Backyard Games/ Shuttle Run

K-6

This week we are teaching different backyard games to our students. Some of the games include Corn Hole, Ladder Golf, Potato Sack Races, Horseshoes, and Washers. We also incorporated mini golf as well. Since the weather is going to start getting warmer we want to give our students some different activities that they can play outside.

We are also administering a fitness test this week. The fitness test is the Shuttle Run. The Shuttle Run assesses the students' agility or how fast they can change direction. Agility is a skill that almost every sport uses. This is one of the many skills that we assess.

Next week grades 3-6 will be working on volleyball skills. The younger grades will be working on lower level volleyball skills with the use of a beach ball.

Throwing and Catching Games

This week all the students will be playing sink the ship (grades K-6).  Sink the ship is a cooperative throwing and catching game which involves team work, offensive, and defensive strategy.  The students will be split into 8 different teams in which they have to knock the opposing teams pins down to "sink their ship".

Week 23

3-6 Grade

This week, students in third through sixth grade will be using the skills from the previous week in game play. They will be broken up into small teams to play in small sided games of hockey. The games will last about 3-5 minutes each.

K-2nd Grade

The students in kindergarten through second grade will be starting the class off with a game of Pac Man tag. This tag game will be used to warm up the students' muscles. Then they will be working on advancing their hockey skills. The students will work on dribbling in free space, goalie challenges and passing to a partner.

This week will conclude our hockey unit. Next week we will be moving onto throwing and catching skills.

Week 22

Grades K-6 will all be learning floor hockey skills such as dribbling the puck, shooting, and passing.  Along with floor hockey skills the students will be demonstrating their flexibility for a fitness test grade conducted through the sit and reach test.  The class will be set up in a stations style approach consisting of 1. the sit and reach test, 2. partner pass, 3. goalie challenge, 4. target wall shoot, 5. Relay race dribbling, and finally 6. Dribble zig zag race.  

Week 21

Grades 3-6
This week we will be working on badminton skills. This is a new skill for our students and a new sport that they have not been exposed to during physical education classes before. The students are going to be learning different ways to pass the birdie with badminton rackets, different serves, and how to move during game play.

Grades K-2nd
This week the students will be working with scoopers and hula hoops. We will be going over different skills and tricks to use with the scoopers. Some skills and tricks include tossing with a partner, tossing up and spinning while catching it. With the hula hoops we will be teaching and going over different skills such as jump roping with the hula hoops, hoping in and out of the hula hoops, etc.

Ms. B and I hope the students are excited and enjoy physical education class! Next week we will be starting floor hockey skills.

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.  To start things off this year I will present a unit next week called "cooperative games" in which the students will have to work together to solve problems.  This unit will include areas such as teamwork, communication, and problem solving.  It will also assist in helping the students get familiar with their new classmates. 

      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.  Both the shorts and pants can have logos on them this year for P.E. class.  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 Physical Education Teacher)

Week 33

K-2nd Grades will learn/develop hula hoop skills.  They will also play team work games utilizing the hula hoops to pass it along in a conjoined circle and also use the hoops to transport their team from one side of the gym to the next.

3-6th Grades will be participating in a throwing/team strategy game called container ball.  The students will have to work together as a team to make their objects into the other teams container avoiding capture along the way.  This game promotes communication, collaboration, strategy, risk/reward analysis, and also teamwork.