Term 2 activities

Winter is coming, and school Term 2 started last week.

Once again Mulan and Miya are busy with lots of activities (and most activities are term-based).

Mulan:

Ballet/dance: Ballet continues to be Mulan's number one activity.  This term she has dance classes five days a week at Mainly Dance -- 6.75 hours of ballet and 2 hours of contemporary.

Athletics: Athletics is Mulan's number two activity.  Athletics competitions have finished for the season, but for the first time we've decided to do some winter training (Mulan and me together).  We're aiming for twice a week.  One session is running, and is mostly uphill/stairs reps.  The other is weights.

Music: Mulan has a private recorder lesson once a week, and continues to practice her instruments most days.  She also plays the ukulele or guitar with Yeye once a week.  While she enjoys music, it's not her main passion and she's decided (for now) to stop her private cello lessons.  Pre-Covid, last year she was preparing for the cello Grade 5 exam, but that has now stopped.

Swimming: Mulan has two fitness squad sessions a week with NZL Swim.

Gymnastics: Mulan has one lesson a week at North Harbour Gymnastics.

Rock climbing: Mulan has one lesson at week at Northern Rocks.

Newspaper delivery: Mulan has just started delivering the Property Press paper.  It takes her about 1.5 hours once a week.

School: Mulan catches the bus once a week to my Big Sis' home, where she spends the day doing schooling with her cousins.  She does bookwork maths, science and music theory.  The reason is that we're strongly considering Mulan going to school next year (Year 11, NCEA 1) and this is practice for her (and us).

Teaching: Mulan co-teaches one Chinese language class each week with Mama at Chinese4All.

Miya:

Rock climbing: Rock climbing is Miya's number one activity, and she typically goes to Northern Rocks three times a week, including a lesson each week.

Music: Miya has a private clarinet lesson once a week, as well as saxophone and trumpet lessons at Belmont Music Centre.   She continues to practice her instruments most days and is planning to sit the Grade 4 clarinet exam this year.

Dance: Miya has contemporary dance lessons once a week at Mainly Dance.

Gymnastics: Miya has one lesson a week at North Harbour Gymnastics.

Teaching: Miya co-teaches two Chinese language classes each week with Mama at Chinese4All.