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.