PHYSICAL EDUCATION (0)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical education has long been a staple in schools on a K-12 level and beyond , with all students required to participate in some form of physical education. Also referred to as "gym class " students participated in activities such as team sports , (volleyball, soccer , basketball, etc.) walking or running (running a mile was common), cardiovascular and strength training exercises (such as pull -ups and push -ups) and even swimming .
Physical education provides children with an opportunity to exercise during the day. It gives children early exposure to team sports, and promotes good physical fitness. Children who participate in physical education get a workout, and they also learn the importance of exercise as a lifelong habit.
Physical education is clearly an important course in schools, with many benefits for children. In addition to helping kids learn healthy habits and stay off drugs, physical education can also increase learning by getting the blood flowing and increasing oxygen levels, which promote concentration. Sports and PE help children build self esteem and help them learn important lessons in teamwork. Physical education is extremely important and should be protected in schools, despite budget cuts.
Children who take PE classes at school may also be able to use those classes as a springboard to become interested in joining a team sport . Numerous studies have shown that children who participate in a team sport are less likely to become involved in drugs. Sports increases the awareness of health and the need to take care of the body . Sports also give kids a positive outlet for frustrations and energy, a place to make friends who are positive influences, and a place to be a leader so kids are less likely to succumb to peer pressure .
Only about 1/3 of all Estonian children have regular physical exercises outside the school. That means playing sport at least twice a week.
Most schools in Estonia only have two P.E lessons a week and that’s not enough compared with 2 -4 h a day that students spend on the internet or watching TV.
Football ,basketball , track and field ,judo ,swimming ,tennis and volleyball are most popular sports in whole world.
SONG FETIVAL
The Estonian Song Festival  is one of the largest in the world. It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. The tradition of the song festival was born along with Estonian national awakening. The first national song festival was held in Tartu in the summer One of the organisers of the first song festival was Johann Voldemar Jannsen . In the first three festivals only men's choirs and brass orchestras participated. 822 singers and 56 brass players were in the first festival. Starting with the fourth festival, mixed choirs were also participating. Starting with the sixth festival in 1896, the festival tradition moved to Tallinn.
Starting from 1947, the Soviet authorities forced foreign songs into the repertoire . Because of the inclusion of children's and boys ' choirs the total number of participants rose to 25,000 – 30,000 people. The Dance and Gymnastic Festival of the First Estonian Games started in 1934 became predecessors of later National Dance Festivals accompanying the song festival. Between 1879- 1910 , Song Festival was held for six times . In the   beginning of  the first Estonian independence there came custom to  to organize festival in every five years. During 2 world war tradition was broken and it was restored in 1947. in 1969 it vas over 100 years since the first song festival was held. There is one song that has been played in every song festival and it is called Mu isamaa on minu arm. With the suport
Of traditional song festival , in 1988 was born the singing revultion , when houndreds of thousands peoples gathered at the song festival ground to provide the political demand .
LIVE ADE
Live Aid was a dual -venue  concert  that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof  and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine .  It was one of the largest-scale satellite link -ups and television broadcasts of all time: an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion , across 150 nations, watched the live broadcast.
In October 1984, images of millions of people starving to death in Ethiopia. Bob Geldof saw the report , and called Midge Ure from Ultravox, and together they quickly co-wrote the song, "Do They Know It's Christmas ?" in the hope of raising money for famine relief. The concert grew in scope , as more acts were added on both sides of the Atlantic . As a charity fundraiser, the concert far exceeded its goals : on a television programme in 2001, one of the organisers stated that while initially it had been hoped that Live Aid would raise £1 million with the help of Wembley tickets costing £25.00 each, the final figure was £150 million Partly in recognition of the Live Aid effort, Geldof received an honorary knighthood. The concert began at 7:00 EST at Wembley Stadium  in the United Kingdom. It continued at JFK Stadium in the United States , starting at 8:51 EST. The UK's Wembley performances ended at 17:00 EST. The JFK performances and whole concert in the US ended at 23:05 EST.