Physical Education 

Physical Education at Village School is a time for all students to play, have fun and have the opportunity to be successful in a safe, supportive, challenging and cooperative environment.  Physical Education contributes to the total growth of each child primarily through experimental movement, motor development and physical activities.    

Approximately fifteen different physical education units are taught to grades TK-6 with the hope that every child will leave our P.E. program having experienced success and growth within each unit.   In addition to developing  loco-motor and gross motor skills daily by using equipment exploration, students also participate in a myriad of FUN games and activities that emphasize cooperation and teamwork.    

Here is an outline of the current P.E. curriculum we are using.

Physical Education References Web Sites

Below are some web sites that we like to use as references for many different PE and Health needs 

http://www.aahperd.org

Health

The Health curriculum at Village School is growing daily.    We are adding to enhance it and make it state of the art and up to date with the growing and changing times that our youth are living.

Here is an outline of the current Health curriculum we are using.

Health, Fitness, and Safety Week Highlights 

Health, Fitness, and Safety Weeks have been a big hit! 

We have had many guest speakers that brought their professions to life in the classroom and out on the recess yard. 

We are so lucky at Village School that we have parents that can contribute to our Health, Fitness and Safety Week, not only as parents, but as professionals.

Thanks to all of the parent volunteers at the Family Fun Run, all the volunteers that have help do the tallying for the Village Exercises Across the USA, and a big huge thanks to the coordinator of the volunteers Ruth Weston. 

Thanks Sports Supply Group BSN for the generous donations of all of the balls for the raffle at the fun run!

It was a great week.thanks to all the faculty for all of your support and help throughout the week!

Stay fit, and have fun!

Ms. Beale

Guest Speakers

We had Dr. Andy Leuchter (5^th & 6^th), Lt. John Adams (Benjamin Adams Dad KV), Sgt. Mark Littlestone, and Ofc. Dave Barens (TK, K, 1, 2, 3, & 4^th) who shared information on making good choices with alcohol, smoking, drugs, talking to strangers, and touching things that might be found on the ground at the beach or at a park.  What to do in all of these instances?  You would be very proud of your children, and what they have learned, and what they already knew.  We hope that these talks have allowed you to continue to talk to your children at home, about making good choices.   If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me.

We had the opportunity to try on the handcuffs, and see a different type of police car daily.  We were allowed to sit in a police car with and without a cage, look at the Mobile Command Post with computer police truck, and check out a motorized (pedal assisted-electric) mountain bike. 

The children were amazed at all of the gear that the police officers had to wear.  Many of them tried on the 5 pound bulletproof vest, it was a very big hit!  The officers explained, that their gear weighs a total of 22 lbs., including the vest and their belt.  I think it weighed more than some of the kids.

Elizabeth Baron-Cole and Dr. Ruth Sorotzkin-Mandelbaum have focused on Nutrition Body, Self Image, and making good choices to be a healthy child now, and how to grow to be a happy and healthy teen and adult.  They focused on calcium, its benefits, and where to find it on your food labels!  They looked at identifying healthy vs. unhealthy people in magazines, and how to tell the difference, and or, could you tell just from a picture?   In the sharing of life's challenges, the students were fortunate enough to hear from three different speakers, Judy Stern a visually impaired mother of one sight child;
Dave Feinner a former gymnast who became an artist;
Cliff Meidl a former Olympian in Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000 in Kyaking came to talk to the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders . He came share his experience as an Olympic athlete. www.meidlinspire.com/about_cliff_main.html
www.RetroBill.com
Health, Fitness and Safety Week  began in 1999-2000 with the help from active professional parents wanting to add to the Health program at Village School.

Fun Run

 

The Fun Run was a huge hit 2002-03 school year.  Our sponsorship  has been growing yearly, and their generosity has been overwhelming.

BSN/US Games

 

Please e-mail Ms. Beale, Mr. Emerson, or Mr. Pettigrew if you have questions regarding Physical Education, Health, Health Fitness and Safety Week.