Elementary
School Physical Education
Elementary
School
Physical Education
The
objective of the Physical Education Program at Tabb Elementary is to
provide
fitness activities, sport skills, and active games, which are fun for
the
students. Enjoyment of these activities
will develop lifelong fitness skills and wellness.
The students of Tabb Elementary
School
meet for Physical Education twice a week. We
have found that hard work does produce results as our
physical
fitness scores have improved over the last several years.
We
are very
active in the Physical Education program at Tabb.
Our Kindergarten,
first and second grades
will be very busy this year with activities that include jumping rope,
locomotor skills such as, walking, running, hopping, jumping and
skipping. Also, we will be practicing
throwing,
catching and kicking skills. These
skills will be taught and then applied in a game situation. In addition to physical skills, the children
will be practicing following teacher directions and learning how to
move safely
in our playing areas.
Our
third,
fourth and fifth graders work all year on physical fitness skills. The students are tested twice a year on five
Physical Fitness Tests. These tests
include:
Shuttle Run –
measures agility
Curl Ups --
measures abdominal strength
V-Sit
--
measures flexibility
Pull Ups --
measures upper body strength
Mile Run --
measures endurance running
The curriculum
for the upper grades includes
basic skills of
throwing, catching and kicking. These
skills are then incorporated into active game situations.
Jump Rope
has become a large part of the Physical Education program at Tabb.
We participate in
Jump Rope for Heart in
February as a school project.
All monies
collected for Jump Rope for Heart goes toward research to help fight
heart
disease and stroke.
As a result of this
program, we have a Jump Rope for Heart
Demonstration
Team
that travels to other
schools to promote the Jump Rope for Heart Program.
This team consists of fourth and fifth
graders who are selected after they complete a jump rope program and
who master
specific jump rope skills.
In
addition we also have a Jump Rope School Team. This team will
perform at school functions. Third and
fourth graders may join the Jump Rope Club each year to learn the
skills needed
to possibly be selected for next year’s Jump Rope Teams.
The Jump Rope Club is comprised of
third and fourth grade
students. In this Club the students
learn jump rope skills with short and long ropes. Also,
we work on individual and partner
skills, as well as double dutch jumping. We
all
have fun as we learn these skills. At
the end of our club activities the students interested in becoming a
member of
the Jump Rope Team may be considered for selection for the next year’s
team.
Our second
grade students are involved in a Jump
Rope Superstar Club. To become a
member, these students must be
able to jump rope 100 times without stopping. This
is done in physical education class and once they have
jumped 100
times they earn a star for the hallway. The
jumpers may jump in increments of 100 up to 1000. Our
Kindergarten and first grade students
learn to jump a single rope and also a long single rope in order to
prepare for
the Jump Rope Superstar program in second grade.
As you can see we like to jump rope
at Tabb!
If
you have any questions or concerns please
feel free to contact me by phone or email and I will respond to you as
soon as
I can. Thank you for your help to make
the Physical Education program at Tabb a great success.
