Health Week

Sorry for the delay in updates, my wife and I welcomed our second child and I have been out/scattered the last two weeks. This week my classes are back in the health room for health cycle 2. For the next two weeks we will be learning about diseases and stress. Pictured below you see one of my classes hard at work on their disease learning menu. The assignment and directions can be found on my website if you have any questions. There will be a lot of possible points for this health cycle so be sure that your child is getting their assignments turned in on-time. Contact me if you have any questions and as always...

Go Flyers!!!

Push Press and Dead Lift

The guys did a great job in the health room and swimming for the past six weeks.  I know they are excited to get back to lifting.  Last quarter we focused on learning how to bench and squat properly and how to lift using a one rep max.  This quarter we will focus on learning push press and dead lift technique. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

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