Swimming at Sperreng

Our swimming unit has started here at Sperreng and the students seem very excited to be in the pool. We started off working on four different swim strokes; freestyle, back, breast and butterfly. We progressed through the steps of each stroke and I have seem some tremendous improvement in a lot of our swimmers. For fun, we introduced Water Polo and Waboba Ball and they seem to be fan favorites. Even those students who struggle with swimming have been able to participate in our warm-ups and games. Please enjoy some of the pictures of students in action.

We will have one more two-week swimming unit at the end of January and that unit will focus on some water-skills and aiding swimmers in distress. As always if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

Go Flyers!!!

PickleBall Masters

The partners pictured below were our PickleBall Masters this past week. Each pair had the best record in their respective class. Congrats to our champions!

1st Hour-Spiro's

2nd Hour-Cardinals

3rd Hour-Clevs

Not Pictured

4th Hour-USA Gushers

Not Pictured

5th Hour-Fireballers

Not Pictured

6th Hour-Pink Fluffy Unicorns

It's PickleBall Time!!!

The last two weeks students at Sperreng have taken up racket sports. Last week we played badminton and learned just how hard it is to hit a birdie. We learned the forehand, backhand and lob stroke and then utilized those strokes in various games. This week the boys have discovered the awesome sport of PickleBall! PickleBall is one of the fastest growing sports in the world that was invented by two dads who were bored with their kids and their dog. Pickles the dog kept getting the ball, hence the name PickleBall. Students here have really taken to PickleBall, which is comparable to giant ping-pong. Enjoy the pictures below of students playing PickleBall!!

Go Flyers!!!

World Cup Winners

The tournament was challenging and all of the matches were close but we have our champions. If you want to see how your child's team did, check the Challonge links in the previous blog post. Listed below are the champions from the 2015 Sperreng World Cup.

Go Flyers!!!

1st Hour

Germany

2nd Hour

Arsenal

3rd Hour

Chocolate Unicorns

Not pictured, coach was away at a meeting

4th Hour

England

Not pictured, coach was away at a meeting

5th Hour

Real Madrid: Co-Champion

England: Co-Champion

Not pictured, coach was away at a meeting

6th Hour

Argentina

Not pictured, coach was away at a meeting

World Cup!!!!

Fall is in the air and at Sperreng Middle School that can only mean one thing....World Cup Soccer!!! The kids have selected a country to represent (some countries are made up) and now they are battling to hoist the illustrious World Cup trophy. The games will be heated and hard-fought but in the end only one country will be victorious!!! The links below will show the progress of each class so you can keep track. Pictures are from some lead-up games and drills we did earlier in the week to build up for this moment.

Go Flyers!!!

1st Hour Tournament

2nd Hour Tournament

3rd Hour Tournament

4th Hour Tournament

5th Hour Tournament

6th Hour Tournament

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.