Learning about body image in health

In our year 10 health option class, we were given the task to create a poster promoting positive body image. Body image is how you think and feel about your body, it can either be negative or positive. Other terms we’ve learned about were body positivity, body negativity, and body neutrality. 

Body image is very important because feeling negative about yourself can really affect your self-esteem and change the way you act in unhelpful ways. Whereas, if you challenge yourself to uplift and accept the body you have despite the changes in size and shape, it can be very powerful for your wellbeing. Enjoying the body you have and not beating yourself up from the changes happening in your body is important especially when you're young. This is because our body is constantly changing and growing. 

During the last few weeks, I was able to create a few slides based on influencers who use their platform to promote positive body image. For example, Harnaam Kaur is a motivational speaker who has grown to embrace her unusual appearance as a bearded lady but celebrates her difference most uniquely and beautifully. She helps others cope and deals with body shaming and bullying. Devon Taverner-Hailou is also another influencer who uses her disability to change society’s perspective of disabled people. Devon has a rare condition called Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency (PFFD) that causes her to have no thigh bone in her left leg and does not have all the bones in her left hip as well, which makes her left leg smaller than her right leg. She is also profoundly deaf so she has to wear hearing aids. Her goal is to give disabled people a chance to be heard and bring awareness to them all to display them in the most positive way. Elisabeth Van Aalderen is a professional photographer who developed a skin condition called Vitiligo. She uses her platform by creating a series called “shades of pale” to celebrate each individual of women with vitiligo to celebrate how stunning their skin looks.

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Scratch

Throughout the few weeks of digital, we were able to do some coding using scratch. I was fortunate enough to finish this part of coding and was able to use the right blocks to create a game. For each level, we had to screenshot every part of the coding we did to show proof that we understand the steps given to us. Throughout the first few steps, It was difficult because it was my first time using scratch but then as I started to understand the instructions given to me I was able to understand the coding a bit more. Some of the blocks I used were used repeatedly and easy to use. I was also able to experience some difficulties throughout the coding but once I understood what was going wrong with my coding I was able to fix it and make the game work. At the end of the coding, I was able to learn some things from scratch. I was able to understand how the technology works so that I am prepared for the future. As well as solving problems and getting a better understanding of how computers and devices work.


Right arrow to move forward
Left arrow to move back
Space keyboard to jump

Maze Game and Flappy Bird Codes

Throughout the double period, we were able to do a bit of coding. I was fortunate enough to complete both the coding within the two periods. For each level, we had to screenshot each step and insert them into our presentation. After completing some of the levels I started to get the hang of it, but then it began to get a bit more difficult and added more blocks the higher the level was. Some of the directions I was able to use constantly throughout the beginning were the 'move forward' block, then as the level started to get a bit difficult I began to use the 'repeat block' more often as the levels went by. The 'repeat block' enabled me to limit the blocks I use for one code. It was a lot easier to use certain blocks. Lastly, some of the things I learned from that coding game was that it gave me a better understanding of computers and being able to solve problems.
I was also able to complete the Flappy Bird game as well as the Maze Game. This coding was a bit easier than the previous coding. Some of the blocks I constantly used throughout the coding was the 'flap' block. Some of the blocks enabled me to complete the level and carry on with the next few levels. One of the things I have learned throughout the game was that I was able to learn the basics of coding and develop on how the technology works. At the end of the level, we were able to create our own rules and ways of how we would want to play the game.