Physical Education
Your elementary school student in Regional School District 17 will participate in physical education through large muscle locomotor movements to form the basic movement patterns used in individual activity and team sports. These movements are the framework intermediate physical education progression, and are performed in a non-competitive, open spaced setting. In addition each student will be taught the benefit of leading a physically active lifestyle. Most importantly, your child will have fun and strive to be their BEST selves throughout the process.
Classes will consist of 3 basic components:
Fitness
Your child will learn and apply fitness principles at the beginning of each class. Students will utilize and create different exercises during circuit training to further develop fitness stamina and knowledge.
Skill Practice
From throwing to cup-stacking your student will practice many different motor skills and patterns. Students know that practice doesn’t always make perfect, but they do know that what and how they practice is usually how they perform.
Application
Students will have an opportunity each class to combine their concept and skill knowledge and utilize it in a performance/game setting.