1st and 2nd Grade 'THE CIRCLE OF HEALTH'

Step 1: Tag

Step 2: The Circle of Health

For the past week 1st and 2nd grade have been diving into the world of health and fitness.  We are playing a new game (invented by yours truly), which has students combine tag with an aerobic/muscular fitness activity.  The game is called 'The Circle of Health.'  Four students guard a box of treasure which all the other students are striving to capture.  If a student is tagged by one of the guards, that student must go to the circle of health.  In order to get out of the circle of health, the tagged student must perform 5 push-ups and 20 jumping jacks.  Now here is where it gets interesting.  The area in the immediate vicinity of the treasure box is called the double health zone.  Any student tagged there must perform twice the exercises in the circle of health.  As one might imagine, after 30 minutes of playing this game each player will end up doing a lot of exercising!

1st and 2nd Grade Ninjas and Guards

For the past few weeks 1st and 2nd Grade have been diving deep into the world of 'Tag.'  We have learned how to play Ninjas and Guards, Giants Wizards and Vulcans, and Blob Tag.  Each of these games allow students to work cooperatively, use strategy, and have fun!  Today we played the game 'Ninjas and Guards.'  This game has one group of students act out the role of Ninja and another group of students act out the role of Guard.  Ninjas have to creep through a sea of Guards with the goal of either grabbing treasure or freeing a captured ninja.  Guards have their eyes covered and must listen for the faintest sound of a ninja footstep.  After a brief period of time an alarm goes off and the guards open their eyes and try to chase down and tag any ninjas!

3rd and 4th Grade Cooperative Handball

Today was an exciting day!  This was the very first day that we went to the park to play Cooperative Handball.  As you can see we are learning the benefits of courage, responsibility, empathy, and welcoming.  As if that wasn't enough, we are really coming along with our Cooperative Handball skills. 

We will continue going to the park to play handball, and in the next week or so we will start learning how to play Ultimate Frisbee and Capture the Flag!

First Entry of the Year

Welcome all to the very first blog entry for the PPSEL physical education and adventure program for the 2011/2012 school year!  I know there isn't much on the blog yet, but soon we will have a plethora of fun and exciting posts and pictures from this years activities!