Violin Lesson

 Today I started to play a song from a famous musical. It's called Memory and comes from Cats the Musical. The music to this song was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

I started the lesson by playing one of basic scales - a minor, in which the song is set. After practising many variations of it I went to the song itself. 

This song, however short, has an interesting part. The kind of notes called 'duola' occur in it. They are two notes that take as long as three. It is the first time ever I met something like this and it felt really unnatural to me. 

Every time I played them I had a feeling that I am doing something wrong, but my teacher said that is the way they should be played, and with practise it will stop sounding so weird. I hope it does, but at the same time I'm glad there are still some entirely new things in the art of violin for me.

 

Tennis

 At Today's lesson, after the usual warming up exercise we have played a set of matches. 

I am attending those lessons with my mom as well as two other people, with all of them I have played. I have won just 1 of those 3 matches, however I did so with a great advantage - 10:3.

The scores of following matches were 10:8 and 10:4. It showed me how much more room there is still for practise, and that I must not get discouraged to keep making progress.

Lessons with Primary School Students

 Today I had my first lesson with Filip. 

It was happening over zoom, I was worried about the way in which to organise it, but he helped me saying that he will just share his screen and write on it, so I can see his solution to the problems. 

I am there to provide him with some explanations, tips or just to check his work. This all is meant to help him write his Exam well, which I surely hope it does. 

It was a weird experience, much more unusual than the one with Maja, who is significantly younger than Filip. However, I can see the point of having lessons with both of them. 

Lessons with Primary School Students

The supervisor of my Service work at Centrum Kultury Wilanów came up with the idea in which we can do our voluntary work during the pandemic - by providing lessons to younger children in areas we are good at. 

I said that I am able to teach primary school students English and Maths, and I got two students of my own - a 5th-grader Maja and an 8th-grader Filip. Both of them I will be teaching maths and Maja I will also help with English.

I already had a meeting with her during which we talked in English and I explained long multiplication and long divination to her. 

Something like that is entirely new to me and I believe it will be a learning experience for me as well as my students. 

     

Violin Lesson

 Today I was playing a waltz from The Sleeping Beauty written by P. Tchaikovsky. 

The waltz is a form I have not yet played this year and I love the way it sounds. 

The most important thing for me to focus on is the dynamic in which I play it - I have to work on it so some parts will be quieter and the other lauder. This is a challenge for me as most of the time I simply forget about it until it is written in the sheets that I should change it, and then it is definitely too late for that.

 I will try to work on that in this piece as well as all my future ones. 

Tennis

 This week I have come back to my tennis lessons as it was finally possible. Although I have not forgotten anything, it was visible that I was out of practise and I was not at the same level as I was before. 

However, it is nothing to worry about as at the end of the lesson I was playing just as I was before. Tennis is like riding a bike - you do not forget the abilities you've gained. 

I hope the pandemic situation will allow me to attend the lessons every week now, so I can master my abilities. 

Amnesty International Meeting

 Today at Amnesty International meeting some members presented the cases from AI or other international organisations that are working in the field of human rights. 

I also talked about the news I found on official AI page. In Denmark the definition of rape in criminal law was changed to 'sex without consent'. Earlier for the crime to be recognise the prove of additional violence was required. This change happened on 17th December 2020. It is awful and frightening that even in European countries which are proud of how obedient they are of human rights and how much gender equality they have achieved this change is happening only now and not years ago. What's even more frightening is that Denmark is only the 12th country in Europe that recognises sex without consent as rape. 

 

Signatures

 

Learning Outcomes

 

	Playing Violin	Tennis	Centrum Kultury WIlanów	Amnesty Inter- national
identify own strengths and areas for growth	✓	✓	✓
demonstrate that the new challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process	✓	✓
demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experiencer	✓		✓
demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively			✓	✓
show commitment to and perseverance in CAS activities	✓	✓
demonstrate engagement with issues of global importance				✓
recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions				✓