Category: CAS
Circuit Training Second Post
LO1-Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth
We have been doing a lot more resistance training and targeted training lately. Sometimes, we get to make choices on what to do, and these sets of trainings are usually quite challenging. My new area of growth instead of stamina is organization of training. I do a vast range of training within one training and sometimes I don’t see the effectiveness of each. I am able to learn from my coach about designing specific training routines that put heavy burden on one part of my body within one session increasing effectiveness, and through changing areas of focus overtime I am giving each part of my body appropriate rest before increasing intensity.
I am more persistent and motivated than when I first began the activity, and I identify persistence as my newly gained strength
Urban Gardening First Post
LO3:
My group (Fin, Derek) and I planned to accomplish two things during our service period. Primarily, we agreed on planting chilies. Chilies are useful plants that can be repurposed to help other groups within the community. They will have the ideal growing humidity and air temperature in Singapore. They are quite resilient plants and our rooftop garden has had successful histories of planting various chilies. Aside from just growing a big batch of chili, Fin was able to procure a dried chili from the garden, from which we were able to get an adequate quantity of seeds for planting. We decided that having three separate groups germinated through different methods, namely :seeds we have at hand from the filing cabinet, seeds procured from previous fruitions, and cuttings from existing chili plants, will help us determine the most efficient method of chili planting.
Fin and I have different service periods than Derek as his is only half of the duration that we are going to be in Urban Gardening for. So Fin and I will try to revive or rather improve the growing condition of a dragonfruit plant in the garden to have it grow some fruit.
This is our document storying information that is used for the planned service projects.
Circuit Training First Post
This is an example of what we do in Circuit Training. Currently we are just doing combos of exercise and training that escalates in difficulty as we progress. I can feel the improvement in my stamina. I do gym at home as well, and the gym routines given by my coach helps me outside of school as well. I have no concerns as of right now, but I am willing to start trying out harder and more intense training. A major area of improvement for me would be my form during core and muscle workouts.
LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
My goal for the season would be to increase my stamina and be able to develop a constant routine I can use at home from what I have learnt from my coach. The most challenging part of a workout for me is the aerobic part of the session, which is often running. I have had knee injuries as a child, along with improper running habits, making running more than 1 km a time a stressful and challenging assignment. However, I have learnt that substituting running with other aerobic exercises such as rowing can help reduce burden on my body, and I can do that for others parts of the session according to what I and my coach see fit for my conditions. I also aim to have better form when exercising to make the sessions more demanding but also more efficient at the same time.
National Cipher Challenge First Post
In the past few weeks, our group leader has taught us how to identify and solve mono alphabetic and transpositional ciphers. We tried many questions differing in difficulty, and progressed from doing basic ciphers by hand to using online tools to help with mass translation of text after solving the key.
LO1-Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth.
My particular strength in this activity is that I am extremely interested in Math. I have participated in challenges like UKMT, CEMC, Olympiad and AMC, and achieved gold medals or merits in many of them. This experience trains my mathematical sense, and inspires creative problem solving as a mathematician.
My worry right now is regarding my concentration during the activities. I am sometimes not focused enough during the activity to solve puzzles efficiently. I will work to improve on that issue by doing more exercises given to us by the activity leader to further spark my interest in the activity.
My goal is to become more sensitive to patterns and possible encryption methods. This really has no deadline, but it contributes to number sense and logic which I will consistent work on during the activity.