At the start of the year in physical education, we like to give our students challenges that require communication, concentration, timing, and quick reflexes. One of the best activities for this is the scarf exchange. Students work with a partner and are each given a scarf. They stand a few
PE Update: Hoops and Serves In physical education classes, students have been rotating through two classic units the last few weeks: volleyball in the Downing and basketball in the Barn. In one sport, the ball isn’t supposed to touch the ground, and in the other, it has to touch the
Middle School Students Take on Math Competition On Monday, eighty middle school students participated in the American Mathematics Competition’s AMC8, an international math competition on an eighth grade level. Students from around the world took part in the online, 25-question, 40-minute-long competition. The organization encourages students to develop and enhance
Fifth Grade Science Is Looking Up, Way Up In science fifth graders have been exploring patterns of the earth, sun, moon, and stars. We looked at photos of star trails and asked what could have caused the trails in the photo. We used a model to discover that although the
PE Update: First Graders Explore Their Athletic Identities At Belmont Day we often say that every student is an athlete. But what does that actually mean? Our Athletic Identity Project is a chance for first graders to explore that idea and reflect on what it means to be an athlete.
PE Update: Fourth Grade Olympians Shine In Competition In fourth grade, the study of Ancient Greece made its way out of the classroom and into their physical education classes! The young Olympians learned all about the spirit of the Olympic games and competed this week as members of an Ancient
Seventh Grade Math Rounds Out a Lesson on Circles Students in seventh grade math are studying circles. This week, students explored different circle characteristics, specifically the relationship between a circle’s circumference and diameter. In order to explore this relationship, students measured the diameter and circumference of a variety of round
Second Graders See Themselves, Classmates In second grade, we have been working on building our community and using our collective intelligence to create norms and guidelines to ensure friendship, fun, and learning for all. After reading This Plus That, Life’s Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, we created our own
PE Update: Don’t Call it a Comeback! Team Teaching Returns We are thrilled to announce an adjustment to our physical education teaching model for this year, which is a return to our roots. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, PE in grades 1 to 5 was co-taught, allowing our department to
PE Update: Hide and Seek Obstacle Course February break is here and with it much excitement and possibility. But some things are only possible in PE, such as the hide-and-seek obstacle course that our youngest learners in pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade, engaged in this week. Students were paired up
