Physical Education - Mr. Romans

Mission Statement:  The mission of physical education is to empower all students to sustain regular, lifelong fun physical activity as a foundation for a healthy, productive and fulfilling life.  This can be achieved with a concrete understanding of the 5 fitness components.  

2 nd Quarter

Grades K-2: The younger students will finish up movement exploration and spatial awareness where they will be assessed on rules in social movement settings and relationships with body parts and people. They then will begin their throwing and catching unit where they will work with a variety of objects, differing in size, shape and weight. The students will be assessed on their ability to a catch a thrown object as well as their ability to master the underhand and overhand throws. Following the assessment phase, the kids will get to play some of their favorite throwing and catching games which include: snowball fight, pinball, clean out your backyard and of course their favorite game, "throw the ball at the big-bad PE Teacher!” Following the throwing and catching unit, we will progress to jumping/ landing mechanics and balance/weight transfer skills, associated with our month long gymnastics unit that will take place after the winter holidays (month of January). As always, there will be a continued focus on healthy lifestyle choices and good decision making.

Grades 3-5 The older students will be finishing their units on kicking/soccer ball control and manipulation/basketball related concepts and will now be progressing into our throwing and catching units. As with younger students, the older students will be assessed on a variety of catching and throwing techniques and concepts, culminating with a number of their favorite games. After throwing and catching, we will focus on skills associated with volleyball. Once we return from winter break in January, the entire school will embark on our annual, month long gymnastics unit, where the focus and emphasis will be on jump/landing mechanics, upper body strength/stabilization/endurance, and balance/weight transfer. As with all students at Bells Mill, the older students will continue our focus of healthy lifestyle choices and good decision making.