One More Week of Hockey!

Hockey has been some of the students' favorite game in physical education.  A few weeks ago we started to learn how to dribble the puck and pass it to our partners.  Last week, we started playing games toward the end of the class and this week we will finish our hockey unit with more exciting games!  Below is a video of the fifth graders playing and more pictures are located on the "Heiskell Physical Education" page above.

PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS TEST

Please remind the children to get ready for the presidential fitness test

which will be held near the end of April before Olympic Day!

They will be tested on the following... 

1. Pushups in one minute (core strength)

2. Sit ups in one minute (chest strength)

3. The mile run (endurance)

4. Sit and reach (flexibility)

5. The shuttle run (speed)

The times and numbers necessary to recieve the presidential or national fitness award are located on the gym's bulletin board.  You can also click on the "Heiskell Physical Education" page above and then scroll down to find the information by age and gender. 

Pictures of Ships and Sailors

These are some of the different positions when calling for "Ships and Sailors".

Captains Coming

Meet Someone

Row Your Boat

Two Boats Rowing

Eat Together

Two Groups Eating Together

Starfish

 Two Starfish

 Dead Fish 

 Captains Coming 

Ameba Tag and Peanut Butter and Jelly Tag

Spring Break seems to be long gone, but the games that we played are not!  Whenever you have a large number of people in a group, see if they will play one of these two games. 

Ameba Tag is a great game to play to work on building team work.  When you have a large number of students holding hands, trying to tag one person without letting go becomes very difficult! 

After talking to one another in a small huddle, they must keep their bodies in a straight formation and try not to let go of each others hands while they chase and tag one other player.

When the line gets real long, it is very hard for everyone to turn around quickly.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Tag is another great game to work on shuffling skills.  In this game, three people are holding hands, two are "pieces of bread", with one person being the "peanut butter".  The fourth person, "jelly", has to try and run around the two "pieces of bread" to tag "peanut butter".  The students who are "two pieces of bread" must keep "jelly" away from "peanut butter"!  The "bread" must shuffle quickly left and right as the "jelly" tries to get around the "bread" to the "peanut butter".