Resources

During the pandemic, as a team, our elementary physical education department used google slides to push our content out to our students on a weekly basis.  Half of our team split into the K-2 team while the other split into the 3-5 team.  Each team created learning experiences using slides based upon one of these four pillars which we marked as "important for students to know and/or learn during the pandemic.  The pillars were "Let's get fit" (fitness focused activities), "Let's get skillful" (activities designed to build important motor skills), "Let's play" (activites designed for fun and play), and "Let's get well" (activities designed to attend to students social, emotional, and overall wellness).  Feel free to use this collection of google slides as a resource for personal learning and growth.

Shape America is our National Organization for Physical Education, Health, and Wellness.  Visit their website to get more information about standards and outcomes, professional development, grants, conferences, advocacy, and resources.  Shape America's Grade Level Outcomes for elementary physical educaiton are tremendously valuable and are a resource worth investigating.

The Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Educaiton, Recreation, and Dance is our state organization for Physical Education, Health, and Wellness and is an affiliate of Shape America.  MAHPERD helps districts within the state of Massachusetts at the local level with professional development, advocacy, conferences, and resources.

This is the website for the Needham Public Schools Wellness Department and it is where specific information about K-12 standards, personel and contact information, curriculum information about sex education, and resources can be found.