8th Grade
Dear Parents &
Students,
RE: Middle School
Physical Education Update
General Introduction for Blog
Welcome
to our Middle School Physical Education & Health Blog. Our intention is to
use the Blog to post video or images of the activities our students will be
engaged in during their PE lessons – after all, in such a performance based
discipline, images can convey so much more than words.
It
was a pleasure to see many of you at our ‘Back to School’ evening in September,
as promised, we will not inundate your in-box with messages, however, please do
refer to Power-School every couple of weeks to check for updates regarding
performance assessments and to stay on top of any missing or late work. Beyond
Power-School updates we will occasionally post a link to the PE Blog via the
Middle School Newsletter, beyond this any additional communication will be on
an as needed basis if there are any behavioral issues.
It
is our pleasure to work as partners with you in encouraging daily physical
activity, skill development and healthy behaviors in each of our students
throughout their Middle School years.
General Course Overview &
Quarter 1 Update
During
quarter one all of our 8th Grade PE students completed the first
component of our grade 8 Heath Education program, (‘Substance Misuse &
Abuse Prevention’). Each student also completed a series of fitness and
biometric tests. Prior to the Christmas break students will analyze their
fitness data, graph it against age appropriate norms and use the results to
select some personal fitness goals for the remainder of the year. Other
curriculum areas covered by all students during quarter one included the first
component of our grade 8 ‘sports unit’ ( Badminton).
As
we move into quarter two and beyond each class will engage in the same
activities but at different times during the course of the year. Please have
your child walk you through the information on their ‘MyDragonNet’
‘PE&Health’ page so you can view the program schedule, unit materials and
assessment criteria as rubrics or exemplar videos.
If
you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email.
Kind regards,
Fiona White
Middle School
Physical Education Department
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