Physical Education
Mr.
giles
All
students must participate in physical education.
If a limitation is to be placed on participation in physical education, a
written statement should be presented which clearly sets forth the limitations
and is signed by a doctor. If a
student needs to miss physical education for a minor illness, the parent must
send a note to the teacher, stating the nature of the illness.
If 3 consecutive days of PE are
missed, a doctor’s excuse will be needed to miss any more classes.
Students are required to wear gym suits or a change of clothes.
Any exceptions need to be worked out with the instructor.
Intramural activities are offered after school for 5th and 6th grade
students.
Physical
Education is an integral part of the curriculum at North City Elementary School.
The program is a step-by-step method by which the teacher may select an
area of development, the behavioral objectives of the area of development and
the specific learning experiences by which the area of development may be best
accomplished. Time
needs to be spent regularly in the elementary grades on activities that improve
and develop motor skills.
Curriculum
Lessons
and activities include but are not limited to:
Swimming, Conditioning Activities, Team Sports (Basketball, Floor Hockey,
Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Wiffleball/Softball), Gymnastics, Rhymes (Folk
Dance, Tinikling, Lummi Sticks, Square Dance),
Track and Field, Individual Sports (Bowling, Golf, Tennis), Camping
(canoeing, fishing, spelunking, archery, marksmanship, outdoor skills, cooking,
wildlife, forestry, crafts) and Physical Fitness Testing.
Related site for lesson plans and ideas at PE Central.
Fitness
Testing
The
fitness testing we do at North City is taken from the President’s Challenge
designed by The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
It includes five(5) categories that test the students’ fitness level in
all major areas of the body.
It includes:
Curl-ups (stomach strength and endurance), Shuttle Run (to test the
agility of a student), One Mile Run/Walk (Measures heart/ lung endurance),
Pull-Ups/Arm Hang (measures upper body strength and endurance) and the V-Reach
(Measures flexibility of lower back and hamstrings).
The test is given 2 times a year (Spring and Fall)
Intramurals
Intramural
activities are an outgrowth of the physical education program and only those activities
included in the curriculum are included in the program.
All the equipment is furnished by the school.
The intramural sports are played after school hours, for approximately
and hour each day, three days a week, for 30 weeks out of the year.
Sports
chosen from are:
Flag Football, Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball and Softball/Wiffleball.
Camping
An
important aspect of the total Physical Education Program in Athens City Schools
is the school camping program.
All children enrolled in the fifth and sixth grades have the opportunity
to attend camp.
Fifth grade camp is conducted in the early spring and sixth grade camp
takes place in the fall of each school year.
School camp provides many benefits for the student that cannot be
attained in the regular physical education class.
A copy of the School Health Plan can be found on the Family Engagement page.