4th-7th grade students have 1 more week of roller skating. They are getting a lot better at staying on their feet, and are working on stopping (very important!),and skating backwards. They are playing a game called 4 corners, to practice stopping, and also limbo.

Come and watch if you get a chance!

Kindergarten- 3rd grade students are focusing on throwing and catching.

When you play catch at home, watch for them to step with their opposite foot as they throw. They are also working on starting with their side to their target and rotating their trunks as they throw.

**All students need to continue to do the "Sponge Bob Challenge" every day. Fitness testing will be in early April.

They are focusing on:

push-ups (arms at a 90 degree angle)

sit-ups , called curl-ups on the fitness test (knees bent--hold feet down by themselves--hands stay on floor)

sit and reach (hamstring flexibility)

pacer test/running

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thank you so much for the many Christmas gifts and cards! We have a very generous community!

In class we are continuing to focus on healthy eating choices and fitness goals.

We are also finishing some rhythms/geo mats. Great for cardiovascular work as well as coordination and firing both right brain/left brain.

4th-7th grade will be roller skating in February, so look for a permission slip to be coming home in a couple of weeks! (skating in the Magdalen gym for 2 weeks) How fun is that?!

K-8th grade:

All students have been discussing staying healthy.

We focused on 4 important things to keep us healthy.

1. Wash your hands with soap and water-often.

2. Keep your hands out of your mouth.

3. Eat healthy.

4. Play 60 minutes a day!

We will continue to discuss these 4 things, and focusing next week on nutrition and "our plate".

The next week, we will log our activity per day.

The kids did a great job with fitness testing. We will spend the next 6 months discussing and incorporating ways to improve in all categories.

One thing all of the kids are challenged to do is the "Sponge Bob Challenge". I used Sponge Bob as an example, because all age levels know who he is.

The point to the challenge is this: any time you are watching a 30 minute show, sit on the floor and stretch during the show. When the first commercial break comes on, do as many push-ups as you can during that break-the show comes back on, stretch. During the next commercial break, do as many sit-ups as you can...

I ask the kids to do the "Sponge Bob Challenge" every day they do not have p.e., so remind your kiddo's of the challenge, and join them!

Grades 2-7 are currently taking the fitness gram pre-test. This includes the sit and reach (flexibility), curl-up (abdominal strength), push-up (upper body strength), and pacer (cardio vascular endurance).

The 2nd and 3rd are also working on jump rope skills, and the 4th-7th are playing cooperative volleyball games.

Kdg and first are also working on jump rope skills.

Please remind your students to wear tennis shoes on their p.e. day. :)

Hello all!

Please remember to wear p.e./tennis shoes on p.e. days.

Kdg:  Wednesday and Friday

1A/2A/3A/8A: Monday and Wednesday

1B/2B/3B/8B:  Tuesday and Thursday

4A/5A/6A/7A:  Monday and Thursday

4B/5B/6B/7B:  Tuesday and Friday

Hello everybody!

I hope you had a fun and fit summer!

Check back for updates about class activities.

Badminton Tournament

The top 4 students out of each class qualified to compete in an additional badminton tournament that was held during TA time or recess time. (*= tournament champion)

4th/5th graders: 6th/7th graders:

Jason Dester                                                               Jt Bell

Brandon Silveria                                                          Evan Fulghum

Parker Manning                                                           Cooper Root

Corbin Mai                                                                  Taylor Ruesser

Austin Wilbert                                                            Tatiana Velandia

Brogan Wuestewald                                                   Christopher Wierenga 

Christian Werne                                                         Brook Coltrane

Conner Lehman                                                         Allison Piszczek

*Mike Cuillo                                                              * Brooks Anderson

Ashlyn Pounds                                                          Daniel Masterson

Lyam Sylveria                                                             Holly Harpel

Braden Johnson                                                        Makenna Johnson

Dan Dester                                                                Bobby Cuillo

Olivia Hessman                                                          Mason Allen

Aubrey Pennington                                                  Ashley Ensign

Ryan McCully                                                            Ashley Kozan/Addison Root

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

Happy Spring!

I hope you enjoyed your spring break, and got a lot of exercise.

4th-7th grade: Fantastic job with our last two units--roller skating and volleyball skills.

Now working on badminton skills and will later play games and have tournaments.

1st-3rd grade: Fantastic job with our basketball skills. We worked hard on dribbling, not traveling or double dribbling :), and passing. We played modified 2 on 2 games.

Now we are working on dribbling with our feet.

Kdg and P-Kdg: Working on body awareness (low, medium and high), and motor skills (skipping, galloping, hopping...) .

Happy New Year!

Kdg: Currently working on throwing and catching frisbees, as well as shooting a basketball.

We will be moving to tumbling and balancing activities next week.

1st-3rd: Currently working on throwing/catching frisbees, as well as throwing frisbees to targets.

We will be moving to tumbling and balancing activities next week.

2nd-7th: I've challenged these students to get 30 minutes of stretching, sit-ups, and push-ups on the 3 week days they do not have p.e..   Ask them to show you the "Sponge Bob Challenge"!

4th-7th: Currently working on jump rope skills.

We will be moving to hockey skills next week, as well as continuing to work on cardio-fitness with our jump rope 100+ club.

5th-7th: The students set Fitness Resolutions for 2011. They recorded their goal on an index card, and  are to keep them in their agenda where they can see them daily.  Ask them to share their goal with you!l

Health & Fitness: Currently learning about our resting, target, and maximum heart rate. Participating in different activities and comparing the activity level and target heart rates.