March 12

DanCing fOR fITneSs

Zumba combines dance and fitness moves and is inspired by Latin dance and music. Zumba is a great way to enjoy and get fit at the same time. As I’ve always loved dancing I didn’t even think twice of signing up for Zumba as an ASA at OSC.  At school, Zumba is taught by a private dancer. He has taught us some intense workout steps over the past months and its lot of fun. We dance to a variety of music from contemporary to pop. Every Wednesday we dance for 1 hour and it does help a lot with keeping up with the fitness.

The first few minutes of Zumba was challenging because the body has to follow some unusual movements in sync to the beat but after the first 20 minutes, I was able to keep up with it. This actually helps with your muscle strength and coordination of your muscles. You also learn to control different parts of your body which in return helps with flexibility etc.  During the last semester, we have choreographed about 5 songs and it was a lot of fun. In the process, you also learn to plan, organize and be creative. I have also made a lot of friends through Zumba and I personally believe that it is the beauty of any ASA; you bond with people you rarely meet and learn lots of amazing things about them.

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Even though I signed up for Zumba this semester as well, I had to remove myself because I had a lot of extra stuff on my list apart from academics. But overall it was a lovely experience and I hope to rejoin next year.

Learning outcomes

  • Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.
  • Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.
  • Show commitment to and perseverance.
  • Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.
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March 12

Another Competition??

First of all, it’s only my first semester being a member of The Advocate and I was not at all aware that the Advocate held two competitions a year. So when I first walked to Ms DeJong’s classroom on Friday, I was more than surprised of all the planning that was going on. However, once I was done being surprised we got to planning for our next competition.

With successfully completing the publication of ‘The Advocate’ for last semester, we have already started advertising for the next competition. Last semester, we tried out different methods to advertise. We put fliers in every locker in the school, which actually took us two lunch hours to complete, hoping this would grab their attention. But I guess we were accepting too much because most of the people completely ignored it. So this semester we’ve actually put to use a couple of new methods. The members of the Advocate have been taking turns to give out fliers during lunch during the past week. And we have also designed some posters using pun jokes to go in the daily-bulletin. We decided to change the poster daily so that the novelty catches the eye.

Posters designed for the daily-bulletin.

Posters designed for the daily-bulletin.

Moreover, we have also taken steps to send emails to all the students informing them about the submissions for the Advocate. Apart from that, you will also find many posters displayed around the school.

This year we opened up the category of artwork to our usual list of poetry, prose and photography. So over the past few weeks, we have been getting many submissions in various forms. We have set the closing date for the 13th of March and hope to receive by 30+ submissions by the date. I believe that with the new methods of advertising we’ve adopted this semester’s competition would be more successful.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.
  • Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.
  • Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

 

 

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