feel. I would give advice but would forget to include video links and examples. All my post combined I feel I realized I definitely need more cardio and more stretching activities. I think I'm focusing too much on upper body strength (even though it was my goal to gain upper body strength) so I  think I'm going to start doing more exercises that focus on my legs, gluteus maximus and core. Also I need to bring my A-game more often (over the summer I'll make up for all the lazy days I had in PE)

I think I deserve 10% in this section.


Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Weight room

In the weight room I worked on footwork I used the agility ladder, skipped rope and than passed a medicine ball around. I did many different routines on the agility ladder (here are some examples) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch4ZZV8EJoE , and then I skipped roped for a portion of time. After that, we passed the medicine ball to enhance.I felttired especially in my legs and face was pretty red. Next time to get a better workout I can increase my speed and instead of having repeatedly long breaks I could just have short breaks to catch my breathe and continue my workout.

Beep test

Beep test score
Latest : 11.9
First one of the semester : 10.9

I improve my beep test score by 1 throughout the year , although it isn't my best beep test score (12.4) I am still pretty proud considering my condition. I was super sore because I slept in a very unnatural position and had a cramp on the side of my stomach at the 3rd level.

Push up test
Beginning of semester:32
Latest:40

I am super proud of my push up test because I didn't improve it by just one or two but by 8 that's like a 20% improvement !!!



Plank test

Beginning of year: 1min 22seconds
Latest: 2min 34seconds

Something I am also proud of because I nearly doubled my first results. I think I improved so much because I did the first one right after beep test and I did the second one at home. 

Vertical test
Beginning of semester : 50cm
Latest : 60cm

I have no idea how I improve in this because I don't work on my vertical like my friends that play basketball. But I gained a whole 10cm which honestly shocked me.

Flexibility test 

Beginning of semester : 1
Latest : 1

Ok so ... I saved this one for last because I know I didn't improve which sorta disappoints me. On the bright side I've never been flexible and I sometimes struggle to get even 1 so I guess it's kinda good I didn't drop back to 0 ?



Monday, 1 June 2015

Cardio

For the past weeks, I've been going easier on the strength training and focusing more so in cardio such as jogging, skipping rope, playing basketball for fun and shadow boxing. I did this because I thought to myself whats power and strength if you don't have the endurance to exercise at high paces for more than 5 minutes without getting tired. Below is a video which shows a bunch of different types of ways to use a rope and I've finally mastered all of them :))))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSYkJIOnT78

Monday, 11 May 2015

Walking is healthy

I liked how after we did that run around the lower field you told how walks are very good for your well-being and health (it was super informative and really gave me more motivation to walk when possible) and I realized I've been walking home from school pretty much EVERYDAY. even when its raining, snowing ETC. I would also walk TO school some days. So together I get between AT LEAST 15-30 minutes of walking 5 times a week. I also tend to take my grandma out for long walks whenever I'm free.
(Yes I forgot my umbrella and a hoodie)

Tuesday, 5 May 2015

My Fitness Goal

Although I have already gained extra strength in my upper body, judging by my increased
push-up count and being able to punch more than I could before, without burning out. But I still haven't reached my goal yet. Even though this is a an improvement, it is not quite as far as I want it to be so I will continue to doing physical activities outside of school until eventually someday I will be there. To reach my goal I would include 200 push ups and at least 5 minutes of planking throughout the day. Then shadow box for around 10-20 minutes everyday. On top of my training at Richmond I believe this would benefit me greatly.

Sunday, 12 April 2015

Dance week

We had dance week and I'll be honest it wasn't my preference. Although I'd much rather be doing something else like playing sports or even some fitness activities such as the hill run, I  know at least I gained experience. I felt like I was exercising my brain more than my body because I was trying to remember the steps and how to do them ETC. A bunch of my friends dance and some are even on the dance team so I'm not going to go into TOO much detail about how much I disliked it and I'll just admit I could have tried harder and prefer other physical activities much more.

Mid-T Ierm

During PE this year, how have you shown you are prepared and willing to participate 
in a variety of activities?  On what days have you participated to your best effort and 
why?  What days have been a struggle for you and why?

I've shown I'm prepared and willing to participate by listening to instructions and always bringing my P.E. strip. I participate fully every day because I really enjoy physical activities. I struggled on a couple days after I rammed my knee into the pommel horse from playing circuit kickball, but besides from that I never "struggled."


How do you contribute to the overall success of the class?  What kind of attitude do 
you bring and why?  How do you interact with other students in our class?

I contribute to the overall success of the class by helping to set up at times and never playing basketball/fooling around at the beginning of class. I interact with people in my class with a positive manner and after exercising I tell them they did a good job, (at least to my friends.)

Describe your participation during fitness days - have you been able to push yourself 
physically?  What types of fitness activities do you enjoy the most?  What fitness 
goals do you have for the rest of the year? 

Whenever we have fitness I try to push myself, to the point where my face is red and I'm exhausted. I enjoy doing upper body exercises during fitness like the pyramid. For the rest of the year I plan on having a minimum of 45 minute exercise per day. 

What does "leadership" mean to you?  Who are the best leaders in our class - why?

Leadership to me, means leading a path for others to follow. I think anyone who shows up to class and gives their A-game is a leader because it gives an example to those around them to do the same.

What improvements would you like to make in PE by the end of the year?  What are 
you the most proud of so far?

I would like to increase my push-up count to 40 ( now it is 32 ) and to boost my beep test score up by at least 1.
I am most proud of always showing up to class and never giving excuses even though I've been sick a few classes and had super sore muscles some days. 

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Physical activities outside of P.E.

Outside of P.E. I do many things that help me maintain a fit and active lifestyle one of them is that I go training at a boxing/mauy thai facility in richmond twice a week, to learn how to box and self defend. I do several activities there for cardio, like skipping rope, improving footwork for dodging ETC. I also do strength exercises such as push-ups/pull-ups ETC. And of course I take it out on the heavy bag.


Sunday, 29 March 2015

Interim Report


I think I deserve a G for this class because I always participate and although I don't always go 100%, I'm at least exhausted after every fitness day and have yet to forget my gym strip all semester. As well outside of P.E. I have full understanding of how much physical activities and types of foods i have to eat to maintain a healthy lifestyle. That is why I believe I deserve a G.

Thursday, 12 February 2015

PE 10 - Danny Ong

My goal for my body this semester is to boost my stamina and to be gain some upper body strength. I found this workout in YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSa--oe0chI . After this workout I felt pumped and tired.