Happy Spring!  The students in 5th-8th grade have been busy in PE learning a variety of activities.  After spring break, students completed a floor hockey unit with skill development and small games in the gym.  They also completed a short unit on an introduction to lacrosse skills.  The main focus was on throwing and catching.  The students also played a new game called table ball.  This is game that involves a long table, a volleyball and working on control by hitting the ball onto the table, letting it roll to the floor, letting the ball bounce one time and then the opposing team must hit the ball back on to the top of the table.  The next activity the students will focus on is soccer.

Mrs. Morrison

Students in 5th-8th grade have been busy learning the game of handball.  This is a game using throwing and catching skills to move the ball down the court and attempt to throw the ball into a goal.  They will also be working on a game called speedball that incorporates the game of handball with some soccer and basketball skills included.

Students in K-6th grade were able to participate in some winter Olympic stations.  They were able to compete in bobsled, curling, freestyle skiing, speed skating and hockey shooting.

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone was able to enjoy their holidays, I’m glad to have the students back and getting active.

We are starting the year with some backyard type games.  Students in grades 4-8 have learned the rules for Spikeball and Kan Jam.  Spikeball is a game played on a round net with teams of 2.  Play is started with a serve into the net and then teams have 3 contacts before they have to hit the ball back to the net.  It’s a similar concept to volleyball, but the net is on the floor (like a trampoline, but with a net).  Kan Jam is a disc game.  Again, the game is played in teams of 2.  Partners stand on opposite sides of one another with Kan on each side.  One player is the thrower and one player is the deflector.  The thrower tosses the frisbee toward the opposite can and tries to either make it in the can, hit the can on their own or get help from the deflector to redirect the frisbee either into the can or into the side of the can for various points.  After one throw, the deflector becomes the thrower and the thrower becomes the deflector, this is considered one turn for the team.  Once a team has completed a turn, the opponents have a chance to play.  Play alternates in the this fashion until a winner is determined.

Students in K-3 have been working on skills related to Spikeball and Kan Jam.  They have been practicing their bounce and catch skills, striking skills, tossing skills and deflecting skills.