What a busy week to kick off the school year!!! Pretty exciting to have the opportunity to teach every single student in the whole school… we’ve got A LOT of names to learn and kids to get to know, but it’s an awesome challenge.
For the next 6 weeks the students will be rotation through volleyball, soccer and cross country in grades 5-6. All students will do all modules and be taught by all three of us.
In grade 7-9, we discussed with our students choosing their level of interest in PE for the school year. We have 3 sections that the students were asked to express their desire for the section of their choice:
- Competitive: highly motivated physical students with a strong understanding of skills and the ability to combine skills together. Students in this grouping enjoy tough competition and understand the rules of most sport. These students will be challenged to build on strategy and tactics in sports and also to use their knowledge to teach others. There is an increased fitness demand on these students and they will be expected to build their own work out plan.
- Recreational: students who enjoy PE and feel comfortable trying new things. Students in this group have a decent level of knowledge about many sports and like to be part of a team. These students will continue building on their previous knowledge in skills, sports and fitness.
- Fundamental: students who would like to focus on the basics needed for success in team sports. Students in this section will be developing their confidence in individuals skills and then applying them to games. These students often feel hesitant in a regular PE setting due to inexperience, lack of confidence, being shy or worrying about letting others down. This groups will be working on building a love for movement and play.
All groupings are assessed based on improvement of physical skills, respect and teamwork, and daily effort. All sections will rotate through all sports just in a different way, and we will also have the opportunity to each teach all the groups. We did this system last year and had great success, so we are excited to get to carry on with it in grades 7-9.
In Phoenix Athletics
Soccer tryouts continue this week. Girls have their last tryout on Monday and boys on Tuesday. Good luck athletes!
Cross country team starts training this week, Tuesdays at 7:15am and Thursdays after school. This is an awesome team as there are no cuts and students will only race against other students in their same grade of the same gender. There are 3 meets over the course of the next 4 weeks, so grab a friend and come out to run!!!! Anyone in grade 6-9 is welcome, so please visit Mr Miller, Ms Mistal or Ms Meltzer for more information!
Volleyball tryouts start the week of Sept 17th! Stay tuned for more information!