Physical Education

Sixth Grade | Seventh Grade

The 6th grade theme is "Learning Through Cooperation".

During the first year of middle school we provide our students with the opportunity to discover how their bodies work while providing them with the opportunity to explore their personal talents. Step-by-step, they learn basic motor skills before moving on to sport-specific skills. This allows them to improve their personal abilities, boost their self-esteem and move with confidence.

Students will be introduced to the following:

• Combine skills for practice in lead up games. (a team, individual, or dual activity leading to an organized sport).
• Engage in cooperative games that will be used as lead-up games for traditional sports.
• Participate in variety games and challenging skills such as juggling and tininkling will be used to improve eye hand, eye foot coordination and rhythm.
• Become aware of the interaction of the circulatory and respiratory system in conditioning for health fitness.
• Play lead up games where students recognize the validity of rule application while accepting fairness will apply.
• Work in cooperative groups providing specific positive feedback to peers.
• Keep a yearly progression of their height, weight, body fat percentage, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance.
• Demonstrate leadership skills before class.
• Run a mile under a standardized time for student's age
• Throw a variety of objects, demonstrating both accuracy and distance.
• Design and play small group games that involve cooperating with others to keep an object away from opponents (basic offensive and defensive strategy-for example, by throwing, kicking, or dribbling a ball).
• Demonstrate correctly activities designed to improve and maintain muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardio respiratory functioning.
• Participate in games, sports, dance and outdoor pursuits, both in and outside of school, according to individual interests and capabilities.
• Recognize the role of games, sports, and dance in getting to know and understand people of diverse cultures.