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We are excited to have the opportunity to teach your students during their physical education (P.E.) class this year. In order to make this a successful, enjoyable, and safe experience, there are a few guidelines we’d like to review: A)Proper Dress Attire B)Sick Notes C)Lunch Leagues D)Curriculum Proper Dress Attire: All students must wear comfortable athletic shoes that provide foot and/or ankle support. If your child is wearing sandals, slippers, dress shoes, or any other type of non-athletic shoes please pack your child a pair of athletic shoes to change into for P.E. and recess (for additional information about dress code, please see page 11 in the Parent Handbook). Wearing proper footwear helps ensure that students have a safe and successful P.E. experience. In the event that a student does not wear or bring athletic shoes, we will ask the student to refrain from the active physical education exercises, and instead participate in an alternate activity. Should this occur, we will also be sending a letter home to remind students of proper dress attire. In addition, please make sure your child wears or brings comfortable clothes for P.E. class. T-shirts, loose-fitting pants, jeans, and sweatshirts are examples of clothes that are acceptable to wear during P.E. Shorts or leggings can be worn under skirts or dresses. Thank you for helping support your child in dressing appropriately for P.E. Sick Notes: It is important that all sick or injury notes be brought to the nurse first to be documented before given to the coach. Please include the following information in the note that is submitted to the nurse:
Lunch Leagues: Throughout the course of this year we will be doing lunch leagues. Lunch leagues is a program that we started during the 2007-2008 school year. It is a fun and exciting way to get kids involved in organized sports during lunch recess. It provides students an opportunity to pick their own teams, the name of the team, as well as be responsible for tracking their team’s progress. Our sports this past season included a 3-on-3-basketball tournament, dodge ball, color wars, and soccer. During lunch leagues, brackets are set up so that it’s a two-loss elimination. The champions will receive a small prize. Each tournament will last about a month with a one-to-two week break before the next tournament begins. Curriculum: Our P.E. curriculum reflects the California State Physical Education Standards for each grade level. Below please find a brief list of the games, sports and skills that your child will be experiencing at his or her grade level this year: 1st and 2nd grade: Tag and aerobic games, muscle strengthening and stretches, dribbling and kicking, dribbling and passing, hula hoop, jump rope, parachute, handball, Frisbee, flag games, striking and volleying, and throwing and catching. 3rd-5th grade: aerobic and cardio games, muscle strengthening and endurance, flexibility, eating smart, personal hygiene, fitness and sports challenges, basketball, hockey, lacrosse, cricket, football, parachute, soccer, softball/baseball, volleyball, handball, dodge ball games, and flag games. At all grade levels we emphasize sportsmanship, team spirit, accepting personal responsibility, setting and meeting personal goals for fitness, honoring differences, collaboration and cooperation. For more information about the California Physical Education Standards, please visit the CA Department of Education website at: http://www.cde.gov/be/st/SS/documents/pestandards.pdf Thank you for all of your support in helping ensure your child has a fun and educational P.E. experience this year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us: doyenoki@smmusd.org grades 3-5 and agutierrez@smmusd.org grades 1 and 2. Sincerely, Grades 3-5 Grades 1 & 2 Please have your child return the permission slip to their P.E. coach. |
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