This week in Health and P.E.

In P.E. we will be doing bowling for Bowl for Bigs.  This fundraiser benifits the Schuylkill County Big Brothers Big Sisters program and the money raised will go directly back to the Schuylkill County branch.  If you would like to donate the deadline is Dec. 14th but we will still except donations the 15th and 16th.  In health we will continue talking about hygiene.   

This Week In P.E. and Health

This week in P.E. class all grades will participate in the push-up test.  We will also be doing different gymnastic stations such as balancing, tumbling, and fitness areas.  In health class we will be discussing disease and also proper hygiene practices. 

Week 12 P.E. and Health

This week we will be practicing and playing soccer.  Grades 4, 5, and 6 will be playing small sided games of soccer while the younger grades (k-3) will be practicing soccer skills such as dribbling, passing, and shooting at a goal.

In health class for grades 3 and 5 we will be starting our disease lessons.  The students will get some insight and information on disease such as the different types and also how to possible prevent or limit some. 

Sit-up Test and Fundraiser

      This week we will be doing our next fitness test which is our sit-up test.  We are going to pair the sit-up test with a fundraiser for a student in our school named Olive.  Olive has a rear disease called Rett Syndrome which effects her muscles rendering her from walking and talking.  Since October is Rett Syndrome Awareness month we thought we could raise some money using our muscles in P.E. class to help out a great cause.  If you would like to donate their will be a paper going home with every NSE student after their P.E. class with the number of sit-ups they completed on it.  This is not a mandatory fundraiser by any means but if you would like to help out a fellow NSE Spartan feel free to donate.  You can make a flat donation or you can even donate a set amount for each sit-up completed by your student.  Checks can be handed in with this form made out to RettSyndrome.Org or you can donate online at www.rettsyndrome.org.  RettSyndrome.Org is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit group.  Of every dollar donated 91 cents goes directly to research and family empowerment programs.  Thank you for all the continued support, with spartan pride NSE P.E. 

This Week In P.E. and Health

We will be playing cooperative games in which the students will have to work together to accomplish a common goal.  Communication and collaboration are going to be highlighted in class as well as problem solving. 

In Health both 3rd and 5th grades will be discussing the topic of drugs and alcohol as well as creating pamphlets and pictures of what they learned about regarding drugs and alcohol. 

The next few weeks

Over the next few weeks students in grades 3-6 will be participating in different types of ultimate games such as ultimate handball, frisbee, football, and speedball.  Students in grades K-2 will participate in different locomotor activities/games such as an obstacle course and command style games.   

Welcome Back!

Dear students and parents/guardians,

      I want to welcome everyone back and I hope both my students and their parents/guardians had a great summer.  This years physical education class will consist of many fun and exciting activities/games that will promote teamwork, leadership, cooperation, physical fitness, and skills needed to develop the students into being self sufficient lifelong learners.  I plan to incorporate games such as basketball, kickball, and floor hockey among other things to promote the skills listed above.  

      Some information that parents/guardians might be interested in are as followed-

1. Students should be dressed for class in a solid color tee shirt or polo shirt or any Spartan shirt.  Shorts are allowed to be worn for P.E. class until daylight savings time.  After that the students will need to wear athletic pants such as sweatpants or jogging pants or khakis.  Sneakers are also a must for Physical Education.

2. Students should show either a doctors note or note from their parents/guardian pertaining to the physical health of the student (ie: if the student can't participate in P.E. due to a broken arm, sickness, injury, ect.)

3. Many different avenues will be used for grading the students such as skill tests, pencil and paper assessments, participation, and sportsmanship.  

      I will use this means of communication to post every unit of instruction I will be teaching and also for listing homework if necessary.  I look forward to a exciting productive year at North Schuylkill Elementary School.  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to send me an email at (thinkel@northschuylkill.net) and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you,
Mr. Hinkel (NSE Health and Physical Education Teacher)

End of the year

All classes will have kids choice their last class of P.E.  I will select different games that we have played throughout the year and have the kids vote to see which one they want to play.

Week 32

This week all students will be participating in tag games.  If the weather is nice we will be going outside for class. 

Week 30-31

We will be finishing our volleyball unit.  The students will play a game called one bounce volleyball (Grades 3-6).   The younger grades will be continuing to work on their volleyball skills such as bumping, passing, and serving.

Week 29

This week the students will participate in volleyball skills.  Each grade level will be taught and practice bumping, passing, and serving.  A variety of objects will be used to teach this such as balloons, foam balls, soft bounce balls, and safety volleyballs. 

Week 28

This week we will be administering the PACER test in P.E. class to grades K-5th.  The PACER test is a cardiovascular endurance test to see how well students run over distance.  The 6th grade students will participate in the Mile Run Test on the track weather permitting.

Health Class Next Two Classes

We will be discussing nutrition within the next two classes in health.  Some topics covered will be portion vs serving size, nutrients, food labels, as well as the food groups. 

Next Two Weeks

The next two weeks of class will consist the continuation of our throwing and catching unit.  All grades will participate in throwing and catching games such as sink the ship and save the statues.  These games incorporate teamwork, offensive/defensive strategies, as well as throwing/catching skills in a fun learning environment. 

This Week In P.E.

This week all the grades will participate in backyard games.  This will be a station style approach lesson.  The students will participate in potato sack races, can jam, ladder golf, corn hole, and horse shoes/ring toss.  The students will be put into groups and will have to work cooperatively with each other. 

This week in P.E.

Graded K-2:  This week we will be continuing our practice on hockey skills.  The students will practice passing with a partner, shooting at a goal, and also puck control.  We will end the class with a goalie challenge in which the students can try and score a goal on each other. 

Grades 3-6:  This week we will be continuing our hockey unit.  We worked on skills last week such as shooting, passing, and puck control so we will get right into game play at the start of class.  The students will participate in small sided games of floor hockey.

Hygiene Unit

This next unit for Health class will be about the topic hygiene. During this unit we will talk about all the ways to keep the body clean, healthy, and preventing the spread of disease. Proper hygiene practices that we will talk about will be, washing hands, wearing clean clothes, and brushing our teeth. The next unit will be Nutrition.

Week 21

This week in P.E. class grades 3-6 will be participating in different badminton skills such as serving, returning a pass, and footwork.  We will do partner hits and well as target serving.  The younger grades K-2 will be doing more hand eye coordination skills with the scoopers.  We will also pair hula hooping with the scoopers to vary the activities. 

Next Two Weeks

Grades 3 to 6 will be starting their badminton unit.  The students will be performing skills such as passing, serving, and birdie placement.  The younger students K-2nd will be doing different hand eye coordination skills/games.  They will be using bean bags  to throw and catch with themselves and also a partner.  For grades 3 and 5 the health lesson will be on hygiene and why it is important.  The students will learn skills on how to keep hygiene such as brushing their teeth and washing their hands. 

The Next Two Weeks

For the next two weeks we will be covering basketball skills such as dribbling, passing, and shooting in all the grade levels.  There will be team huddles for the Boosterthon Fundraiser that will take place for about half of the students specials time.  During the team huddles the students will learn different character values.  After the huddles we will start the basketball lesson for the day.

Week 17 Basketball

This week all students/grades will be participating in basketball skills.  We will work on dribbling and passing.  The students will use their strong and weak hands to gain control of the basketball.  The students will also pass with a partner using a bounce, chest, and lob passes.