The health and fitness project
In
the second term of school, we started a health and fitness project,
during which we teach the learners how to keep fit and healthy by
playing sport. The schools participating in the project are Ntaba Maria
PS, Good Shepard PS, C.M Vellem HPS, Seventh Day Adventist School,
Archie Mbolekwa SS and Khuhliso Daniel SS.
During the first week, we discussed team sports and eating habits in the awarenet forum. Some examples:
- What is your favourite sport?
- What training do you do to keep fit in this sport?
- How many times a week do you train for your sport?
Sompani
from Ntaba Maria PS said: “Netball it is my favourite sport, because
it helps me to keep my joints strong and well working. We do our netball
sessions with our netball coach at school and we train four times a
week.”
Fatyi Sisipho from Archie Mbolekwa SS answered: “I do few
of some fitness training just like boxing, because you need to have
strength when u are ruby player. Rugby is my favourite sport. I train
twice a week.”
We
also put the theory in action and played some soccer and netball, which
are the two sporting codes that the learners really enjoy participating
in. We trained to build up some fitness for the awarenet Health and
Fitness Day on Youth Day. Two soccer balls were donated by Albany Sports
from Grahamstown. The sporting activities happened on the school
grounds. Photos were taken during the playing of the different sporting
Codes.
Finally, motivational talks were also given about keeping
motivated in sport and how to become the best you want to become in
sport. Ntaba Maria PS learners had the opportunity to listen to Rooi
Rikhotso talking about how to keep motivated in sport while still
focusing on academics, not to get involved in wrong doings and wrong
friends. Rooi is a top runner from Grahamstown (originally from Limpopo)
and works as a security guard. The learners enjoyed Rooi’s talk and
found him very inspirational.
Seventh Day Adventist School and
Good Shepard PS had the opportunity to listen to Thandoxolo Royi talking
about his sport, Karate. Thandoxolo is a Grade 10 pupil at Nombulelo
Secondary School and also an active awarenet student. He is very good in
Karate, working towards his Black Belt in the next few years. The
learners found him very inspiring as gave a very good insight to the
world of Karate. They even had the opportunity to learn a few karate
moves as he demonstrated them.
Chris Tobela motivated C.M Vellem
HPS with his Soccer Coaching skills giving them advice how to achieve in
Soccer. Chris works at Albany Sports and is a soccer coach for the
ladies soccer team called African Connections. They thoroughly enjoyed
hes talk. Blogs were written about all the motivational talks.
The
new few weeks we will keep training and also learn about good nutrition
until the awarenet Health and Fitness Day. During this day, we will
have soccer tournament and the learners can compete for Mr. and Miss
Fitness. Additionally, there will be a Karate demonstration by Thando
and the Joza Karate Club. The project has been a great success so far
and the learners are enjoying playing sport and learning about Health
and Fitness.
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Posted: May 28th 2015 10:53
