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Students in grades 6-8 participate in a sports based
physical education program.
Attire: Students are
required to change their clothing for each class. Students should bring a tee
shirt and shorts or sweat pants. Sweat shirts are also needed for some of the
outdoor classes in the cooler weather. Students need to wear supportive,
athletic footwear for safe participation. Hair that could obstruct vision must
be secured. Students are issued a school gym locker and a school lock
Schedule: Grade 6-8
students have physical education twice a cycle for 45 minutes.
Medical Excuses: Students
who have been ill or who have minor injuries and need to be excused from a
physical education class for one day should bring a note from a parent.
Students needing to be excused for a extended period of time because of a
injury or illness need to bring a note from the doctor.
Units: Students in grades
6-8 use previously learned skills and strategies to participate in small sided
games in a variety of sports. Differentiation is used to allow more
experienced students to play independently while intermediate level players
can receive teacher instruction and guidance during game play. When all the
students are prepared, a one day or multi-day tournament, can be played.
Students are put into teams and participate in fun tournaments utilizing game
strategies and demonstrating rule knowledge by self refereeing of the games.
Students with higher skill levels are encouraged to act as leaders and mentors
to others. In multi- day tournaments students who help less experienced
teammates find the whole team becomes stronger.
Fitness Test
Touch football
Floor/Field hockey
Basketball
Volleyball
Gymnastics
Challenge activities
Wall climbing
Dance
Aerobic games: Treasure Island, Capture the Flag, Matball,
Crossfire, Medic
Grading: Students are
graded at the end of each unit and the grade is a combination of personal
skill development, performance. Students receive a physical education grade
and citizenship grade on each trimester report card. The physical education
grade is a letter grade which is the average of the unit grades and the
citizenship grade is a combination of effort, attitude, social behavior and
conduct.
Intramural Sports: Florence
Sawyer School provides afterschool intramural programs of touch football,
basketball and volleyball for students in grades 6-8 at no cost. Students must
have a signed permission slip before participation.
Interscholastic Sports:
Florence Sawyer School provides interscholastic sports for students in grades
6-8. Any student planning to participate in interscholastic sports must have a
signed permission slip and must have had a medical exam within the past year
and must have turned a medical report to the school nurse before the tryouts
or before the first track practice. Sports available are cross country running
, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, softball, baseball and track and field.
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