My level of effort and engagement today: Achieved- Merit
Why have you placed yourself at this level? Give supporting evidence.
This lesson was relatively laid back and pretty relaxed, considering we just wandered down to the wharf, jumped off a few times and then wandered back to school. Though I did actually participate, whereas many people did not go in the water.
Factors that influence participation: fun & enjoyment, social factors and environmental appreciation
Factor 1: environmental appreciation
I love the ocean; surfing, swimming, skim boarding, sailing, jumping off things- whatever it is, if it has to do with the sea I’m there. I have great appreciation and respect for the ocean and I love being in and around it. So environmental appreciation influenced my participation by motivating me to get dressed quickly and skip to the wharf because I was looking forward to it.
Factor 2: social factors + Factor 3: fun & enjoyment
It was quite a cold day and a couple of the girls didn’t really want to jump in once the realisation had set in that the water would be absolutely freezing. But you just end up joking around and bating them and taking the micky out of them and eventually everyone gets in the water and you have a good time. I get great fun and enjoyment out of spending time with good friends and making new ones, and all of the people in my P.E class are really cool and interesting and I enjoy getting to know them better each time. So this influences my participation in making me actually want to be there, rather than wishing I was somewhere else doing something else.
Bearing in mind the criteria in Resource 1, what could you do to improve your future participation?
I’m not too sure what I could have done to improve my participation to be honest, this lesson was really just about jumping off the wharf in the cold and that is exactly what I did, and other than that there’s not much else I could have done.
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