Horse Ridding

The last two months I have tried a completely new sport for myself. I was learning the very basics of horse ridding for about a months. Then I tried to develop it further on, and I am still trying as I have not given up this activity.

There were some complications with the process due to the fact that I have a childhood fear of dogs and horses. When I first sat on one, I was to scared to do any exercises. However my coach helped me to overcome this difficulty by frequently jumping of and falling down from the horse when it was moving. Also I the coach told me to side on the side or backward on the horse. At the end of this "torture" I was not scared at all of simply ridding the horse, sitting properly.

To show what I looked like on the horse at the end of my 5th lesson I took a video of myself. On the video, it looks like a simple exercise but it was really difficult for me to get to the stage where I could ride the horse myself without a coach holding the head of my horse.

The video can be seen from the link below:
http://cs534223.vk.com/u136140543/videos/e64b761e53.240.mp4

Chess Club

Chess Club in our school was held by Mr Crib, who was my economics teacher. I found it very easy to integrate into the atmosphere of the club as everyone was welcoming me.

Basically, for 3 weeks I attended the chess club and showed the chess theory to the students. I have learnt this theory when I was a child, as I used to attend chess courses I felt myself confident in it.

As the result, students can now apply this theory when playing with each other. Basically it consists of a plan of using the figure "queen" right from the start of the game. They found it very useful, however obviously, it will not work with pro-players.

Playing Piano

The last term I have been learning two compositions. I have chosen to learn two songs from the movie "Twilight", because even though I did not like the movie, I found out that it is full of amazing melodies.

As I have posted before, I was practicing almost every second day and it took me about two weeks to learn the compositions and about two weeks of rehearsing and adjusting the music played emotionally.

Right after my last IB exam I have showed the result of my work to my IB coordinator Mr Parker. He was truly satisfied with my music and at the end I was very pleased from his compliments. 

chess club

CHESS CLUB

I have spoken to Mr. Crib, the teacher who runs a chess club, and he asked me to help showing chess skills to students. I have prepared some chess theories to present to students, as I have played chess for all my life and even had chess lessons for a year when I was 13. By the end of my work, in two weeks, me and Mr. Crib will organize an internal chess club chess tournament and as a prize, students will be awarded with special merits.

tennis and horse ridding

TENNIS AND HORSE RIDDING

Every Sunday I play tennis in the local tennis club ("Ace club"). I have improved my tennis skills significantly, and I am going to take part in the club competition, which is on the 29th of April.

I have started leaning horse ridding. I have already taken 3 lessons last week. By the end of the following 2 weeks I will have learnt the basic horse ridding. For the following 2 weeks I will take 4 more lessons of horse ridding. To show the result of my work I will upload a video of me horse ridding

playing piano

PIANO

I have started learning a piano composition. By the end of the following 2 weeks I will have learnt the complete composition. I am going to play piano every day for 30-40 minutes, and on the weekend I will spend additional 30 minutes for rehearsing the composition. To show the result of my work I will play the composition to my IB coordinator Mr. Parker, as it was his wish.

CAS PLAN

CAS PLAN for the following half-term

The following half-term I am going to do the following activities:

CREATIVITY: -playing piano

I have started learning a piano composition. By the end of the following 2 weeks I will have learnt the complete composition. I am going to play piano every day for 30-40 minutes, and on the weekend I will spend additional 30 minutes for rehearsing the composition. To show the result of my work I will play the composition to my IB coordinator Mr. Parker, as it was his wish.

ACTION: -continue playing tennis; -learn the basics of horse ridding

Every Sunday I play tennis in the local tennis club ("Ace club"). I have improved my tennis skills significantly, and I am going to take part in the club competition, which is on the 29th of April.

I have started leaning horse ridding. I have already taken 3 lessons last week. By the end of the following 2 weeks I will have learnt the basic horse ridding. For the following 2 weeks I will take 4 more lessons of horse ridding. To show the result of my work I will upload a video of me horse ridding.

SERVICE: -chess club

I have spoken to Mr. Crib, the teacher who runs a chess club, and he asked me to help showing chess skills to students. I have prepared some chess theories to present to students, as I have played chess for all my life and even had chess lessons for a year when I was 13. By the end of my work, in two weeks, me and Mr. Crib will organize an internal chess club chess tournament and as a prize, students will be awarded with special merits.