Physical Education For Fourth to Six Graders

 

All fourth grade to six grade students participate in 150 minutes per week in Release Time program that consists of Physical Education and Computer education.  In Physical Education, students participate in a large variety of games and sports that align to the State Framework in Physical Education. Sports that they participate in are:Flag Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Street Hockey, Softball, Track and Field, and a variety of field and cooperative games.  Students enjoy games such as ROCKS, a type of Capture the Flag games, Ultimate Frisbee, Frisbee Golf, Hoopla-a game that is  mix of Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Football, and Square Dancing.  We also do the California Governor's Challenge, Presidents Physical Fitness Test and the mandated California State Physical Fitness test to measure the students phsical abilities.

Students experience cooperative learning games, relays, bean bag games, ball games of different styles to fit the weather conditions that we experience during the year, when we are in the Multi-purpose room. A goal of the Physical Education classes are to engage all students in learning more about themselves and about the world of fitness and sport.  Learning about games that are played around the world is another goal of the program. 

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