Spring and Soccer!!

Just wanted to give an update....TESTING IS OVER!! Yippy!! We have been getting outside as much as possible lately. The weather has been sweet!!
Please make sure your student(s) wear proper clothing for the weather and proper footwear for athletics!


thanks!
Coach Jones

Field Day 2016!!

Parents and students....information for Field Day will be going home soon!! Be on the lookout! We will be selling field day shirts again this year for the students to purchase. Field day shirts are an awesome way to show your school spirit! Shirts will be sold up until Wednesday, April 27. We will not be taking any additional orders after the 27th.
Shirts will be sold for $8.00, and order forms will be coming home this week! This only give us about a week and a half to get our order forms and payment in!!


I am really pleased with this year's design! I went back to a slight old school look...parents you will get it, or at least you should get it!
Shirts will be a midnight blue for grades Kindergarten through 4th.
The 5th graders will be ordering certain color shirts depending on which class they are in:
Bell will be in Turquoise
Bujnoch will be in Lime Green
Branch will be in Orange
Daniels will be in Hot Pink


Parents- We WILL NEED volunteers. So if you are interested in helping please be on the look out for the volunteer form! It will be attached to your students' T-shirt order form!!


thanks and Go Field Day!!
Coach Jones

Spring is here!!

Man, I still can't believe it's already April! This year is flying by. We have done a ton of units this year, and have mainly been inside over the last few months!
Over these next 5 to 6 weeks we hope to be getting outside a little more often. We love getting outside, but please remember a couple things-
-Proper shoes: sandals, flip-flops, and crocs are not good PE shoes.
-Proper clothing: fancy dresses and dress clothes don't really work well for most all outdoor PE activities.


Obviously we won't be able to get outside everyday, but we are going to be making it a point to try and get out more often! Up next on the books for us- SOCCER!!
Once soccer is complete, we will be squeezing in our fitness testing, but that shouldn't take more than a few days. Then it's back outside we go!


thanks and here's to the next 6 weeks going great!!
Coach Jones


PS- Have a great Spring Break!!

March Madness!!

March Madness is going on in PE....sort of. We actually are having a big hockey unit right now. Coach Ames, from KSU, has been teaching grades 2- 5 all sort of pretty cool hockey skills. The students are doing great with it! We have broken a couple hockey sticks, but the students are staying safe and having a blast!
We will soon have the older grade (4th and 5th) competing in some structured, competitive game settings. This will be a great opportunity for the students to show off the skills they have been working on, and to demonstrate the different tactics that have been introduced!


Go Hockey!!
Coach Jones

Introducing....

Just wanted to let everyone know we have a new addition to the gym. We have a student teacher from Kennesaw State University. His name is Cody Ames (Coach Ames). Coach Ames has been with us for a couple week, and it fitting in great! He will be with us up until the beginning of May. Actually, this week he is starting to take over for some lessons, and next week (after the break) he will take over in a larger role.
If any of you parents swing into the school be sure to say hello to Coach Ames!

It's Fall Ya'll!!

This year has been flying by! It seems like just a couple weeks ago we were starting a new school year. Quick update on the goings on in PE right now:


K-2nd: We have been working on kicking skills (soccer). Went over basic ball handling, dribbling, shooting, and really wanted to get outside...however the weather didn't cooperate. We are finishing up soccer now and will be moving on to a new unit after the Thanksgiving break!


3rd- 5th: Flag Football! The students have loved playing flag football...when it's not raining! So as you can guess we are way behind on this unit! We will be finishing soon. For flag football we use the Sport Education Model. This model allows the students to run the class. They will be both players and referees. They must demonstrate their knowledge of the rules by making correct calls and keeping the games running smoothly.
The students are also rated by a 'fair play report.' This report allows the students from opposing teams to rate how well your team performs at non skill related part of the game: sportsmanship, knowledge of rules, respect for opponents...etc. It's a great way for the students to reflect on the activity as a whole!


Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving break!!

Fitness Testing

We have now moved on to fitness testing! I know, some of the students stress out about this, but I keep telling them- it's not about the numbers right now...it's about the effort. If someone wants to get better at any skill (being fit and healthy) they have to work hard at it!
According to the State of Georgia and Cobb County Schools we will be testing you child in the following fitness test:

For Grades 4 & 5:
Height
Weight
Push-ups
Curl-ups (sit-ups)
Sit and Reach (measures flexibility)
Pacer (measures cardiovascular endurance)

**These test are part of the Fitness Gram fitness test. You can look up more information at: http://www.fitnessgram.net/

For Grades K-3:
We will practice those tests, but will only record numbers for height and weight.

Thanks, and stay healthy!!
Coach Jones