For the past month we have been challenging the house and visitors to see how long they can hold a plank for!
A plank is a good way to train your abdominal muscles, but has many other benefits such as: improving stability, aiding posture, reducing back pain, strengthening your back and arm muscles!
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Happy Easter!
We hope you enjoy the holiday and take the time to unwind and relax.
See you soon!
Bianka took full advantage of our beautiful weather and surroundings, by going to relax by the lake and even went for a swim! The lake was 10 degrees Celsius and Bianka felt the benefits!
1. It boosts your immune system
The effects of cold water on the immune system have been studied widely. Cold water helps to boost the white blood cell count because the body is forced to react to changing conditions. Over time, your body becomes better at activating its defences.
2. It makes you happier
Cold water swimming activates endorphins. This chemical is what the brain produces to make us feel good during activities. Cold water swimming is also a form of exercise, and exercise has been proven to treat depression. Cold water swimming brings us close to the pain barrier. Endorphins are released when we’re in pain, to help us cope with it.
3. It improves your circulation
Cold water swimming flushes your veins, arteries, and capillaries. It forces blood to the surface and helps to warm our extremities. Repeated exposure adapts us to the cold.
4. It burns calories
The heart has to pump faster in cold water and the body must work harder to keep everything warm while swimming. Overall, far more calories are burned during cold water swimming than swimming in warmer conditions. The idea that drinking cold water increases the number of calories you burn may be a myth, but it is a fact that cold water decreases your body temperature so much that the body must act.
5. It reduces stress
Cold water swimming places stress on the body physically and mentally. Many studies have identified the link between cold water and stress reduction. Cold water swimmers become calmer and more relaxed.
Have an awesome day!
Love, New Portena
Today Cherry and Miss Cristina joined Volleyball Club, we had so much fun!
We are so proud of Bianka and Yvonne who are in the School Basketball team. Soon they will start their matches.
Well done girls!
We wish you a great day! Thank you for your help and support.
Love, New Portena
There are many disadvantages of sharing personal information online. The biggest disadvantage is that we do not fully understand privacy on the Internet. Although people think that they’re accounts are private, do we really know how private they are and how different organisations use our information ? For example, social media doesn’t provide much privacy protection for the users. They watch users and see what kind of things they put into their profiles and what interests them, through their interactions.
In addition, sharing personal information online will expose all of your privacy and can be used by people with ulterior motives. When using the Internet, people can steal your personal information. When you post things like your name, birthday, credit card number and your place of residence online, there will be a risk of your information being used by others and what they can and will do with this.
This article is written by Kseniia in Grade 9, as part of her individual project. She decided to research what a strong password is and how to create it.
What passwords are not strong?
Passwords are ordinary words or phrases, letters or numbers in a row. People often use them when they don’t think about security or just want to quickly finish registration.
Ex: Alex1234; Dog56;
What passwords are strong?
Strong passwords are combinations of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
Ex-aYn72Wn; QqHoi@73Hj
How to create a strong password?
1. Take any random phrase, for example, EgyptCat.
2. Replace some letters with special characters. It will be easier to remember if you replace the letters on the basis of similarity. For example, a on @, i on!, O on 0.
Ex- Eg!pedK0t
How not to declassify your password?
Create a new password for every important service.
Enable two-factor authentication wherever this option is available.
Do not put your passwords in the browser.
