Sneakers

With all the activities that we do in Phys. Ed., either inside or outside, the students must have proper footwear to participate in class.  Students will have to sit out of the day’s activity if they do not have the proper footwear, this is for safety.  The children should wear a sneaker with a non-marking sole.  The sneaker should cover the entire foot.  Students can wear athletic type sneakers that are Velcro, slip-ons, or ones that tie.  Please practice tying shoe laces with your children so they can tie the laces tight and can retie them if they come undone.  Also have your children wear socks with their sneakers to prevent blisters from occurring.  Students should not wear Heelies to class, even if the wheels have been taken out, these shoes are heavier than normal shoes and they do not allow the students to have full movement.  Please keep these guidelines in mind when shopping for your children’s shoes.

Clothes

With all the movement that the children will be doing, please try to have them wear loose fitting clothes to school.  Dresses or skirts are nice dress clothes, but are not recommended to be worn on gym days.  Skorts are ok to wear, but do not allow full movement.  Weather permitting; we will go outside for class, so the students may want to have shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt.  If it is a little chilly outside in the morning, the students can bring out a light weight jacket or long sleeve t-shirt to wear.  In the colder months when we are inside they can take off any sweatshirts, sweaters, or long sleeve t-shirts and place them off to the side when they get too warm.  If your children wear earnings, please make sure they are studs or small hoop rings.  Big hoops and long dangling earnings can be dangerous by getting caught on the jerseys the students wear.  The jerseys are use to identify the different teams that the students are on during the games we play in class.  Please follow the school districts dress code policy when dressing your children for school and the daily activities they will be participating in.

 
Eating Healthy and Being Active

With childhood obesity on the rise and children being less active, parents and school staff need to help stop and reverse this trend.  We encourage an active role by both the children and the parents in what is being eaten for meals at home.  Eat a healthy serving of fruits and vegetables along with the other food groups to supply the body with enough energy.  Also children need to drink healthier liquids.  They should stay away from the drinks that are loaded with sugars (pop and fountain drinks).  Children should be active for at least 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week.  Children need to go outside and play games with friends when the weather cooperates.  Children should avoid staying inside every day to play video games and play on the computer.  Parents are encouraged to participate with children by taking your children out for a walk or going on a bike ride around the neighborhood.  As a parent you’re eating habits and your physical fitness is an example to your children in how they eat and how they exercise.  Please remind your children to keep their hands clean by washing them before eating any foods, after they are done playing, after they blow their nose or cough, and to keep their hands out of their mouth and nose.  Also remind your child if they start coughing to cough into their elbow when they bend their arm towards their mouth.  These few things can help preventing teachers and students from getting sick and the spread of germs.

Excuses

If your children see a doctor or physician and can not participate in a regular physical education class, please send in that doctor’s note.  We will make a copy for the nurse and for my records.  If your children are ill or became injured at home and you do not want your children to participate, please send in a note for that class.  Do not have your children say, “That my mom/dad told me to tell you I can not participate.”  If they are going to miss more than one class on a parent’s note, a doctor’s excuse will be needed.  The students are always encouraged to try their best every day on every activity they participate in.  If they are not feeling well they can sit out and observe the class or they can have the nurse check them out to see if they are okay.  Please work with your children in having them speak up if they are not feeling well or if something is wrong with them, so we can help them out or send them down to the nurse when needed.  If they do not speak up, we may never know something is wrong or if something is bothering them.