OMIS PE: Eagles On The Move…

TODAY WE ARE STARTING OUR ARCHERY AND BADMINTON UNITS.  OVER THE NEXT 3-4 WEEKS, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE HISTORY, SAFETY, EQUIPMENT AND SCORING INVOLVED IN EACH SPORT.  BASIC SKILLS IN ARCHERY WILL INCLUDE LEARNING HOW TO LOAD THE BOW, DRAWING BACK ON THE BOW, AIMING, AND RELEASING THE ARROW.  IN BADMINTON, STUDENTS WILL LEARN TWO TYPES OF SERVES, 3 DIFFERENT SHOTS USED IN THE GAME, AND 2 TYPES OF STROKES USED WHEN SWINGING THEIR RACQUET.

WE JUST COMPLETED 4 ACTION-PACKED DAYS OF JUGGLING AND SPEEDSTACK STATIONS.  THESE ACTIVITIES PROVIDED OUR KIDS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THE SKILLS WE HAD FOCUSED ON DURING OUR SPEEDSTACKS AND JUGGLING UNITS.  IN ADDITION TO STATIONS SPECIFICALLY UTILIZING THOSE SKILLS, WE HAD MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT PRESENTED A VARIETY OF PHYSICAL CHALLENGES TO STUDENTS.  FROM MINI TRAMPOLINES, STILTS AND POGO STICKS TO JUMBO CUPS, JUGGLING STICKS AND BALANCE BOARDS, IT WAS ALL HERE!!  ARCHERY AND BADMINTON ARE UP NEXT!!!!

THIS WEEK WE WILL BEGIN OUR JUGGLING AND SPEEDSTACK UNITS.  BOTH UNITS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE HAND-EYE COORDINATION AND WORK BOTH SIDES OF THEIR BRAIN SIMULTANEOUSLY..AND HAVE SOME FUN DOING IT.  THE JUGGLING UNIT WILL FOCUS ON SKILLS INVOLVING JUGGLING SCARVES AND BALLS, WITH ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERS AND SMALL GROUPS.  SPEEDSTACKS IS THE POPULAR “SPORT” OF STACKING CUPS IN A SPECIFIC PATTERN FOR SPEED.

THIS WEEK WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A PORTION OF OUR ANNUAL FITNESS TEST(STUDENTS TEST IN THE FALL AND SPRING).  OUR STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PUSH UP TEST, CURL UP TEST, AND V-SIT TEST(FLEXIBILITY).  WE STILL HAVE THE PACER TEST TO COMPLETE, WHICH MEASURES CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE WHILE TEACHING KIDS THE CONCEPT OF PACING THEMSELVES WHILE RUNNING.  AS ALWAYS, IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DON’T HESITATE TO EMAIL US.  WE ARE HERE FOR YOUR CHILD!

WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON VARIOUS TEAM BUILDING CONCEPTS DURING PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES: COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION, MAKING A CONTRIBUTION, COMMITMENT, AND TRUST.  THIS WEEK STUDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ROTATE THROUGH 25 DIFFERENT STATIONS WHERE THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THOSE CONCEPTS INTO PRACTICE.

AS WE DO EACH YEAR, WE ARE STARTING OFF THE YEAR FOCUSING ON TEAM BUILDING CONCEPTS INCLUDING COMMUNICATION, COMMITMENT, COOPERATION, MAKING A CONTRIBUTION AND TRUST.  ACTIVITIES IN PE ARE PLANNED TO ALLOW STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EACH OF THESE IN ACTION AS THEY WORK INDIVIDUALLY, WITH A PARTNER, AND IN SMALL AND LARGE GROUP SETTINGS.  

IT WAS ONLY 2 DAYS, BUT THE 1ST WEEK BACK WAS AWESOME!!  LOT OF SMILES AND GREAT KIDS TO GO WITH THEM!!  LOOKING FORWARD TO AN AMAZING YEAR IN PE AT OMIS!!  GO EAGLES AND WELCOME BACK KIDS!!

WE ARE PUMPED THAT YOU ALL ARE BACK!!  MS. S AND COACH GOODWIN CAN’T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF OUR FACES FROM LAST YEAR AND SO MANY NEW ONES AS WELL!!  THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE AWESOME IN PE, YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ANY OF THE ACTION!!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF OUR 5TH GRADERS MOVING ON TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.  YOU WILL DO SOME AWESOME THINGS.  THANKS FOR SHARING THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH US HERE AT OMIS.

IF YOU HAVE A 5TH GRADER THIS YEAR AT OMIS, DON’T MISS THE ANNUAL RECOGNITION SERVICE AT OMHS NEXT TUESDAY(MAY 20)!  IN ADDITION TO BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK THE LAST TWO YEARS AT OMIS, WE WILL ALSO TAKE A LOOK BACK WITH PICTURES AND MUSIC AT SOME AWESOME TIMES AS THEY MOVE ON TO THE 6TH GRADE!!