Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Hello!

Welcome back from spring break! I'm sure this spring break will be one to remember. I really miss all of your energy and enthusiasm during physical education! Your teachers are busy learning and preparing to go online. 

It is super important to continue to stay active. Besides keeping us healthy and strong, physical activity can also have a positive impact on your mood and your sleep.

My favourite activity this past week has been going outside for walk because I almost always feel better after it. (My 6 year old niece told me that walking is boring, so the important thing is to find an activity that you enjoy!)

Workouts for Kids 
The BOKS program hosts live activity/workout sessions for kids and families which require no equipment and can be performed at home. These run at 10 am our time (12 pm EST). They also have at home activity packs and a fitness calendar which can be downloaded for free.

https://www.bokskids.ca/boks-at-home/

Facebook live workouts:
https://www.facebook.com/BOKSKidsCanada/


Please feel free to email me (lcbain@cbe.ab.ca) ideas or ways your family enjoys staying active so these can be shared with others.

Thursday, March 19

Week of March 9-13
We began our gymnastics unit with mats. This week we covered:
-gymnastics rules
-safety landings
-ways to fall forward and backward so we don't get injured
-jumps
-balances
-rolls
-locomotor movements and animal walks

This was supposed to be the plan for the week of Mar. 16-19.

The teachers at PHS were also looking forward to showing off some of our gymnastic skills. I will see if I can get the videos to work and post them here. We'll settle for a picture for now. 



PHS teachers trying an adult gymnastics class (back at the beginning of February!)
Low bar- Ms. Costello
High bar- Ms. Kreze
Floor- Ms. Bain and Ms. Alberati

Sunday, March 8, 2020

This past week we worked on striking skills using balloons. Students also practiced their coordination and timing by trying to keep the balloon in the air using their hands, feet, elbows, knees and while lying on the floor and crab walking!

Gymnastics
This coming week we will be starting our gymnastics unit. An email was sent out via school messenger with additional information about this unit.

Sunday, March 1, 2020

This week, grade 1 and 2 students are using the Scoops and Balls. They are working on picking up the ball with the scoop (instead of with their hands) and throwing and catching skills both individually and with a partner.

Grade 3-5 students have started to work on some volleyball skills like the forearm pass.

Jump Rope for Heart

Thank you for supporting this fundraiser! Please return your Jump Rope envelopes with any donations this week.

Soft entry gym schedule (7:55-8:10 am)

March 2-6: Grade 4 students are invited to participate in activities during this time

Sunday, Feb, 23, 2020

We have continued to work on different jump rope skills. Grade 1 students have been working on individual forward and backwards skipping and they were challenged to try some new tricks like skipping on one foot. Grade 2-5 students have been working on individual, partner and long rope skills.

Jump Rope for Heart
Please return any donations in the envelope provided by Wednesday, Feb. 26. Thank you!

Soft entry gym schedule (7:55-8:10 am)

Feb. 24-28: Grade 5 students are invited to participate in activities in the gym during this time

 Grade 5 floor hockey intramurals

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Jump Rope for Heart

On Wednesday, we had a presentation from the Heart and Stroke Foundation regarding the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser.  

Please return any donations in the envelope provided by Wednesday, February 26. 

Last week we started our jump rope unit. We focused on individual skipping and were challenged to try some different tricks (e.g., skier, bell, straddle, straddle cross, cross over, backward skipping, one leg, double under). This coming week we will also begin partner skipping activities. It is amazing to see how much students have improved in just one week!  



Soft entry morning gym time (7:55-8:10 am) for  Feb. 10-12: Grade 3/4/5 skipping club

Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020

We have been learning about the sport of curling and some of the terms used (e.g., rock, skip, house, button). Our school is fortunate to have floor curling equipment and we had a great time curling in our gym this past week!

Soft entry gym schedule for Feb. 3-7 (7:55-8:10 am):
Grade 1 students are invited to participate in activities in the gym during this time.

On Wednesday, Feb. 5 we will have a Jump Rope for Heart kick-off assembly. Students will bring home information about this fundraiser later this week.