Physical Education is an integral dimension of each student's education that aims to enhance the wellness of each individual's life. Students participate in a sequential curriculum that promotes physical, mental, emotional, social, and moral well-being. The Physical Education program teaches students how to demonstrate basic skills and concepts, and then successfully apply them in more complex and realistic contexts. It allows students to make increasingly independent choices about the activities and roles they pursue.
Each child has the opportunity to experience success in Physical Education and reach his or her potential within a safe environment, where managed risk taking is encouraged. They will relate to others in a positive manner and experience leadership opportunities while performing as individuals, in groups and in teams. Students will be encouraged to participate in creating healthy communities and environments by taking responsible and critical action.
The Physical Education program will build progressively toward the ultimate goal: producing members of society who take lifelong personal responsibility for engaging in health-related physical activity because they recognize the intrinsic rewards of being active in ways they enjoy.
The ES Physical Education Standards
Standard 1: Demonstrate motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Standard 2: Demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and strategies as they apply to learning and performance of physical activities.
Standard 3: Assess and maintain a level of physical fitness to improve health and performance.
Standard 4: knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.
Standard 5: Demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principals and strategies as applied to learning and performance of physical activity.
The Physical Education program at each grade level is organized into the following categories that builds skills over time:
Manipulatives: Throwing, catching, striking, kicking, volleying, punting, jump rope
Movement (Locomotor): Walking, running, skipping, hopping, leaping
Aquatics
Body Management: Transferring weight, landing properly, spatial awareness, stretching
It is expected that students fully participate in all aspects of the physical education program, including the swimming unit. In addition, all students must wear their PE uniform and sneakers on the days their class receives PE instruction.
