Physical Education

Students at every grade level participate in physical education. We focus on promoting healthy lifestyles, an enjoyment of physical education, and the development of skills at a variety of levels in a variety of sports. We nurture leadership and teamwork, empathy, and much more in our students. Students in Grades 6 through 8 have the option of participating in team sports each season.

Click on a grade below to see a summary of that grade's work in Physical Education. Please note: Each description lists that grade's guiding question or questions, topics covered in that area, and an overview of skills developed through this subject.

PE in Preschool

How can we move our bodies and manipulate equipment safely as we play?
How can we effectively control and move our bodies and manipulate equipment?

Topics of Study:
Community-building games • Self space • General space • Relationship of body parts to space • Creative movement • Rhythm • Locomotor and non-locomotor movement concepts • Jumping and landing • Rolling • Balance • Relationship of body to equipment • Games • Butterflies • Directions • Levels • Animals • Tumbling • Bike Riding

Skills We Teach:
Traveling safely • Learning class routines and cooperation • Galloping • Sliding • Leaping • Balancing on equipment • Climbing • Moving to music • Moving expressively • Throwing, catching, and striking a ball with an implement • Following directions • Being a kind and respectful group member • Sharing • Running • Jumping • Hopping and landing • Rolling • Transferring weight • Dribbling • Kicking
PE in Kindergarten

How do I control movement through space?

Topics of Study:
Community building games • Spacial awareness • Traveling through space concepts • Tumbling • Night Magic • Soccer • Tee-ball • Tennis • Being a kind and respectful group member

Skills We Teach:
Following directions • Sharing equipment • Galloping • Sliding • Jogging • Running • Jumping • Hopping and landing, • Leaping • Balancing, • Rolling • Climbing • Transferring weight • Tossing & catching • Striking • Dribbling • Kicking • Volleying
PE in Grade 1

What can I accomplish by combining movements and skills?
Am I playing fairly and with respect for my peers?

Topics of Study:
Traveling themes • Chase, flee and dodge themes • Kicking • Rhythms and dance • Gymnastics • Sportsmanship • Playing fairly

Skills We Teach:
Non-Locomotor /locomotor Skills • Soccer • Gymnastics • Dribbling and shooting in basketball • Climbing • Floor hockey • Tennis • Bowling • Rock wall • Jumping rope • Throwing and catching • Balancing • Fitness • Striking with implement • Volleying
PE in Grade 2

How can I move safely, skillfully, respectfully, and confidently?

Topics of Study:
Cooperative activities • Health and fitness • Skill themes • Gymnastics • Poetry in motion • Sportsmanship • Core values • Cooperating • Friendship and kindness • Courage • Risk-taking

Skills We Teach:
Locomotor /non-locomotor skills in Spanish and English • Soccer • Gymnastics • Dribbling and shooting in basketball • Climbing • Floor hockey • Tennis • Bowling • Rock wall • Jumping rope • Kicking • Throwing and catching • Balancing • Fitness • Striking with implement • Volleying
PE in Grade 3

How can I be a healthy, skillfull, and cooperative teammate in a variety of activities?

Topics of Study:
Character Olympics • Health/fitness • Golf • Yoga • Adapted Sports Awareness

Key Skills We Teach:
Teambuilding • Communicating • Comproming • Developing strategies and routines • various skill themes • Gross/fine motor skill development
PE in Grade 4

How do we become team players?

Topics of Study:
Field Hockey • Badminton • Basketball • Lacrosse • Track and Field • Character education • Hydration

Skills We Teach:
Basic stick and racket skills • Dribbling, shooting, catching, passing, rallying and scooping • Maintaining possession of the ball, creating passing lanes, and attacking the goal • Recognizing and correcting offensive tactical problems • Sprinting, distance running hurdling, long jump, and relay • Acknowledging power groups in team sports • Learning rhythmic dance steps to perform a synchronized routine • Recognizing key components of teamwork • Understanding differences, and a sense of fair play • Recognizing the role of hydration in exercise
PE in Grade 5

How do I become a leader and a follower?

Topics of Study:
Field Hockey • Doubles Badminton • Basketball • Track and field • Softball • History of Title IX • Leadership and teamwork

Skills We Teach:
Continuing development of sport skills • Executing defensive tactics • Converting singles play into doubles play • Throwing, catching, fielding, and batting • Solidifying the roles of leader and team member in team play • Understanding how to address conflicts on the field • Recognizing the history of women’s rights in sports and education • Understanding the role of hydration in exercise
PE in Grade 6

As we continue to explore new physical activities, how are personal growth and team play affected?

Topics of Study:
Cooperative activities • Volleyball, • Pickleball • Softball • Create a Game • Track and Field • Futsal • Basketball • Frisbee golf • Media portrayal of the female athlete

Skills We Teach:
Pass & set • Learn racket handling, footwork, skills and rules for singles Pickleball • Sprint, hurdle & jump for distance • Hit grounders, place hits & prevent scoring in softball • Use knowledge of motor & locomotor movement • Equipment & strategies to create a game for a specific grade • Continued focus on hydration
PE in Grade 7

How does participating in variety of physical activities affect my overall health and wellness?

Topics of Study:
Fitness • Pickleball • Volleyball • Dance • Frisbee Games • Golf • Flag Football • Softball

Skills We Teach:
Proper stretching and relaxation techniques • Applying fitness components to lifetime fitness • Developing skill competency in selected games • Creating dance sequences
PE in Grade 8

What skills and wisdom will enable me to stay strong and play on?

In addition to team sports, Physical Education includes the following:

Topics of Study:
Ultimate Frisbee • Rugby • Yoga • Floor Hockey • Tennis • Health/Fitness • Self-Defense • Team Handball • Adapted Sports Awareness • Kayaking

Skills We Teach:
How to be strong leaders and team players, Applying rules and strategies to games, Self-Defense maneuvers, Kayaking basics and water safety.

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