Salem has been busy as usual with his dancing. He has been having his lessons with Jacqui and Jonty as usual and his Acro class and Lyrical & Jazz class as well.
On Monday he started doing his BTDA Intermediate class with Michelle at Waikanae Dance School. He was very excited about that and found it very different to the RAD syllabus. He is enjoying this a lot more.
So he has been practicing his new exercises up at the gym before he gets into his own dances etc.
What was even more exciting for him, was being the teachers helper for the Grade 1 class afterwards.
He really enjoyed being with the younger kids and is looking forward to next week.
It's a good sized class with six girls and one boy.
He is enjoying the challenge of his acro class and is so pleased at being able to stand back up after doing a bridge and is working hard at doing a tidy walkover. Luckily we have a large flat lawn, which we just had mowed, for him to practice on.
It's a bit scary watching him sometimes!!!!!!!
Salem has been having swimming lessons once a week with the Kapiti Homeschoolers at the Aquatic Centre and after two lessons, can swim a length of the pool, back stroke, without stopping and can swim freestyle a bit. He gets in to the big pool and practices for over half an hour before his class starts.
Not bad for a kid who hadn't been in a pool for over five years.
It's great exercise for him, really gets those leg muscles working.
Every Wednesday at City Fitness, they have a 1 Minute Challenge which Salem has a go at.
Last week it was how many push-ups can you do in one minute. Salem did 35 proper push-ups, which isn't too bad for a thirteen year old. He made it up on to the leader board.
Then today, the challenge was how many sit-ups in one minute. Salem did 50 which put him up on the leader board and was still there when we left two hours later.
Well done Salem!!!!!!
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