First Week in Health

This week marks the first week in the health classroom for the 6th graders. We started with a lively discussion about who is responsible for their health. Some said they were, while others said it was the parents and a few believed it to be the schools' responsibility. The picture below shows the activity we did to go along with that discussion. The rest of the week we learned about the skeletal, muscular, respiratory and digestive systems. The students sure have learned a lot about their bodies and how they function, week two should wow them even more!

Let me know if you have any questions or need anything!

Go Flyers!!!

20 Minute Standard

One of the characteristics of an aerobic work out is that it lasts at least twenty minutes.  A standard way this is measured in middle school and high school PE is by running continuously for twenty minutes. Recently, my students began an exercise plan that will allow them to build up to running for this amount of time.  Some examples of these workouts are running at a conversational pace for 60 seconds, then walking for 60 seconds, for ten minutes.  We will increase the intensity of these types of workouts in an effort to help every student achieve the goal of running for twenty minutes without stopping. I would encourage everyone to have their student be active at some point outside of school weather it be walking or running for at least ten minutes as this will help you student achieve this goal. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Flag Football Champions

Today concludes our Flag Football Tournament and our champions have been crowned!!! All the games were hard fought and the kids had a lot of fun playing. Pictured below are the winning teams from each hour. Congratulations to the winning teams and good work to all of the teams!

1st Hour

That Team You Forgot About

2nd Hour

Golden Toothpicks

3rd Hour

Chicken Wings

4th Hour

Whipper Snapperz

6th Hour

Black Knights

Flag Football Tournament

This week marks the start of our flag football tournament! Last week the 6th graders worked on throwing and catching skills, created a playbook and then were able to practice those plays against a live defense. Each student will be tested over the throwing and catching skills we learned last week in what we call Skills Based Grading (SBG). That testing starts on Wednesday/Thursday of this week.

This week each team will play every other team (round robin) and then be seeded into our tournament bracket. At the end of the week each hour will have one flag football champion!!!!!

You can check on the progress of our tournament by clicking on the links below that correspond to the hour your son has PE.

1st Hour

2nd Hour

3rd Hour

4th Hour

5th Hour

6th Hour

As always let me know if you have any questions and Go Flyers!

Large Gym Games and Fitness Workouts!!!

In our first "normal" week of PE the 6th grade boys have been learning a variety of different large gym games. From Throwton to Xtreme 4Square, these boys have learned a lot this week and have had fun doing it!

We start every class with a 4-7 minute fitness warm-up that gets the kids sweating and working right away. These warm-ups should go a long way in getting every student to improve their physical fitness scores throughout the course of the year.

Enjoy the pictures below, have a great Labor Day weekend and as always please contact us with any questions.

Coach Wag

Fitness Testing Week!!!

Throughout the week the whole Physical Education department has been busy fitness testing all of the students to create a baseline of their physical fitness. We then use that data to help plan our lessons so we can maximize their strengths and help develop the areas they struggle in. The fitness tests we administer are:

Pacer
Mile
Sit and Reach
Pull-Ups/Flexed Arm Hang
Sit-Ups
Plank
Shuttle Run
Shoulder Stretch

Each fitness test has a green zone score and a gold zone score to aim for and our top scores end up on our record board in the large gym! If a student scores in the green/gold zone for a test their name goes on a giant banner in the large gym and if they score in those zones for EVERY test, they go on yet another banner! All the students did great and we are looking forward to strengthening them each and every day!

Go Flyers!!!

Welcome Back to Sperreng!!!

Students and Parents,

Coach Hilton and I would like to welcome you back to Sperreng!!!! While summer was great and all, we are both excited to be back and can't wait to show you what we have in store for you this year. There have been some changes, some new equipment and we added a new PE teacher, Coach Carter!

Both Coach Hilton and I will be updating this blog frequently throughout the year with a variety of items. From helpful articles and tips to class photos and recognition's. Please check back regularly to keep up with the class!

Thanks again and we look forward to meeting each and every one of you.