Climbing Ropes!!!

The climbing ropes are here and were a great success. Thanks Larry and PTO!!

Soccer/Speedaway/Lacrosse

In pe class younger ages are practicing in skills by doing stations that involve soccer, speedaway and lacrosse. In 2nd and 3rd grade students are playing foosball soccer which is played like the foosball table game. This is a good way to get students to pass the ball to their teammates. They are also playing lacrosse with scoops.
The 4th and 5th graders have recently been graded on their pacer test and the mile run. They have been playing soccer indoors and will play outdoors. I then plan to teach speedaway indoor and outdoor and move into playing lacrosse. They will end the year after spring break getting ready for our big track meet that will take place at Prairie View High School on Monday May 16th where they will compete against Landmark Academy, Foundations Academy and Belle Creek Charter. More information to come.

JUMP FOR HEART

We have started jump roping in PE classes. The students have started learning how to jump rope doing different tricks. Level 1 is a skip jump, two-foot forward and backward, 1 foot jump, the skiier and bell jump.
There are 4 more levels that students can work on. There are posters in the gym demonstrating how to do each trick jump.
They will also work on jumping with partners, the long ropes and double dutch.

Dance and Juggling

Kindergarten thru 4th grade will be working on a dance unit the start of January. They will learn several dances and learn to move different ways. The 4th grade will be getting ready for their Mid-evil festival by learning a dance and juggling.
The 5th grade will be finishing up their basketball unit with a 3 on 3 tournament.
The last friday in January students will receive jump for heart envelopes in their Friday folder. February is Jump for Heart month. The actual event will be the week of February 22-25.
Please remember to send tennis shoes on gym days. Due to all the snow many children are wearing boots to school.

Basketball

Students in grades K-5 have been working on Basketball. The 5th and 4th grade are working on ball handling and shooting skills. They took a quiz on dribbling cues and Shooting cues. They are working on progressing into games by practicing give and go drills and 1 on 1 games.
The K-3rd grade are doing the same thing except they are practicing more on skills by rotating around to different stations. Examples are king of the circle a dribbling game, dribbling around cones, passing and a couple shooting stations.

Team Handball

Classes are now participating in a game called Team Handball. This is a game of quick passes. It is a good lead up activity to basketball because students are working on getting open and making the quick pass.
Kindergarten and 1st grade classes are practicing jump rope with a short and a long rope. They are also working on dribbling practicing with different shaped balls in a dribble frenzy.

Baseball

With the World Series going on the K-4th grade have been working on baseball skills. They have been practicing throwing and catching with scoops. They have also been hitting off a T and running bases. We continue to work on fitness playing Monster tag and adding a fitness station to our baseball stations.