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.