Have a great break everyone!

I'm looking forward to the fun and exciting new year at St. Jude's.
We will jump right into intramurals and the grade 5-8's will be going curling at the Acton Curling Club.

Best wishes for 2013!!!

Rock Climbing!!!

What an amazing experience we had at Rock and Chalk in Newmarket.

I was impressed with the improves of the students throughout the day!

Game, set, and match

We had a fun last day at club meadowvale, students were divided up into teams and played matches against each other.

Tomorrow the grade 5-8 will be travelling to rock and chalk for indoor rock climbing!!!!!! Please wear your gym uniform and bring your lunch.

Serve it up

We had a great day at club Medowvale today. We learned how to serve, which you could argue is the most important part of playing tennis.

Tomorrow we will have a mini tournament. I'm excited to see the students competitive side come out on the court.

One and done

Due to Christmas Concert rehearsals I only had the sk's for phys Ed today. We continued to work on our hand eye coordination with throwing and catching exercises.

Reminders:
Grades 5-8 will be at club meadowvale playing tennis Tuesday and Wednesday.

After school programs are done for 2012 but will resume the first week back in the new year!

Match Point

We had another great day at Club Meadowvale! Students continue to improve their skills the more court time we get.

We continued to work on hand eye coordination in JK and SK classes. Students are reminded to keep their eyes open when the ball is coming towards them.

We will be back at Club Meadowvale Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday will are going rock climbing!! I know the students are looking forward to that.

After school activities are done for 2012

This was the last week for after school activities until they start again January 7th.

Thank you for all your participation, if anyone has any ideas for an after school program in the new year for Wednesday's please let me know!

Tennis anyone?

Today the grade 5-8's went to Club Meadowvale to play tennis in their 4 court tennis dome.  I was impressed with the way the students behaved and played tennis.

JK, SK and grade 1's worked on their hand eye coordination with throwing and catching activites.
I like the improvement  I've seen over the past few days.

The grade 3/4's continued with their fitness tests!

Keep up the good work!

Theta victory!

Theta beat zeta today! Good game by sides

Standings
Kappa 2
Theta 1
Zeta 0

3 on 3 soccer for Miss Polands class tomorrow

Theta victory!

Theta beat zeta today! Good game by sides

Standings
Kappa 2
Theta 1
Zeta 0

3 on 3 soccer for Miss Polands class tomorrow

Tennis tomorrow!

Good afternoon!

We continued to work on the fitness test with grade 7/8. Flexibility and their reach are good across the students but we will work on our balance throughout the year.

Grade 1 and jk's worked on hand eye coordination with throwing and catching drills. Students are reminded to keep their eyes open when the ball is coming towards them.

The grade 2's had a fun class skipping and the sk classes played cooperative games.

Reminder tomorrow, grade 5-8 students will be going to club meadowvale to play tennis. Please remember your permission forms and gym clothes. Also bring a racquet if you own one!

Kappa victory again!!

Kappa over Theta 23-16!!

Good game by both sides

Kappa has a 2-0 record!

Tomorrow is theta vs zeta!

Fitness tests continued

Today we continued tracking our fitness levels with the shuttle run and how many push-ups the students could do in 2 minutes. Kindergarten and grade 1 students also worked on the bounce pass with a basketball. I will continue to work on their hand eye coordination in the up coming classes before the Christmas break. I feel this is an area that needs attention in many of the students and is an important skill to have.

Kappa Victory!

25-15 kappa victory over zeta!!!!

Great game everyone!!

Day 1!!!!!!

Good afternoon!

It's great to be back teaching physical education!

Over the next few classes I will be conducting fitness tests to see how the students compare to the rest of North America. I'm using many of the components from the FitnessGram program developed by the Cooper Institute. It was developed for teachers and designed for students from K-12. My goal is to see an improvement in the students fitness levels over the next few months.

I'll be making daily posts and updating the intramural schedule and standings.

Keep fit and have fun!!!!

Intramural Schedule

Tentative schedule



Volleyball is open for grades three and up. The ball is allowed to bounce once between hits and has to cross the net after three hits. A player can only serve 5 times in a row.


Tuesday first recess
Zeta vs kappa volleyball

Wednesday first recess
Kappa vs theta volleyball

Thursday first recess
Theta vs zeta volleyball

Points will be given for a win, year long tally will be kept on my blog

Friday first recess
Grade 2, 3 on 3 soccer
Theta vs zeta

Dance Class

Parents of students in Ms. Farmer's dance class, this week due to parent-teacher interviews, class will take place Wednesday, December 5th. We apologize for the confusion but Ms. Farmer wants to get as much rehearsal time in before the Christmas concert as she can.

Thanks!