“Physical Education
is unique because fundamental motor skills are seldom taught anywhere else in
the school curriculum. Youngsters need to learn how to speak the language of
movement (movement concepts) and be able to tie movement to vocabulary
(movement themes).”(p.309) Pangrazi, R. (2007). Dynamic physical education for elementary
school children (15th ed.).
San Francisco,
CA: Pearson Education Inc.
SPRING TRAINING HAS BEGUN AT BELL SCHOOL
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| Batting Practice |
UPCOMING EVENT – Mark your
calendar!!!
It's that time of year again-- RED SOX OPENING DAY IS ALMOST UPON US!
An annual favorite is our
"Bell School Red Sox Opening Day Celebration" which will take place
on Friday, April 4th.
on Friday, April 4th.
Each class will have a designated
time to "PLAY BALL!" at lower Bell followed by a healthy snack.
This is a day the kids love and
wait for the ground to thaw each year so they can enjoy it again! Save the date
and I hope you can join us in celebrating.
This day would not be a success without parent help and support. More details to follow.
STUDENT TEACHER PETER SUCHAREWICZ
Bell School is fortunate once
again to get a student teacher in Physical Education from Endicott College in
Beverly, MA. His name is Peter Sucharewicz. He played golf, hockey and baseball in high
school. He also played baseball in
college until injuries made him stop. He
coaches the JV Baseball team in Peabody and an AAU baseball team as well. As you can see, Peter is very busy finishing
up school and coaching. He will be with
us until the beginning of May. He is
doing a great job and the students really respond to him.
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| Snow Board |
CURRENT EVENTS- 2014 OLYMPICS
Bells version of the 2014 Winter
Olympics was a blast. The unit began
with jogging to the Olympic Anthem, followed by fun facts and information about
the Olympics. The students participated
in Nordic Combined, Snow Board, Hockey and Slalom on their first day. The second class they took part in the
Luge-Bobsled-Skeleton, Curling and Speed Skating. It was a lot of fun learning about the
Olympics.
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| Nordic Combined |
2ND TERM REVIEW
All
classes joined in playing Star Wars and Gilligan’s Island. These games teach teamwork and cooperation. In addition to the Olympic unit, all classes
learned about cup stacking. This was a
new unit for Bell School. Cup stacking
improves hand-eye coordination and reaction time. It also stimulates both sides of the brain
resulting in better learning. It has
only been introduced; we will revisit it in the spring. All 2nd and 3rd graders
worked very hard learning their movement piece for Winter Concert. All the kids did an amazing job.
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| Parachute Fun |
At the beginning of the term, all classes were finishing up a foot skills unit. K-2 ended their unit with Team Soccer and Any Which Way Soccer. Third grade played World Cup Soccer and Sideline soccer. All classes did a great job. More recently all classes have been swinging on the regular ropes, challenging themselves during Crocodile Island- a Bell School favorite. This along with parachute always proves to be top favorites.
K-2 also participated in basic skills testing to make sure everyone is on target. Other skills K-2 worked on were throwing and catching, tossing and catching, bouncing and catching, rolling, chest pass, bounce pass, overhead pass, patterns with ribbon wands. 3rd grade finished a hockey unit before we moved on to Baseball.
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| Gilligan's Island |
As you can see, we have been very busy learning new skills and refining ones previously learned. I am proud of the progress each child is making. Now that the nice weather is approaching, try to get outside more and be active!
