The fifth grade physical education program mirrors our seasonal athletics offerings, giving our students experience in each sport before making athletics selections in middle school. Fifth graders spend a lot of time working on sport-specific skills, and they have already completed field hockey, flag football, and soccer units this fall.
The October weather has been a gift, allowing our physical education classes to soak in the sunshine with outdoor activities. Our pre-kindergarten students did their best bunny, kangaroo, and frog impressions during a “hopstacle course” on Claflin Field. After bounding over our hurdles, there were a variety of hopping implements
It is a good time to talk about PE-appropriate apparel now that October is here. September was sunny and delightful, but with autumn in full swing, the temperatures are dropping, and some much-needed rain has arrived. That means many students are now wearing boots and warm clothes. This is a
All across campus this week, there are cones, Pugg nets, soccer balls, and kids on the move. From pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, our lower school students are engaged in a fall soccer unit. In the younger grades, students learn to dribble by keeping the ball close to them, kicking with
Our fifth grade crew began the year ready to move, collaborate, and compete. With the addition of Jade Morris, associate director of athletics, to the physical education and athletics department, they are in good hands and ready to roll. John O’Neill, director of athletics, and Ms. Morris are collaborating this
Obstacles are hard. It can be tempting, when working with young children, to remove them so that things flow and ease is attained. However, in physical education, we prefer to add them. All the better to build resilience, strength, endurance, and grit. That is why our pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first
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