Students are meant to be receiving an education and gaining recognised qualifications. Higher Education institutions place a greater importance on the curriculum than the co-curriculum when selecting students‚ and so do employers. Co-curricular activities are nice‚ but they have never been shown to actually play a vital role in a student’s life. And if they distract students from focusing on their academic qualifications‚ then they could be actually harmful. There is no obvious logic in having super
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The social-emotional‚ cognitive and physical benefits of physical activity During childhood our body and mind changes very fast. I believe that nowadays parents focus more on the brain developement of their children than their physical activity. When I was a little girl - over 20 years ago - we spent most of our time outside playing‚ running and enjoying fresh air and being in movement. Physical activity of children can secure them health and well being in their adulthood as well as teach
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CYPOP 4 1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children. Physical activity is an integral part of health and well being in children.Our bodies also require physical activity in order to be healthy.Understanding and supporting physical activity‚ will help children have the right foundation for a healthy and happy life.Positive experiences with physical activity at a young age promotes the growth if strong bones and muscles‚ help to develop
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Short Essay on Extracurricular Activities in School An ideal school gives to students the scope and the spirit of healthy competition — to excel at all levels. Class work and the home work given by teachers have their academic importance; in this also one who excels wins the praise and appreciation from the teachers. But academic distinctions alone do not fulfill all the purpose for which the school exists. A school is the workshop of life-building in which the raw material is the nascent young
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on children’s activities. computer games are very popular with children and teenagers because of their extremely entertaining nature. However they are not witout negative effects on their health and developpment. A lot of children‚ who are attracted by these games‚ quickly become addicted to them and would spend hours and hours infront of their computers with their eyes glued on the screen and their minds fixed on nothing else. as the game requires sitting and no physical activity children spend
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briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences (Recommended length: 250 words) USC In a short paragraph‚ please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences Describe your academic interests and how you plan to pursue them at USC. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections Stanford Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (150 word limit.) Stanford
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Information ! What is an extracurricular activity? Extracurricular activities are those that fall outside the realm of normal curriculum of school or university education‚ performed by students. In Trinidad and Tobago school’s there is access to many extracurricular activities such as swimming‚ running‚ football‚ music‚ dance and many more. There are benefits of a student doing extracurricular activities such as making a contribution. Extracurricular activities allows a student to make a contribution
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Extracurricular activities have a positive effect and help students improve their academic performance. The positive effect that extracurricular activities have on students are improvements in behavior‚ better grades‚ and provides students with a social outlet. Students who participate in extracurricular activities have to always keep up a positive attitude and become a better student‚ and a better player and performer. Students who participate in extracurricular activities are better behaved
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My favorite extracurricular activity is the debate team‚ which I first joined as a high school freshman. I moved to a new school that year and was a shy‚ withdrawn young girl who wasn’t quite sure where I would fit in. My guidance counselor‚ Ms. Evans‚ suggested that the debate team might bring me out of my shell and help me to make friends. She had no idea what a monster she was creating. My first few days on the debate team didn’t look promising. I was still painfully shy‚ and was constantly told
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The sorts of problems that might occur when supporting learning activities and how to deal with these . While I am supporting learning activities‚ I come across many potential problems‚ including: Insufficient resources A learning task usually requires resources such as pencils‚ paper‚ worksheets‚ math’s apparatus‚ paint pots‚ paint brushes etc... If there are not enough resources for each child then the learning activity could be disrupted because someone would have to leave the room
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