HKIS Grade 6 MS Physical Education Update Semester 2

Dear Parents & Students,

During quarter 3, our 6th Grade PE students have been engaged in ‘Sport' and 'Adventure Learning’ units of study. The ‘Sports’ unit included ‘Netball’ and ‘Basketball’ activities and focused on the transferable skills of Standard 1: ‘sending & receiving’ and of Standard 2: ‘marking & getting open’. The Adventure Learning unit culminated in a series of climbing and rope work challenges. It was encouraging to see so many students positively support their fellow climbers while they explored their comfort zones. The photo blogs below will give you some idea of the activities that our students have been engaged in.

Please remember that all students have the opportunity to ‘redo’ an assessment (time permitting) in any component of a standard where their overall level of proficiency is below ‘Meets Expectation’. In order to take this opportunity:

• Students must reflect on the comment/strategies offered on PowerSchool.
• Students must take the time to work on improving their performance.
• Students must arrange a time (outside of class and within two weeks of receiving their assessed level of proficiency) to demonstrate their conceptual understanding and improved performance.

Following Spring Break students will begin our second and final component of our Health Unit for grade 6 – ‘Puberty’.  An email will be sent out to parents two weeks before the commencement of this series of lessons, detailing the content and providing a reminder of the opportunity for you as a family to engage in dialogue about healthy sexuality issues.

Our final activity for the year takes us back to the swimming pool where students have the opportunity to continue to work on improving their water confidence and challenge themselves with the ‘Water Adventure’ activities; a great way for students to enjoy the end of the year as temperatures outside begin to rise.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email.

Kind regards,

Mr. Michael Coleman

Middle School Physical Education Department