Childhood games

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. The activities we played today was childhood games, the games we could chose to played was leapfrog, skipping, 4 square, hopscotch and octopus. We first started off by playing leapfrog and octopus. After those game we got to chose what we could play and I chose 4 square.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) I gave myself a merit because I was Motivated because It took me back to when I use to play 4 square when I was little. I also gave myself a merit because I was organised and brought my gear to the lesson. I would also give myself a merit because I would always work hard toward my goal which was to get to king and would show enjoyment by laughing when we played leapfrog because it was funny watching people jump over each other.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). + Previous experience +equipment +competition
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Previous experience affected participation in a positive way because I had learn a lot of skills back in primary which made me get a lot of people out in 4 square, this made me want to play more so I could get more people out. Equipment affected my participation in positive way because when we played 4 square the cones were to small, so we decided to use the lines on the ground instead, this made it bigger and better to play in so I could do my skims which made me want to play more. Competition affected participation because everyone was good a 4 square so it made it more fun and enjoyable and made me play more.

How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future?
I think I could increase my participation by making the 4 squares bigger so that It can give me more space to skim the ball and get people out.

Turbo Touch reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. Today we played turbo touch with the year nines, it is basically like touch but you can pass forward. The aim was to try and get 2 tries by putting the ball down in the try zone and we also had to pass the ball twice before we score.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) Today I gave myself a merit. I gave myself a merit because I would help my teammate by creating space so that my teammates could pass it to me and score. I also gave myself a merit because I would enhance experience with others by making friends with some of the year nines and was always working hard towards getting a trying by staying around the try zone so they had someone to pass to.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). -Friends/classmates -fitness +sense of achievement.
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Friends/classmates affected my participation in a negative way because some of the year nines that were playing slacking and weren't playing properly so it pissed me off and made me not want to play. fitness affected my participation in a negative way because I got tired after 3 games making me sub out and it made me feel like not playing. Sense of achievement affected my participation in a positive way because we I was on the court we were winning our games so it made me want to play more because we were winning.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? I think I could increase my participation by getting more fit so I don't get tired and also get more involved with the year nines so that it is more enjoyable and so they don't slack off.

Zumba reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. Today we participated in an activity called Zumba. Zumba is sort of an work out to get you pump up and relax you body, It is like a dance and you can try and dance to any song you want.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) I would give myself an achieved because I was prepared and organised and brought my gear. I also tried to improve my skills by following the dance moves on the screen and demonstrated my skills by showing my accurate dance moves.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). -Well-being -friends/classmates -Previous
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Well-being affected my participation in negative way because we just came back from the holidays so I was still tired and it made me not want to join in. Friends/classmates affected me in negative way because I would sometime see them not dancing and sitting down so it made me want stop and sit down and made me not want to participation. previous experience affected me in a negative way because I didn't know what zumba was then my teacher said it was like dancing and made me not want to do it.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? I think I could increase my participation by getting more involved with the activity and try and get my friends to try and participate and more energised.

Badminton reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. The activity we played today was badminton, we had a team of two and played around 5 minutes for each opponent before we rotated. If you don't know what badminton is it is similar to tennis where you have to try and hit the ball over the net, but in badminton you have to use an different racket and the thing you hit was an shuttlecock.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) If I had to grade myself today I would have given myself an merit. I gave myself an merit because I would always motivate my teammate kori by cheering him on every time he got a point. I would also give myself an merit because I help my teammate a lot by showing him to hit the shuttlecock.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). +Friends/teammate +previous experience - equipment
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Friends/teammates affected my participation in a positive way because my teammate was my friend kori and we would always hype each other up so it made me want to play more. Previous experience affected my participation in a positive way because I never played badminton before so it me more eager to play. Equipment affected my participation in a negative way because so of the nets were broken and the shuttlecocks were broken so it would someones go off to somewhere else which made want to play less
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? To increase my participation I think that I need to try and learn how to play more so that I can get better and help my teammate out more and show him things so that I can help him improve.

200 challenge reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. The physical activity that I participated in was an 200 challenge, we had to get into a group of 2, our challenge was to do 200 squats, 200 sit ups and o do 20 laps to the cone and back.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) Today I thought that I would grade myself an merit. I gave myself an merit because I would always seek to help and improve my teammate, Like when he was doing squats wrong so I would have to show him how to do. I would also give myself an merit cause I was motivated to try and finish the full 200 and gave it 100% of my best.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). + sense of achievement + challenge -Fitness
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Challenge affected my participation in a positive way because 200 squats and sit ups to me and I had never done that before so I thought that it was challenge for me to try and complete the full 200. Sense of achievement affected me in a positive way because as I said 200 was a lot for me and I thought I could do it so when we did it, it felt I had accomplished something and felt like I could do more. Fitness affected my participation in a negative way because I am really unfit so when I was doing the challenge I got tired fast and decreased my participation.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? I think that I could increase my performance by training more in my spare time so that next time I do challenges like this it will be easy.

Sepak Takraw

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. Sepak takraw is a famous sport played in the Philippines, it is a sport similar to volleyball but you are not allowed to touch the ball with you hands, you can only touch the ball with you feet, chest and head.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) If I had to grade myself I would give me an merit. I gave myself a merit because I would all support my teammates by yelling mine, or Kori's, or Autymn name, so that they knew who ball it was and so we all didn't go for the ball at once. I also would give myself an merit because it was hard to kick the ball straight so I would try and find new ways to kick the ball and ways to return it so I could get better, and gave 100% of my ability.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). -Skill level +Previous experience -Equipment
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Skill level affected my participation in a negative way because I wasn't really good at the game and couldn't kick the ball properly, so every time I kicked the ball it would go of into another direction and the other team would get a point. Previous experience affected me in a positive way because I had 0 experience of the game, so it made me more eager to play the game and learn something new. Equipment affect my participation in a negative way because some of the balls where flat and when we would tried and kick the ball it would it would bounce high and go over the net.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? To increase my performance I think that I need to try and get my team to learn new things so that they know of to play better. I also think that I need to find knew ways to improve my skills so that I can get more confident,

Ultimate Frisbee

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. Today we participated in a game called ultimate Frisbee. If you are not familiar with the game, it is similar to turbo touch. There are two teams you are not allowed to run with Frisbee so you have to try and pass the Frisbee to your team mates and have to try and catch the Frisbee in the end zone to score a point.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) I thought today I would give myself an merit because I would always try and assist my teammates by passing it them all the time and setting them up for goals. I was also always motivated and reliable and would always work hard to get my team points and Gave 100% the whole game.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). +Previous experience, - Competition, - Environment, - skill Level
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Previous experience affected my participation in a positive way because last year I would always play Frisbee with my friends so I knew how to play which made it easier for me. Environment affected my participation in a negative way because it was windy and when we passed the Frisbee it would sometimes fly somewhere else which made it annoying. Skill Level affected my participation in a positive way because I knew good techniques on how to pass the Frisbee, so I had the skills to pay the bills.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? I think I could improve my performance by helping my teammate more, like teaching them how to throw the Frisbee. I also think that I could improve my participation by catching the Frisbee better because sometimes I would drop it.

Ki o Rahi reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in.
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  There are two teams called taniwha and Kioma. For taniwha the aim of the aim of the game is to try and throw the ball at the kapu (which is the middle)So they get a point. For the kioma they have to try and go around a touch the pou(which is around the outside)and run into the middle, but they can only in the middle by going through the Te ara and have to put the ball down in the middle in order to get a point. Team with most points wins
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria)I think that my grade for myself is a merit, Because I would support me pairs when the required my assistance by being there when the were in trouble and needed to pass the ball to someone. I was always motivated to play and tried to find and learn new things for my skills and I gave my best during the activity.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). - Environment + previous experience -Skill level
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples)
• Environment effected my participation in a negative way because it was cold and windy outside and the ground was muddy which made my shoes dirty which made me not want to play. Previous experience effected my participation in a positive way because I had never play this game before and I was excited because I got to learn a new fun game. Skill level effect my participation in a negative way because since it was a new game for me, I didn't know how to play the game so I was bad and my skills weren't that good.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future?To increase my participation I think I need to try and learn the game more so that I know what to do and help my friend understand the game.

Softball reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. The activity we played was softball, it is a sport were you have to pitch the ball to a batter and the batter has to try hit the ball with his bat. There are 4 bases where the batters have to run to before getting a run/point. If the ball is thrown to a base or if someone touches the batter with the ball then the batter is out.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria)In this activity I would give myself an merit. I would give myself merit because I would always work hard to try and get a run by always hitting the ball far and helping my teammates by getting them to the fourth base. I also thought that I was a merit because I gave 100% and was always motivated and ready to play.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). +Environment +Previous experience -illness
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Environment effected my participation in a positive way because the weather was sunny outside and there was no wind so it was perfect day to play outside. Previous experience effected me in a positive way because I had already played softball before so I already knew how to play which made it easier for me and more fun. Illness effected my participation in a negative way because I was sick had a cough on that day so it held me back about because I would always be coughing but I still played.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future?I think I could increase my participation by getting my teammates more envolved so they don't get bored

Benchball reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. The activate we play in is a game called bench ball bench ball is a bit similar to dodge ball and capture the flag, The aim of the game is to try and pass the ball to someone on the bench and try a run over and stand on the bench without get tagged by someone in the opposing team. The first team with 4 players on a bench won the game.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) I thought my participation was and merit because I gave me best and was motivate and help my team while defending people from getting to the bench and also help my team by getting to the other bench and winning the game. I also that I was a merit because I all ways tried to get to the bench so that my team could win.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). +participation +Previous experience -Fitness
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples)Participation effected my performance in a positive way because I was giving 100% of my ability through out the whole game. Previous experience effected my participation in a positive way because I was happy before coming to play and because I didn't play bench ball before so it made me more happy and motivated to play. Fitness effect my participation in a negative way because I would get tired from running around to much and made me slower but it didn't stop me from giving 100%
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future?To increase my participation I think that I need to more fit and build my stamina so that I don't get tired while playing games.

Futsal Reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. Today we play Futsal, Futsal is a game that is similar to Football/soccer every thing is the same except there are not boundary's and it is play indoors. You have to try and score into the opposing team goal and you are not allowed to touch the ball with your hands. You can only kick the ball with your legs.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? For Futsal I would grade my participation an merit, I chose merit because did my best during the game and also tried to improve my skills like my handling by going up against people that are good defenders an tried to help enhance my teammates shooting by passing it to them while they were open.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). +Previous experience -Equipment +Well being
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples) Previous experience effected my participation in a positive way because I had play soccer before and futsal since futsal identical to soccer it made it easier for me to play fulsal because I had more experience. Equipment effected my participation in a negative because the goals weren't really good unlike a real goal it moved everywhere when you hit the ball on the outside of the goal it and it was also harder because the goal was small. Well being effected my participation in a positive way because I was in a good mood and it made me more eager and motivated to play.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future?I think that I could improve my participation by communicating with my peers more and also think that I should sharing the ball around more and set up plays for my teammates.

Spike ball Reflection

• Explain the physical activity you participated in. Spike ball is a game that is a mixture of Tchoukball and volleyball. The aim of the game is to try and spike the a ball on a round trampoline and try and make it hit the ground. If the ball isn't caught by the opposing team then they get a point. There are 2 teams of 2 who verse each other. You can pass the ball 3 times just like volley ball.
• What level of effort and engagement were you participating at during today’s physical activity? Why? (Grade yourself NA, A or M and refer to marking criteria) If I had to grade myself I would give myself an achieved, because the game wasn't something I would normally play and I would sometime play basketball with the balls, but I was active most of the time giving 100% and brought my full gear to the lesson.
• What were three factors which influenced your participation? (Choose from the list below, and put a + or - beside the three factors to show whether it positively or negatively influenced your participation). -Participation +challenge -classmates/and friend
• Explain HOW these factors affected your participation (with specific examples)Participation Affected my performance in a negative way because I would go of and shoot some hoops with Ivan because the game started to get boring for me. Challenge effect my participation in a positive way because no one had played the game before so it new to everyone so it made it even and made it more challenging for so that I could be the best. Classmates and friends affected my performance in a negative way because sometimes they would muck around you go and play something else.
• How could you increase your (or your peers) participation in this activity in the future? I think I could improve on my participation so that I can focus on the game and not get distracted and play something else, I will do this by focusing on the game more.