Outdoor Activities

Every Monday and Thursday nights, my brother and I attend Taekwondo training. We just got our Poom belts after the grading exam in Jan 09. The Poom belt is the junior black belt for children under 16 years old. When we are 16 years old, we can take the grading exam to get the adult black belt. Each lesson is about 1.5 hours, but the instructors sometimes keep us back for about 2 hours. We started these lessons because Mummy wanted us to learn something for self-defence. But, we must remember not to use our Taekwondo moves to attack people.

Every Wednesday and Saturday, I have Chinese class at my tutor's house. Each lesson is about 1.5 hours. I have these lessons to help me improve my Chinese and I can ask my tutor questions when I am not sure.

On Sundays, my brother and I go for art class at Crestar. I like this class because the teacher is good and creative. He always has interesting art projects for us to do. For example, he got us to use joss-sticks to burn holes across the lines of pictures on paper. This was fun and interesting because it was a new experience and a new way of doing art. My favourite time is when we make things using clay. So far, we have made pigs, dragons, snowmen and many other cute things. The art class is about 1.5 hours.

On 7th February, my father started to bring my brother and me inline skating at Bishan Park. We needed to wake up at 7.30am. We tried to wear our own protective gear but our knee guards were too small so we used the ones at Bishan Park. At first I kept falling down but after that I only fell if I was careless but my brother didn't fall as often as I did because he had already learnt inline skating in school last year. I usually spend 1 hour on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday on this activity.

I think some of these activities are necessary for me. Taekwondo is for self-defence, so I think it is necessary. I can protect myself from bad people or bullies. Chinese tuition is also necessary for me to keep up with my school work and improve my Chinese. I don't think art class is necessary but Mummy lets us attend it because we like it. Inline skating is not necessary, but I think it is fun and I get some exercise.

These activities don't affect my school work/studies because some of them help me with my school work, and I get to exercise regularly. I also enjoy them.

I think pupils should have activities outside of school because they can learn new things instead of being square...