GYM NEWS
I welcome
back the students and look forward to the 2008-2009 school year!
4 year old
preschool
Pre-School
I will be
having our youngest members of St. Edward's beginning in November.
Kindergarten
Their class
meets once a week. They are learning about spatial awareness, boundaries, right
and left, sportsmanship, and practicing large locomotor skills.
Please be
sure to have your child wear gym shoes and the girls must have their hair tied
back and out of their eyes.
Primary
Grades 1 - 3
Grades 1 - 3
meet twice a week. First and Second graders are working on their tummy
crunches, leg raises, co-ordination (jumping jacks), and jogging laps at the
start of their classes. Third graders
are doing their stretching exercises with their team captains and full sit-ups
on the mats. They all are working on
teamwork and on direction following during their relay games. Good sportsmanship is always stressed.
Directives as to their uniform and class times were distributed to each
student. This year the First Graders are
eligible to play in our
Pinball tournament.
Middle
Grades 4 - 6
Middle grades
are working on improving their mat exercises (led by captains) and improving
their sit-up scores. We soon will be
jogging outside (weather permitting) on the side block of Sunnyside to Wilson and back several
times. We have worked on relays, agility
games and some Basketball lead-up games.
Directives as to their uniform and class times have been handed to each
student in these grades.
Junior
High Grades 7 & 8
Junior High has
individual class times once a week. They
do their stretches, sit-ups and now jog on the side of Sunnyside to Wilson back and forth to
build up endurance. We are and will do sport
lead-up games and exercise drills in class.
The Junior High also has lunch in the gym on their gym day with their
partner class and then has open gym after lunch. Directives were handed out to each student
and are expected to be followed.
All students
3 - 8th grade are to practice their sit-ups at home and will be
graded according to the Presidential Fitness scores on their report card. Grades 1 & 2 are to practice their tummy
crunches everyday at home.
A Gym report
card separate from the school report card will be sent on the First and Third
Tri Semesters.
Early Risers announcement will be sent out in October!
Finally, the
two slogans that I really stress are:
Practice makes possible and
We win with humility and lose with
dignity.
Mrs. Krohn
PE
Coordinator
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