News and Notes in Physical Education

 

        It’s been a couple of busy months in Physical Education.  Classes have been studying ball control skills, basketball, fitness concepts, bowling and rolling skills.  Speaking of bowling the 5th grade class had the opportunity to practice their game and scoring skills during a recess-bowling tournament.  Students where asked to create three member teams, and then competed against each other.  Students kept score manually and then where able to check their score with the computer.  A total of eight teams had a great time bowling through the cold of January.

 

        Looking ahead to February, we are starting to get ready for Jump Rope for Heart. Jump Rope for Heart is sponsored by the American Heart Association and is their major fundraiser for heart and blood vessel disease and stroke research.  Blood vessel disease and stroke are our nation’s number 1 and 3 killers.  It will also fund the development of educational materials that teach the importance of heart health and staying fit.  Our school also earns gift certificates for physical education equipment.  In the next few days, students will be coming home with some very import information about our event.  Please go over all of it with them.  Also, in that information will be your chance to help out with the event.  Mark those calendars now for February 22nd.   We’ll be holding our event in the gym throughout the day.  Visit the Physical Education web site at for more information.

 

        That’s it for now.  Take care, stay warm and stay fit.  Spring is coming.