Bouldering Trip

The grade 7's went on a bouldering field trip this week. They got to experience some different challenges and try to test their rock climbing skills. The students did a great job of stepping outside their comfort zone and try new things. Check out the fun we had in the pictures!

Baseball Skills

We have been working on our baseball skills throughout the grades, learning how to bat, throw and field balls. The grade fours have been using a tennis racquet to help them be successful as have some of the grade fives. The grade sixes have been practicing using a bat and have had good results!

Striking and Fielding Games

We have started our new unit which is striking and fielding games. All grades will be working on learning the rules and skills to a combination of sports including kickball, baseball and cricket. The grades will be working on different skills to try and build on one another as the students progress through the years. The students started with some warm up games and have built on their knowledge of strategies to come up with the best strategies for winning striking and fielding games. Below are the skills each grade is working on.

Grade 4: The grade 4's are working on learning the basic rules of striking and fielding games and being able to hit a ball with a tennis racquet. We will also be working on catching a ball and throwing with accuracy towards a base.

Grade 5: The grade 5's are working on hitting a ball with a tennis racquet and then an enlarged baseball bat. We will be working on catching balls in the air and feilding them off the ground. We will also be working on throwing with accuracy and being able to develop our one handed catching skills.

Grade 6: The grade 6's are working on hitting with a baseball bat consistently, and being able to field all types of hits, both in the air and on the ground. We will also be working on fielding and throwing in one motion and understanding where they need to throw the ball. We will learn the positions of baseball and work on what each position needs to do to be successful.

Grade 7: The grade 7's are practicing hitting consistently with a baseball bat and being able to field all types of hits. They will also be working on the advanced rules of baseball including tagging up, leading off and stealing. The students will try to demonstrate their understanding of the game during gameplay and be able to make correct plays on the fly.

It should be a terrific few weeks of striking and fielding games. Don;t forget about the the fun srpin fundraiser things happening this week!

Silent Dance Fundraiser

We have an upcoming Silent Dance fundraiser to help promote Autism Awareness Month. Please see the advertisement below for more information!

Health Wrap-Up

We spent the last few weeks working on health. The students learned a lot about food and nutrition, exercise, sleep, hygiene, social health, mental health, emotional health, bullying and other topics. The grades experienced different aspects of health and shared their knowledge. It has been a productive week and all the classes have completed their summative tasks for health. Some pictures of the students completing fitness and their summative task are below.

This Week in Phys. Ed.

We have been working hard on our health lessons and competing with the crazy weather. We are approaching the end of the units in each grade and the students will be completing their summative tasks soon. Some classes will be making posters, pamphlets and even videos of ways to maintain our overall health. We will also be having jump rope for heart next Thursday. Make sure to bring in all of your fundraising forms so we can tally all of our earnings.

Have a great weekend!

Working on our Fitness!

The students have been busy the last few weeks as we have started our health units. Check out what each grade has been up to below!

Grade 4: The grade 4's have been displaying their health knowledge with lessons on physical and mental health. We have done some work about nutrition and exercise and talked about the right amount of sleep. The students have been able to pick exercises that they can do and practice them in class. We have also been using skipping as a form of exercise to help us prepare for Jump Rope for Heart, which is coming up on Thursday, Feb.14!

Grade 5: The grade 5's have been learning about making healthy choices for their life, including meal planning, exercise and hygiene. They have made their own fitness bingo cards and have been able to demonstrate many different exercises for their different muscle groups. We have also been practicing our skipping and helping the SK's and grade 1's learn how to properly jump rope!

Grade 6: We have been learning about overall health including our physical, mental, emotional and social health. The students have done work on their self concept and how we can better our belief of ourselves. We have also been working on how we would like others to treat us in a hope that that will spur on a more positive attitude towards others!

Grade 7: The grade 7's have just about finished their summative tasks for this unit, presenting their games that they created. As we finish our summative tasks we will be starting our next round of fitness testing. Hopefully the students have been keeping fit and working on their fitness goals so they can see improvement from their initial testing!