~Chamber Orchestra: went through the pieces again, this time was much better than last week. I think our main issue is because most of the senior (and also higher level) members are absent as they are busy with their exams. Hopefully some of them will return in time for the final performance.
~Math Tutoring: This week Christine told me that she made the choice to do core math. I've decided to go back to the basic and improve her mental math by doing multiplication exercises so that she can work through the questions faster. This will give her more time to check through the questions in the exam. Currently her time is about 3 minutes, and i hope you cut it down to 1.5 minutes. We went through proportion and also indices again, and i tested her by making her do some questions.
~Cheerleading: We did more body building exercises to firm quads, abs and triceps and biceps. I was aching for the whole week. we also did jump rope exercises and he taught me how to do a mini cartwheel. Hopefully i can move on to a full cartwheel soon. We also spent this session watching Ivan learn to do back flips and next week we'll try doing the basic exercises so as to build up to do the real thing. We've also learnt the shoulder sit and shoulder stand. It was really fun and invigorating.
~Relay for life: Our group of nine consists of Misato, Patty, Julie, Michelle, Genevieve, Bindiya, I Yune, Hui Ern and me. We've planned on doing fundraising activities like bake sales and so forth. THe main event that we're organising for so far would be from valentine's day. We've sent out order forms to the tutorgroups and made announcements as to what we're doing, and have collected back the forms. We also sold cupcakes, fudge and cookies and brownies on the side to make more profit. On friday, we'll be making deliveries to classes. I'm currently in charge of ordering the roses and Bindiya will then wrap them as her mom knows how to. I hope everything runs smoothly.
~UES: UES this week involved my group of 5 and I in making a plan for a tree-planting project. So far, we've scouted the school grounds in search of a suitable location but space constraints caused us to change our plans to a gardening project. I thought of the idea of aquaponics, an activity that i used to have in my old school, as it might be a suitable activity for the younger years and is a good way of getting them involved. Aquaponics is relatively cheap compared to other agricultural projects and is also very easy to maintain. Now what we have to do is write a formal letter to Mr.Smith asking for permission, and also to approach primary teachers and ask for their support.
~Piano, theory, solfege: Piano this week was again the Czerny, Bach, Hannon and Beethoven. Saori was talking about reducing ornaments to just the main melody so as to recognise the original tune. We also talked about the second movement of the Beethoven piece, Adagio, that is supposed to be played very relaxed and loosely.
Theory class was spent discussing the Fete de la Musique as well as more discussion on our album pieces. So far i've come up with a theme for my dorian piece and will have to write this down for Wilson for the next lesson. The pieces aren't meant to be that long or difficult, but should contain the elements described in the preface.
Solfege this week had harmony, dictation and sight singing. we also explored the keys of Bb major and minor, as well as B minor and D major. Rhythmic clapping and singing exercises were conducted to improve our 6/8 timing, however it was very difficult to apply this to the dictation as they were too many notes for me to write down and listen simultaneously.
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