Sunday, May 3, 2009

April 7th to May 3rd

-Netball~ We had netball once in this span, and we practised by playing a game of four against four, because we had limited players. I found that it was quite difficult for me to run into space and i usually got in the way of my teammates. I think i should look before i run, and not be too focused on the ball.
-PESSOC~ I've just realised that PESSOC performance clashes with our exam week, so i doubt i'll be able to perform. Because of this i will no longer attend practices so regular, but will post about what i learn when i do go for the session.
-Reading Buddies~ Reading buddies went as per normal. There are some new students, but so far i haven't had the chance to read to them. I don't like how some of the students enjoy repeating the books they read, so I encourage them to read new books. Some of them also enjoy skipping pages and words, so i will try to be more dilligent and catch them at this.
-Mentoring~ Mentoring is no longer one of my CAS activities, but this week my mentee came up to me for help, and i quite like how I'm able to teach her stuff that i've learnt previously, so i won't discontinue being her mentor.
-Hip Hop~ Hip hop has been really fun. We went to see the dance group's newly renovated studio and it looks very impressive with the mirrors. WE also got to watch a dance performance put on by the group and it was very amazing how they were all able to improvise their dance moves so fluidly and quickly.
-UES~ I've now become the secretary of UES. This week we watched a video of a 12 year old speaking about the environment at a UN conference, and her speech was really motivating. Later we went to fiix and repaint the bottle holder that was placed in front of the cafeteria. we've also allocated who's going write on the UES blog at www.upenso.blogspot.com
-Football~ This is my latest CAS activity! We were divided into newbies and pros, i was a newbie and so i ended up playing with most of the other girls in my year who were also newbies. We learned some dribbling around cones and also how to kick, pass and stop the ball. We also practised some throw ins and shooting goals. I managed to score two goals for my team in penalty kicks!
-Tutoring~ I saw Christine one last time before her exams. THis time we went through trignometry, and i tried to test her so i could check if she really properly understood. She did fare pretty well, and i think she now understands SOH CAH TOA well enough to answer the core paper. Our lesson was extended because i also wanted to drill some formulas, like how to convert speeds and also how to do sequence questions.
-Solfege~ Solfege this week was part singing and part dictation. For the dictation part, there was something interesting because it was new- we had to write in bass clef and we also had to dictate a double line, meaning a melody and a bass line. This was quite easy, but i made some careless mistakes. Hopefully we will try this again so that i can practise more.
-Piano~ The one piano lesson that i've had so far was basically a recap of Bach, Czerny, and Beethoven. I got a new etude from Czerny, and have also started working on the other sections of the Beethoven Sonata.

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