Live 2 B Fit

Here you will find the monthly update for all things Health and Physical Education for grades 2-8. Hang on tight, there is always a lot going on.

Geoff Head - 2nd - 5th grade

Alayna Hermans - 6th and 7th grade

Doc Laumann - 6th and 8th grade

Dalton Parker - 6th grade

Rachel Thompson(dept. chair) - 7th grade

Email: ramthomp@vbschools.com
Website: http://brickellacademyfitkids.weebly.com/
Location: Old Donation School, Honeygrove Road, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Phone: 757-648-3240
Facebook: facebook.com/Liv2Bfit
Twitter: @klpebfit

In the month of March the elementary H/PE team will look to build off of the excitement of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournaments and delve into a variety of basketball skills and games. The students will all learn the fundamental skills of passing, shooting and dribbling. Along with those skills, students will also be doing basketball related activities designed to improve their fitness. Some of these activities include: figure 8 passing drills and “knockout” games involving dribbling and shooting.

Students will continue to learn about Nutrition through a variety of fitness based activities. Some of the activities may include: scavenger hunts, relay races, workouts, and teamwork/problem solving challenges. The concepts we will focus on include: proper hydration choices, the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy foods, and how to read food labels. Students will also explore “Energy Balance”. They will learn about the causes and effects of healthy and unhealthy food choices. Students will learn and understand that putting good food into their bodies will results in getting optimal performance out of them.

Moving into the 2nd semester our focus has been on the Skill Related Components of Fitness. Our fitness days have focused on assessing those skills based on Heart Rate: balance, agility, reaction time, coordination, speed, and power. Every unit of study in the 2nd semester will have a focus on these skills in cooperation with the health related component: cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility.

We are concluding Badminton in the gym rotation the week of March 11th for all grades.

On March 18th we will start March Madness, ODS' basketball unit. We will kick it off with a special lesson using rhythm. We will end the unit with a culminating event in conjunction with the MS SCA in a 3v3 Basketball Tournament on April 10th, from 4-6pm.

In the Fitness/Cardio Room rotation 6th grade students are continuing to focus on their fitness plans incorporating heart rate(HR) and rate of perceived exertion (RPE). 7th grade students are learning how to identify exercises in their designated plane of motion. 8th grade students are focusing on muscular contractions and how they apply to their individual workouts.

Health assignments this month include the following:

6th grade: Disease Projects - students picked a disease of their choosing with in a small group. They researched and presented their presentations to their peers.

7th grade: Top Chef - the next round of Top Chef is in full motion. Students are in groups and busy creating their meals, with a cultural focus. They will present their meals March 25th and 26th during class. The top 8 meals will be voted on by a panel of local celebrity chefs thanks to Chef Kip Poole.

8th grade: working in their module on schoology.

STEM in the Gym – This coming week 6th grade will kick off our first ever STEM in the gym. We will be working hand in hand with Mrs. Troxell and Mr. Laney. Mr. Laney will be bringing over some spheros from Plaza and Mrs. Follin has provided some of the spheros and cubes we will be using.. Also the VA Hall of Fame will be here on Wednesday and Friday, made possible by a PTA grant.

Top Chef Kick Off – Monday March 4th, 2019 we will be kicking off the Spring round of Top Chef. This round is going to be a school to school competition between Landstown Middle School and Old Donation School 7th grade students.

Nutrition Month – I encourage you to have dinner table discussion about healthy lunch/food choices.

XLLR - Pre Shamrock Extra Large Lap Run is March 13th, 2019 during all PE bells. If you would like to volunteer click on the following link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054bafa922a2f58-brickell

Shamrock Participation – There are 131 students registered for the Final Mile and 63 for the 8K. We will represent Old Donation School proudly on March 16th, 2019. There will be an all school participant picture on Monday March 18th at 8:30 in the atrium. All runners should wear their J and A racing shirt.

March Madness – In cooperation with the NCAA March Madness Tournament that starts on March 19th, we are collaborating with the Library and doing a March Madness for Reading. Mrs. German has provided a list of books they would like to promote to all students from 2nd grade – 8th grade. Each of those books will be associated with one of the teams in the tournament. If the team wins then the book wins and moves on in the bracket. Mr. Harris and Mrs. Gallagher are creating bracket posters for this collaboration. The posters will be in the bus loop hallway. Please join me in promoting this initiate across all grade levels.

VB Strong - March 22nd, 2019 with special guest Virginia Wesleyan's Men's Basketball Coach.

Bon Secours Heart Health Academy - The Heart Health Academy is an innovative program with a mission to educate middle school students on the importance of making heart-healthy decisions early in life in order to help prevent smoking abstention, regular exercise, and dietary discretion - impact the development of symptomatic coronary artery disease later in life. The program engages students in an entertaining discussion about practical ways to live heart healthy lives. This presentation is for 7th grade students only. The first presentation is on March 27th for the Baylinx team. Your students came home this week with a letter explaining the program. Please send the completed portion on the bottom of the form back to school by March 22nd.

3 v 3 Basketball Tournament – April 10th we are working hand in hand with the SCA to put on a 3 v 3 basketball tournament. All flyers will be handed out in PE.