PE Agenda For The Week We Get Back From Break

The 6/7-General Music split class will turn in their journals for physical activities on Monday January 3 and the 7 Band/Choir class will turn in their journals Tuesday January 4.  A reminder: the project is worth 50 points.  We will be starting both a volleyball unit and a basketball unit and work on them simultaneously in the third quarter.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids (grades 6-8) with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our ninth session on Tuesday (January 4) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.

Grades 4 and 5 (Eastman, McMahon, Welty) will work on team building activities and exercises.  The focus will be on cooperating with each other and building leadership skills.

Third grade (Norman) will do some full body exercising on the scooters.  We will also play a team-building game.

The following classes will start a basketball unit, focusing on dribbling (hand-eye coordination) with both strong hand and weak hand:

2/3-Elliot

2-O’Neal

1-Ahonen

K-Hill

K-Catton

These grade levels will also play a movement game as well during class time.

Pre-school will continue to work on throwing and catching beanbags underhand and learning a new tag game.

This Week's Agenda

The sixth grade will continue our Health unit with Mr. Roseman.  We will be food taste testing this week (Monday for General Music and Tuesday for Band/Choir) with the focus on healthier eating choices.  A quick note: General Music will have their Friday class switched to Wednesday to accommodate for Mass on Friday.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our eighth session this coming Tuesday (December 14) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  The middle school will have some journaling over break, but it has been abbreviated.

Due to the Christmas Concert (Tuesday afternoon), Christmas Program (Wednesday and program practices both Monday and Tuesday), a fun surprise for the students on Thursday afternoon, and a noon dismissal on Friday, we will have a brief schedule this week for PE.

Schedule as follows:

Sixth Grade Band/Choir Tuesday and Thursday

Sixth Grade General Music Monday and Wednesday (Wednesday because Mass Friday)

5-Welty Wednesday only

4/5-McMahon Thursday only

4-Eastman Thursday only

3-Norman Tuesday only

2/3-Elliot Tuesday only

2-O’Neal Wednesday only

1-Ahonen Monday only

K-Hill Monday only

K-Catton both Monday and Tuesday

No pre-school

Have a Great Break, Merry Christmas, and Go Colts!

The sixth grade will continue our Health unit with Mr. Roseman along with working on physical fitness in class.  Sixth grade has a goal packet that will be due for Band/Choir on Thursday and General Music on Friday.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our seventh session this coming Tuesday (December 7) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.

Mrs. Simms will have Christmas Program practice for grades 4 and 5 during PE time for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week (10:05-11:30).  Due to this, 5-Welty will not meet Wednesday for PE class, and 4/5-McMcMahon will not meet on Thursday and Friday for class.  However, 4-Eastman has picked up a PE class on Monday from 10:05-10:45 in addition to their normal PE class on Tuesday (4-E will not have class on Thursday).  We will continue to work on basketball units and we will be playing games this week.

Third grade (Norman) will continue to work on their basketball unit focusing on defense (proper stance) and screening (picking) this week.

Mrs. Elliot’s class is still working on a volleyball unit, focusing on serving.

Second grade (O’Neal) will work on a dancing game that involves rhythm and mood.

First grade and kindergarten will continue to work on throwing and catching units along with jumping rope.

Pre-school will work on learning how to throw (underhand) and catch beanbags with a partner.

PE Agenda For November 29-December 3

The eighth grade will complete their second quarter in PE either November 29 or 30, respectively.  The sixth grade will start their second quarter December 2 or 3, respectively.  The sixth grade journals are due the first class and Mr. Roseman will also be here to talk about health concepts.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our sixth session this coming Tuesday (November 30) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  We had our best turnout yet on Tuesday November 23.  Middle school students should wear PE clothes, regardless if they have PE on Tuesday or not, if they choose to come.

Third grade (Norman homeroom), fourth grade, and fifth grade homerooms are all at different points of basketball units.  We have been learning about ball-handling, dribbling, and have started to work on proper shooting technique.  We will also work on man-to-man defensive technique as well.  This will be the last full week that students in fourth and fifth grades have PE in the second quarter.  Students will be practicing for the Christmas Program beginning Wednesday December 8 during normal Unified Arts time in the mornings.

Mrs. Elliot’s class is still working on a volleyball unit, focusing on bumping and setting using proper technique.

Miss O’Neal’s class will work on moving to music and relay races.

Kindergarten and first grade are working on units with throwing and catching overhand.

Pre-school will start to work on learning how to throw (underhand) and catch beanbags with a partner.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

This Week's Agenda

The eighth grade will continue our Health unit with Mr. Roseman, focusing on better choices we can make with eating foods.  We tried foods in class this week that could be healthier alternatives than what we might be eating now.  We will still work on Physical Education during our time as well.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our fifth session this coming Tuesday (November 23) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  We are looking for more participation—we have only had 2 participants each of the four weeks so far.  Middle school students should wear PE clothes, regardless if they have PE on Tuesday or not, if they choose to come.  The band students will meet for PE on Tuesday from 7:50-8:25 and should wear gym clothes to school and bring their school uniform with them.  Choir students will go with Mrs. Simms to practice before Mass.  We are doing this because we had an oversight in the original Unified Arts schedule and we did not account for Mass on Tuesday, so it will allow the band students to have PE for five classes, instead of 4.  Also, a reminder that sixth grade students should be working on their journaling five days of a seven day period for the second quarter and the seventh grade is working on the same thing for the start of the third quarter.

                                           

We will play some Thanksgiving games with the younger grades.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

This Week's PE Agenda

The eighth grade will continue our Health unit with Mr. Roseman, focusing on a physical fitness goal that we can put into action.  We will still work on Physical Education during our time as well.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our fourth session this coming Tuesday (November 16) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  Middle school students should wear PE clothes, regardless if they have PE on Tuesday or not, if they choose to come.  Also, a reminder that sixth grade students should be working on their journaling five days of a seven day period for the second quarter and the seventh grade is working on the same thing.

Third, fourth, and fifth grades will continue a basketball unit this week, passing and shooting.  Our goal is to be able to play games before Christmas in class.

Mrs. Elliot’s class (2/3 split) will continue to work on a volleyball unit focusing on bumping the ball the proper way (not swinging arms and using our legs as our main power source).  We will also work on setting the proper way.

Second grade (O’Neal) will have a class quiz on their kickball unit.  We hope to review the information that we learned within the unit—covering different situations, the positions, rules, etc.

First grade will continue a throwing and catching unit focusing on hand-eye coordination.  We will work with overhand throwing.

Kindergarten will continue to work on throwing and catching overhand.  We will continue to throw with a partner this week.

Preschool will work on movement games.

This Week's PE Agenda

The seventh grade’s last day of PE for the second quarter will be on Monday (November 8 for General Music) or Tuesday (November 9) for Band/Choir.  We will do our journaling again this quarter and the due dates will be Monday January 3 for the General Music and Tuesday January 4 for Band/Choir  The eighth grade will start their second quarter for PE on Thursday (November 11) for Band/Choir and Friday (November 12) for General Music.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our third session this coming Tuesday (November 9) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  Middle school students should wear PE clothes, regardless if they have PE on Tuesday or not, if they choose to come.

Third, fourth, and fifth grades will continue a basketball unit this week, focusing on dribbling the proper way, under control.  We will be working on both our strong hand and our weak hand, so we can become better at both.  Some of the classes are ready to start passing this week.

Mrs. Elliot’s class (2/3 split) will continue to work on a volleyball unit focusing on bumping the ball the proper way (not swinging arms and using our legs as our main power source).  We also hope to start setting this week as well.

Second grade (O’Neal) will continue to work on our kickball unit.  We will play kickball games and teaching points may be interjected during the games.  This will be our final week for kickball.  The main goals are to have each student understand what they should do with the ball if it comes to them while they are on defense (in the field)—depending on the situation and to watch the ball while they are on offense (kicking team)—especially while they are on the bases, to know and understand if they need to run or not.

First grade will start a throwing and catching unit focusing on hand-eye coordination.  We will work with overhand and underhand throwing.

Kindergarten will continue to work on throwing and catching overhand.  We will continue to throw with a partner this week.

Preschool will finish going sideways over the balance beam.

Have a Great Weekend and Go Colts!

This Week At A Glance

The middle school has been talking about goal setting within physical fitness and nutrition with Mr. Roseman (http://www.pfjrfoundation.org/).  We are going to start opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our second session this coming Tuesday (November 2) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  Middle school students should wear PE clothes, regardless if they have PE on Tuesday or not, if they choose to come.

Third, fourth, and fifth grades will start a basketball unit this week, focusing on dribbling the proper way, under control.

Mrs. Elliot’s class (2/3 split) will start a volleyball unit focusing on bumping the ball the proper way.

Second grade (O’Neal) will continue to work on our kickball unit.  We will play kickball games and teaching points may be interjected during the games.

First grade will start a throwing and catching unit focusing on hand-eye coordination.

Kindergarten will continue to work on throwing and catching overhand.  We will continue to throw with a partner this week.

Preschool will work on going sideways over the balance beam.

Have a Great Fall Break!

Mr. Branigan

kbranigan@holyspirit-indy.org

This Week At A Glance in PE

Parents,

We will have an abbreviated schedule this week with Monday a full day and then half days on both Tuesday (middle school and 4-E only) and Wednesday (5-W only).

The middle school has been talking about goal setting within physical fitness and nutrition with Mr. Roseman (http://www.pfjrfoundation.org/).  We are going to start opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids with the help of Mr. Roseman.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our first session this coming Tuesday (October 26) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  Middle school students should wear PE clothes, regardless if they have PE on Tuesday or not, if they choose to come.

Fourth and fifth grades will play a Halloween game, as will first grade.

Kindergarten will continue to work on throwing and catching overhand.  We will try to throw with a partner this week.

Have a Great Fall Break!

Mr. Branigan

kbranigan@holyspirit-indy.org

This Week At A Glance

Parents,

The new rotation for middle school (start of second quarter) is Monday and I will have the seventh grade band and choir students along with the seventh grade general music that has a few sixth graders for the next three weeks.  Students will still need their PE clothes for class even though it is a dress out week—I will give them time at the end of class to change clothes.  The seventh grade homework will be due Monday or Tuesday, respectively.  The sixth grade and eighth grade should be working on their homework (5 days of physical activities in a 7-day period) at home and journaling the activities with one parent signature for every 7-day period.  We are excited to be started a new project in the second quarter for middle school that involves the promotion and education of nutrition along with physical education and wellness.  We are partnering with the PF Jr. Foundation (website is http://www.pfjrfoundation.org/) to help educate the students on proper nutrition and the importance of staying physically active among other things. 

The fourth and fifth grade will play a movement game that involves strategy, aerobic activity, action and reaction, and teamwork (cooperative activities).

The second-third grade split and the third grade classes will continue to work on jumping rope along with playing movement games that involve aerobic activity and teamwork.

Second grade (O’Neal) will continue to work on jumping rope along with kickball unit—we will try to play games this week.

First grade will work on jumping rope and a movement game that involves strategy and teamwork.

Kindergarten will continue to work on jumping rope along with a unit that will focus on throwing and catching a tennis ball overhand.

Preschool will start to work on the balance beam and a partner movement activity.

Have a great week and GO COLTS!

Mr. Branigan

kbranigan@holyspirit-indy.org

This Week's Agenda

As a reminder: the seventh and eighth grade students should be logging their daily PE activities (30 minutes a day minimum for five of the seven days of the week accompanied by one parent signature a week for the six weeks that I do not see them for class).  The sixth grade will do the mile this week for President’s testing (General Music students on Monday and Band/Choir on Tuesday).  We stress pacing and breathing.  Any student that has an inhaler, due to asthma, needs to have it with them in class on their respective day.  Also, the final classes for first quarter PE will be this Thursday and Friday, so the sixth grade will receive the same homework assignment that the seventh and eighth grades are currently working on while they do not have PE.

The fourth and fifth grade will play a movement game that involves strategy, aerobic activity, action and reaction, and teamwork (cooperative activities).

The second-third grade split and the third grade classes will continue to work on jumping rope along with playing movement games that involve aerobic activity and teamwork.

Second grade (O’Neal) will continue to work on jumping rope along with kickball unit—learning fielding situations (where to throw the ball if it is kicked to the infield, to the outfield), and continuing to learn each position and responsibilities of each.

First grade will work on jumping rope and a movement game that involves strategy and teamwork.

Kindergarten will continue to work on jumping rope along with a unit that will focus on throwing and catching a tennis ball—throwing underhand the proper way (strong hand and weak hand) and catching with two hands—pretending the tennis ball is an egg.  We will start to learn how to throw the ball overhand this week as well.

Preschool will start to work on the balance beam and a partner movement activity.