August/September Update 2025

Welcome back to school!!!  Both Mrs. Forrester and Mrs. Ramsey will be teaching PE again this year.  Mrs. Forrester will be teaching on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Mrs. Ramsey will be teaching Wednesdays and Thursdays like last year.  It's going to be a GREAT YEAR!!!

For the months of August/September students will be learning or reviewing the Coyote Conduct expectations, procedures, and drills for PE class.  Students will be participating in cooperative activities, and grades 3 through 5 will be taking their Beginning of Year Fitness Assessments.  Students will enter their fitness scores using their Chromebooks in to Wellnet.  Students will have access to their fitness scores all the way up until they are seniors. Grade 5 will also be taking their 5 Components of Fitness pre-test.  Students will learn and review the proper form of throwing and practicing in several activities.

Questions of the Months:

Why is it important to have rules/expectations?

Why is it important to learn cooperation and teamwork?

Why is it important to measure your fitness? 

Why is it important to throw properly?

Skills/Focus for the Months:

Expectations, procedures, drills, cooperation/teamwork, throwing, galloping, skipping, pivoting, fitness testing

October Update 2025

Happy October!  This month in PE students students will continue cooperative activities and teamwork.  Students will learn and review the Levels of Intensity.  Fifth grade students will formulate fitness goals for the end of the year based on their beginning of the year scores, and a plan to make their goals.  We will also discuss a fire safety plan and practice how to stop-drop-and roll in our fire safety tag activity.  Students will also learn and review the skeletal system.  At the end of the month students will participate in Red Ribbon Week stations.  We will also discuss the importance of leading a heathy life style.

Questions of the Month:

Why should I have goals?

Why is it important to have a fire safety plan?

Why do I need bones?

Skills/Focus for the Month:

Cooperation/teamwork, create goals, fire safety, skeletal system, Levels of Intensity, Red Ribbon Week, throwing continued, karaoke, hopping, bowling, hand-eye coordination, balance, jumping rope

November Update 2025

Welcome to November's PE update!  This month will be participating in a couple of invasion activities while reviewing Levels of Intensity and the 5 Components of Fitness.  In kindergarten, the students will be learning letter recognition and all grades will practice spelling words while participating in Brain Ball.  Students will also learn and participate in cup stacking.  Cup stacking is great for hand-eye coordination, crossing the midline, and using both sides of the brain.  Our school will be participating in the World Sport Staking Association World Record Stack Up. A total of 784,036 students from around the world help to set a new world record of cup stackers.  https://www.speedstacks.com/stackup/2025/the-sport/?rid=46660

Questions of the Month:

Why do strategies help with all sports/games?

Why is crossing the midline important?

Why is it important to stack cups with both hands?

Skills/Focus for the Months:

Chasing, fleeing, dodging, speed, agility, hand-eye coordination, crossing midline, throwing, catching, galloping, skipping, teamwork, cooperation, spatial awareness, offensive strategies, defensive strategies, Levels of Intensity, 5 Components of Fitness, muscle and bone identification, procedures, rules, and safety.

December Update 2025

Fourth and fifth grade students participated in archery. Mrs. Forrester is a certified National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) instructor.  She received several grants to purchase equipment for students at Purple Sage.   The ancient sport of archery levels the playing field for all students to be successful.  It also teaches hand-eye coordination, develops muscular strength/endurance, and helps students learn to focus.  Participating in archery also hits multiple PE standards. It is a sport that can be enjoyed for a lifetime. Students also reviewed and participated in the 5 Components of Fitness.   All students participated in winter holiday stations, and worked on dodging, fleeing, and spatial awareness in our holiday tag games as well.

Questions of the Month:

How will archery help me in the classroom and in life?

Why is it important to practice skills properly?

Skills/Focus for the Months:

Chasing, fleeing, dodging, speed, agility, hand-eye coordination, throwing, catching, spatial awareness, trotting, Levels of Intensity, 5 Components of Fitness, procedures, rules, and safety.

January Update 2026

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a safe and restful break. We kicked off the month of January with building snowmen!  Students used equipment and worked in cooperative groups to build the cutest snowmen.  

Throughout the month we will also be learning about muscular strength and muscular endurance. Specifically, the difference between the two and what activities help us to become stronger in each area.

Our 3rd-5th grade students are revisiting their fitness goals by completing a mid-year "check in" on push-ups, holding a plank, and the pacer. These fitness exercises focus on three of the five components of fitness: muscular strength, muscular endurance, and cardiorespiratory endurance. Students have shared out some excellent ways to stay healthy and fit during these long winter months, here are some of their ideas: 

• Play basketball

• Walks/Runs (when it isn't too icy) 😊

• Hike

• Take the stairs instead of an elevator

• Ski or Snowshoe

• Eat healthy snacks

Skills/Focus for the Month:

Sportsmanship, muscular strength and endurance