Congratulations to all our Crozet students on a fantastic first quarter from the Physical Education department!  We are excited for all the successes from the first nine weeks of school, and are eagerly awaiting the many more to come.  We have some amazing things coming up in the second quarter!  As reminder to all students that it is super important that you remember to wear you tennis shoes to Physical Education class every time!  Proper footwear allows you to move around safely, and allows you to move and exercise to your full ability.  Water bottles are also nice to have as a sure fire way to stay hydrated without missing any class time!

Ms. Laine was recognized for receiving the Shannon Foundation Grant to paint the United States map on our black top for P.E. activities!  We have finished the map and we have starting using it to get students moving while learning about Social Studies, Geography, directions, and colors.  Thank you Ms. Laine for putting in the hard work to apply for the grant and for all of the painting!

What a great time we have had thus far in P.E.  Kindergarten and 1^st graders continue to work on their personal and spatial awareness.  Locomotor skills (walk, run, skip, gallop, jump, hop, leap, and slide) are practiced on a regular basis.   We move in various pathways each day and always try to include brain gym activities and integrating the core subjects.  Also, we have been focusing on soccer dribbling and kicking.  The 4^th and 5^th graders are completing their wellness testing!

EAGLES IN ACTION

Check out our Kindergarten students that are strategizing in the cooperative activity of Puppies in the Pound!

Crozet P.E. is offering the Basketball Club during Eagle Time!  

Mr. Maynard will be leading the Basketball Club for Eagle Time this Fall.  Any students that are interested in or love playing basketball need to sign up ASAP.  Eagle Time Registration is from September 16 - 27.  Eagle Time clubs will run from October 7 to November 27.  

QuickStart Tennis will be donating four kid-sized tennis courts to our school.  Also, every student in grades 1, 2, and 3 will receive a free tennis racket and ball.  Thanks QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia!  

Here is the announcement from QuickStart:

Building a QuickStart Tennis Pathway for Crozet ES

Going Bananas! at Crozet Elementary School

Now QCV is undertaking an ambitious plan to build four 36-foot QuickStart courts at CES and equip all kids in first, second and third grade with racquets and balls to keep.

CES Field of Tennis Dreams -- QCV hopes to turn the field in the northest corner of the school's 21-acre site into a tennis magnet for kids ages eight and under or anyone who wants to play tennis on 36-foot courts. The courts will complement the three 36-foot courts QCV had built at Claudius Crozet Park in June 2012.

 

We are off and running in Physical Education this year!  We have built great cooperative communities through a variety of team building games and challenges, and are ready to start working hard together.  Over the next few weeks we will be begin fitness testing with our 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th graders, and will be conducting height and weight with all students.  We are excited for the year ahead, and are already impressed with everyone’s willingness to move, laugh, grow, and learn!