Skipping, Leaping and Running into the 2017-18 School Year

Happy Back to School!  Over the past few weeks the lower school students in my classes have been getting reacquainted with their friends, teachers and of course the GYM.  One of the most popular games the students have been playing is "Mystery Tag".  This game is a combination of hide and seek and tag.  The tagger(s) hide behind mats while the non-taggers run towards the opposite side of the gym without getting tagged.  It's so much harder when you don't know where the tagger(s) is hiding!

The students are also learning and reviewing gym rules and locomotor skills.  It's so much fun to see how students duck, dodge, dip, hop, skip, leap, shuffle and run.  Our body management unit will end on the 13th of September with our famous "LS American Ninja Warrior" obstacle course!  This is by far one of the most exciting days of the body management unit. The students will try to complete stages 1 and 2.  Completing stages 3 and 4 will be a goal and a focus throughout the school year in PE.  We play games, work fitness skills and do many rhythmic and sports related skills to help with the final stages of the "LS American Ninja Warrior" course.  The final stages will occur in the spring. Pictures of the students participating in stages 1 and 2 will be posted here around the week of September 18th!

Lower School PE is FUN!  HEALTHY! And a BLAST!!!