It's Fun To Be Fit!

P.E. FITNESS TESTING AND FIELD DAY!!

In P.E. we are finishing up fitness testing.  Many children are earning a fitness award who did not earn one in the Fall.  That means they are in better shape and maybe even more motivated!!  Congratulations on all your hard work.

Please dress in layers now that the weather is getting warmer.  Don't forget tennis shoes and if you want, a water bottle with your name on it for class.

Field Day is on  Friday, May 15th, and a rain date of Monday, May 18th.  We have many fun new activities for the students to try.  We need your help to make this happen.  If you have not returned your volunteer form yet please send it in.  You can always email us in the PE department if you don't have the form.  Nancy.Cobelli@cobbk12.org

Thank you for all your support.

The P.E. Department

FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

BIG SHANTY IS HOLDING OUR ANNUAL FIELD DAY ON FRIDAY MAY 15, 2009. (RAIN DATE 5/18/09)

GRADES 3, 4, & 5 ALL ENJOY FIELD DAY ON THE SAME DAY.  IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS EVENT

SUCCESSFUL WE NEED MANY VOLUNTEERS.

PLEASE CONSIDER PUTTING THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR AND HELPING WITH THIS FUN EVENT.

YOUR DUTIES WOULD BE TO RUN A STATION THAT STUDENTS WILL ROTATE THROUGH DURING THE

DAY.  OUR FIELD DAY RUNS FROM APPROXIMATELY 8:00-12:30.  PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A

SIGN UP FORM THAT WILL COME HOME BEFORE SPRING BREAK OR EMAIL ONE OF US!

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP.

Jump Rope For Heart

Our students did a fantastic job for the American Heart Association.  We raised over $8,000 this year's Jump Rope For Heart.  We are proud of all of you did!

Our fitness testing will start in late March.  Start now by practicing at home.  We would love for every student to receive an award!  We will be taking the Presidential Fitness test and the FitnessGram.  Work on some part every day and you will be awesome!

Here is a picture of parachute fun from last week in the gym.

PE ROCKS

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Big Shanty Intermediate is getting ready for Jump Rope For Heart. (JRFH)  Here at Big Shanty we jump rope during class time and everyone participates.  The fund raising forms are coming home with your child on Thursday, January 15.  We encourage our students to raise money for The American Heart Association but it is not mandatory.  JRFH will take place starting on Monday, February 2nd through Tuesday, February 10th.

Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans?  Stroke is the leading cause of disability .  High Blood Pressure is often called the "Silent Killer" because many people do not know they have it until there is a heart problem.  The Heart Association does research and education to reduce the number of people afflicted each year.

WHEN YOUR CHILD COLLECTS MONEY FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH OR COINS TO SCHOOL. INSTEAD, CONVERT THE MONEY INTO A CHECK MADE OUT TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 

As always thank-you for your support and generosity for this worthwhile event.

Y-Ties

Thank you so much for your support of our Y-Ties sales.  It was fantastic!  We made over $1000. for PE equipment.

As our sales some to an end, we wanted to give you an address if you have any issues with your Y-Ties.

E.F.S.

P.O. Box 7524

Boulder, CO.

80306-7525

This is the address for the Y-Ties company.  If there is any problem at all with your laces, return them, with $1.50 per pair and a replacement pair will be sent as soon as possible.

The Y-Tie success!

We want to thank all of you who have supported the PE Department with the purchase of Y-Ties.  The totals aren't in yet, but it has been a great fund raiser for PE equipment!  And, the bonus is, the children's shoes are neat and tidy!

We are inside these days with the colder weather.  Hopefully, after the winter break, we will have some weather that allows us to get outside.  We have just finished units in Basketball and Volleyball. The kids enjoyed them.  The next few days before the break, we will be doing a variety of games or a little dancing.  What fun!

Coming up after the break, we will be doing  juggling, tumbling and 4 square.  These are units all the students enjoy.  They like getting to spend time improving their own skills and challenging themselves, as opposed to a team sport.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO EARNED FITNESS AWARDS

Fitness testing is complete, the fitness awards have been ordered, and we are so proud of all our students.   Many students earned a Presidential or National fitness award.  Presidential means the student scored in the 85% or better for their age group. National means the student scored 50% -84% for their age group.

Please click on this link to view the names of our students who earned an award!

Download fall_08_fitness_scores.doc

Congratulations to the following students.  We hope to see even more names on this list in the Spring!

Getting Fit Through Fun

The Presidential Fitness Test and the Fitnessgram testing are almost done.  We still have a few students who need to make up the mile run.  Many have seen an improvement from the previous year and some students have a better understanding of what areas they need to work on to improve overall fitness.

Our next units are frisbee, and football.  We have many fun and interesting activites for our students to try.  We are focusing on accuracy and good form in throwing, and various ways to catch.

Thank you to our parent volunteers for helping with recording scores during fitness testing.  We are very appreciative of your time and efforts!

Please remember to wear sneakers on P.E. days, and dress in layers as the weather gets cooler.

Running the Mile

Hi parents and students.  Our fitness test schedule was delayed a bit because of the Co-Gat test.  We have the dates that students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades will run the mile.

Friday, September 19th (Day 4 in the rotation)

Ms. Meyer         Ms. Economou        Ms. Cerra

Ms. Ashmeade      Ms. Lally            Ms. Hobson

Ms. Fabian       Ms. Berenger        Ms. Walstead

Ms. Janney     Mr. Desin (the students who come on day 4)

Ms. Hellman      Ms. Douglas    Ms. Peacock

Ms. Cook       Ms. Hill       Ms. Swanger

Ms. Collins      Ms. Crane    Ms. Laudick

Ms. Morris      Ms. Jarrett     Ms . Gerhardt

The students in the following classes will run the mile on Thursday, October 2nd. (Day 1 of the rotation)

Ms. Raymond, Ms. Vann, Ms. B Wright, Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Stuart.

Ms. Vaughan, Ms. Gordon, Ms. Green, Mr. Desin (the students who come on Day 1).

Ms. Phillips, Ms. K .Wright.

Ms. Holder, Ms. Puckett, Ms. Hester, Ms. Moody, Ms. Gonzales, Ms. Sausville

Students also have other fitness test items:

Sit and Reach             Shuttle run

Pull ups                      Flexed arm hang

Sit ups                       Trunk Lift

Trunk Curl   

We are still using the Presidentail Fitness Test this year but have started to incorporate the Fitnessgram Fitness Test as well.  The trunk curl, trunk lift, and back saver sit and reach are new this year and help to assess flexibility, and muscular strength/endurance of the back and abdominal muscles.   

Please make sure to wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes on P.E. days.

TRY YOUR BEST & GOOD LUCK!!