Balancing -- Physical Education

A favourite time for our students is Physical Education with Ms. Murray.  Our students receive Physical Education twice a week, once with all 90 students participating in a variety of free choice centres, and on the other occasion each class will have a skill learning period using different centres with only their homeroom peers.


Some of the students favourite activities are:

• broom ball with nets

• ball area (contains a variety of basketballs, scoops, rackets, chickens, beanbags, nets and containers) 

• noodles (building, spaghetti and meatball game)

• tricycles, wagons
• hurdles and an agility ladder to jump over
• a mini slide with tumble mats for rolling and somersaults
• hoola hoops
• dancing with music
• plus many more physical opportunities using the manipulatives in a variety of ways

This week Ms. Murray introduced three new activities -- to practice BALANCING

Curriculum Expectations:

3.3 begin to demonstrate balance, whole-body and hand-eye coordination, and flexibility in movement

 balancing on a beam 

walking on a bench while bending to touch each tennis ball

 balancing a Frisbee while standing on a crate