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Gymnastics

During the past 5 weeks, we have been learning about gymnastics. For our last gymnastic session with Ethan, we did some warms up to warm our body up by running around the hall 10 times. We all gathered around the hall and lined up in a line so we could all write our names down. Ethan told us that we had to do our first move which was for us to jump high and land on two feet. This was very difficult for us, but we kept trying until we did better. Next was the handstand and we had to see how long we could hold our weight by standing on our hands. Our third move was dong a cart-wheel with straight legs in the air. Now this one was pretty easy for all of us and basically we did very good with the third move. Our second to last move was the forward roll. We had to roll over and stand without our hands. Now with this, everyone struggled because they were use to standing up with their hands, but this was a big challenge. Our last move was jumping up in the air and trying to land at the end of the mat. Last of all, we all received bracelets that puts us in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place. I received 2nd place, so that means I have to try harder in the future.  

Gymnastic Session 2018

Gymnastic Sessions (8.8.2018)

During our morning session, we had Gymnastics with a new instructor Ethan. As we entered into the hall, we took our shoes and socks off and gathered around the hall. For our fitness was a game called ‘Freeze Position’. This fitness game was tiring, but it helped us stretch our body. We soon gathered around the front of  the hall and sat down on the floor. We did stretches like the pike, butterfly, ‘L’ shape, straddle and we added new stretches called the front support and back support. After that we looked around the hall and noticed that there were different stations for different methods. We went around to all stations and they were very exhausting. We had students failing and laughing at their mistakes that they made, but we had some of them making great progress. But during our session, it was a big challenge for me to know when to do it and how to do it. This helped me be more flexible.