The year seems to be flying by so fast, with all the wonderful new students (and old), the new school, and all the SPACE. I have really enjoyed the first two weeks and looking forward rest of the year. First and foremost I want you to know that your children are more then welcome to wear a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen while outside for PE. The duration of time outside will not exceed 40 minutes. The first week we had to make some changes while we were waiting for all of our new PE equipment to arrive. I am sure by now you have heard of the scooters, colorful balls and all the bowling pins. Last week for grades k-2 we played a game called Battleship. The students got to roll around on scooters collecting balls for their battleship while the battleship was throwing balls at other battleships trying to sink them. They were actually throwing balls at the 60 bowling pins in the room. This week for grades K-2 we are learning skills necessary to be an excellent dodgeball player. We are working on catching and throwing the ball "with our eyes open"! Once we have worked on our skills we will put them to the test by playing different variations of Dodgeball.
Last week grades 3-6 were learning skills necessary to be an excellent dodgeball player. They were learning how to throwing and catch a ball while taking aim at cones and trying to knock them over. Then they played different variations of dodgeball. This week they are working on their gross motor skills. The game they are playing in called National Park day. They have turned it into an obstacle course and the kids are racing against each other while trying to master the skills of balancing, crawling, and scooting.
Please put on your calendars that Field Day will take place on November 9 for grades k-4 and November 10 for grades 5-6.
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