Malletts Bay School Physical Education . . . Unified in Teaching and Learning

     Alex Frank, in Mr. Galati’s  fifth grade class, set a new record for the 11 year old boys Endurance Run.  Colchester has a graduated run to assess heart-lung endurance for the Fitness Challenge.  By that we mean that as you get older the distance increases until age 12.  The breakdown is as follows: 6 and 7 year olds run a quarter of a mile, 8 and 9 years olds do a half a mile, 10 and 11 year olds run three quarters of a mile and 12 and up complete a mile.  The previous record was held since 2005 by Brendan Copley a Colchester High School cross country runner, track and nordic ski standout.  Eleven year old Alex beat the record time by one second with an amazing  time of 4 minutes and 26 seconds.  Congratulations Alex!  By the way Alex will receive one of the MBS Extreme Physical Fitness Awards.  To receive this you must earn the outstanding (exceeds the standards) level in all four components during the three years you are at Malletts Bay School.

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     The astonishing weather that we have been having has allowed us to really move ahead with the Physical Fitness Challenge.  Thus far we have completed the sit ups, sit and reach and flexed arm hang.  We will be doing the Fitness Run this week with make-ups just after the Spring Break.  The students have really been putting their best foot forward with the test.  
     Just a reminder to students to make sure they have the proper footwear for the run and all P.E. activities.   With the great weather we have been having it can be easy to forget the running shoes.  Check the page on the blog labeled Dress for proper footwear.

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Yes…………that is correct the U.S.A. Women’s Hockey Team will visit Malletts Bay School today!  The team is here in Burlington, Vermont to participate in the World Women’s Hockey Championships over the next week. 
About half the team will visit the Medical Center and the other half joining us at M.B.S.  They hope to be here at about 12:30 p.m. to visit with students during the last lunch of the day.  Following their lunch engagement they will either visit some of  our classes or join the school at large in the gymnasium to share some of their experiences.
     There are seven other teams from around the world here for the World Championships.  Those teams are Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Russia, and Slovakia.  The games will take place at Gutterson Rink on the campus of U.V.M. and South Burlington’s Cairns Arena.
     Don’t forget to wear your red, white and blue.  Go U.S.A.!

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     The Physical Fitness Challenge will be in full swing this week with the first two assessments.  The sit-ups and sit and reach will be the two test components.  The sit-ups will assess abdominal muscle strength and endurance.  The sit and reach will measure the flexibility of their hamstrings, lower back muscles and hip joint.  While students are taking this assessment the other students will participate in activity stations of scooters/sit and reach, basketball, four square and jumping with hula hoops and jump ropes.  Students scores will be recorded on their personal fitness card that will follow them through grade 8.   At the end of the assessment a personal report of your child’s scores will be sent home.  Certficates will be awarded to all students according to achievement level….bronze, silver and gold.  Students who achieve the gold level for all four components during the three years that they are at MBS receive the Extreme Physical Fitness Certificate.

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During the week of March 26th students in fourth and fifth grade will participate in a variety of health  presentations about growth and development, puberty, nutrition and hygiene.  Parents may join Mrs. Frieberg, nurse and the P.E. staff, Miss Thomas and Mr. Hunt for a parent night to preview and discuss the content of the presentations.  The fourth grade parent night will be on Wednesday, March 21st at 6:30 p.m. in the library.  The following evening, March 22nd, parents of fifth graders are invited to M.B.S. at 6:30 p.m. in the library to preview and discuss their health materials.

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Welcome back!    Whether you enjoyed Vermont and all it has to offer or traveled to places afar I hope that you had a wonderful winter break.  It looks like we will really “spring” forward during this coming week with four out the the next six days with temperatures reaching into the 50′s.

 During the next few weeks we will  be participating in dance.  We will be looking at the many ways that dances helps us in other parts of our life.  Each class we will warm up with a variety of dances to develop different movement skills.  Students will then work in small groups to create their own dance through a variety of different movement concepts.  This choreographed dance will be put to appropriate music of their choice.  The third graders will develop their dance with opening and closing shapes as well as with different locomotor (walk, slide, skip, hop,etc.) and non-locomotor (bend, twist, sway, stretch, etc.) movements.  The dance creations of the fourth and fifth graders will have the opening and closing shapes with movements sandwiched in-between the shapes that demonstrate different pathways, directions and levels of movement. I am always amazed at how creative our students are and how they interpret the music with their own movements.  Working together, sharing  ideas, compromising  and appreciating the work of others is an important part of the MBS dance experience.  On a daily basis students will use a dance rubric where they evaluate the work of their group for the day.  So let the dancing begin!

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“Ready, Set, Run” is another opportunity for for child to participate in a fun running program.  This activity is sponsored by Run Vermont for children 4 to 12 years old.  March 12th is the kick off for this exciting running program.  One of the area coaches will be Colchester’s Morgan Samler who is a physical education teacher, cross country running and nordic ski coach at Colchester High School.  There is a $30.00 fee for the program.  To learn more about the program and register go to http://www.RunVermont.org.

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Today will be the sign up for the Girls On the Run program.  Registration will take place in the Malletts Bay School cafeteria from 6:00-7:00 pm.  For more information call 802-246-1476 or visit http://www.girlsonthe runvermont.org.

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The Shooting for Literacy shootaround with both the U.V.M. men’s and women’s basketball teams will  be held today, Thursday, February 23rd from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Patrick Gym.  All students are invited to attend and the event is free.  The teams will be running small basketball skill stations for the kids.

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