It's Interim Report Time!

It is time for you to reflect on your progress so far in Get Fit - this blog post will be the progress report that you show your parents.  Hopefully they will get a picture of your journey so far by looking at both this post and your posts and reflections since the semester began.

Use this as a guideline to write about your progress -

THE BASICS:

Attendance - How many classes have you missed?   Why?
Did Not Participate (DNP) - How many classes have you not participated in?  Why?
No Strip (NS) - How many times have you forgotten / not changed into gym strip?

How have the above most basic parts of coming to Get Fit affected your ability to participate so far this semester (in a positive or negative way)?

BLOG:

How many blog posts have you written so far this semester?
Describe the quality of your posts - are they thoughtful?  Accurate?  Are there any pictures or extras? Has the process of writing a blog caused to to reflect on your experiences in class?

PARTICIPATION:

How would you rate the intensity of your active participation in class?
Comment on your participation during block wide fitness days compared to doing fitness as a class.
Provide a specific example of a class (or two) that you are proud of how you did.  Why?
In what ways could you improve?

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS:

What type of energy do you bring to class?  How are you contributing to the success of the class?
Describe your interactions with the other girls in the class.  How are you contributing to a sense of "safety" and community?
What can you do to make the class better for you and others?

Based on your reflection, provide a work habit mark of G/S/N.

2nd Annual Pink Shirt Day

On Feb 25 we participated in Pink Shirt Day at Sullivan.  Our Get Fit class did something a little different - we wanted to spread some cheer to the Sullivan Community by creating positive posters and sharing smiles & waves with commuters on 64th & 144th.  It was an opportunity to push some of us out of our comfort zones (it's not easy wanting people to notice you!) and hopefully in the process, we made someone else's day!

First Week = Variety!

How was your first week in Get Fit?  I am so glad to see that many of you are using your blogs to document your journey - both within and outside of our class activities.  Reflecting on our experiences is where we are able to really learn, make connections, become inspired and be inspiring!

(1)  Many of your have written more than one blog post already, and some of you have already reflected on your experiences throughout the first week of class.  If you have only the intro blog post, please write a post that tells me about what you found worked well for you in the first week - locomotion? yoga? zumba? games day? power walk?

(2) Your next assignment is to look on my previous post with the links to each others blogs and find and read at least 5 other students blog posts from our class.  Choose some people outside of the friends that you interact with the most in our class.  There are some amazing posts already!  If you are inspired or impressed with something you read, write a comment and let our classmates know!

Link to Class Blogs

Here is a link to a page with all of our class blogs... Please look at, read and enjoy each other's blogs - it is easy to add comments as well.  Start a conversation and support each other!

Link to GET FIT BLOGS

Get Fit 2015

Our class:

First Get Fit Blog Post

This morning we are trying to get everyone onto their blogs (what IS my password!!) or get you set up with a gmail account and blog for the first time.

If you have access to your blog - please provide me with your URL (when you go to VIEW BLOG, it will be in the bar across the top ....  www.something.blogspot.ca) so that I can create a list for both our class and me to find & read your posts.

Blog post #1:

You:  Tell me about yourself - What are you interested in?  What do you like to do?  What would you like me to know about you?

Us: Why did you take Get Fit?  What are you hoping to get out of the course?  Do you have any fitness goals?  What can you contribute to the class?

Here is our first day brainstorm about what success looks like in this class - do you have anything to add?

Welcome to Get Fit 2015

Welcome to Get Fit!  

This is a fitness based PE class in which you will push yourself to increase your cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, agility and power.   You will have the opportunity to participate in many different fitness activities both at school and in the community, such as aquafit, spin class, hot yoga, sun run, skating, tae kwon do, dance, zumba, bowling and hiking the grouse grind.  Get Fit should provide a sense of belonging and safe community of students who are willing to try new things, participate with intensity, and push themselves beyond their comfort zone in order to see improvements in their fitness and create a new mindset about fitness and active learning.  

You will be creating a blog in this class as an online journal to reflect on & track your progress, act as evidence of learning, interact with your peers in the class and find inspiration & motivation.   I encourage your parents to check on my blog (and yours) to get updates on class events.

You will be completing written blog reflections and we will be conducting interviews to discuss your progress throughout the semester (at least one interview at midterm and one exit interview) where we will discuss your blog posts, show evidence of your progress and we can discuss your learning/effort/progress.  Together we will construct a grade that best represents your progress in the course.

Field trip information (including dates & associated costs) to follow – if you have any suggestions or concerns about going off campus,  please let me know.

Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

phillips_k@sd36.bc.ca

I’m looking forward to an amazing semester!