Grade 6 Health and Physical Education

  • Please note the following:
    1.  Students must have on sneakers that either tie or Velcro to be able to participate in Physical
         Education.  Slip-on sneakers are not appropriate.  Not wearing the proper sneakers will result in
         a "0" for the day.
    2.  Students receive one grade for the combination of both Health and Physical Education.
    3.  In Physical Education, a student's grade is determined by the following factors - Effort (including
         warm-up, Sportsmanship/Cooperation, Rules/Tactics and Performance/Skills
    4.  Health is scheduled to begin in early October, with an exact date to follow.  Health usually runs
         until mid-March, dependent on the weather.  

    SEPTEMBER

    Physical Education - Intro to PE, Tag Games, Stations, Fall Mile Run and lead-up Flag Football 
                                  Activities 
                                 
                                  Please note that the nurse will be recording heights, weights and          
                                  performing vision screenings during one physical education class


    OCTOBER: Please note that Health will begin in on October 17th and will be days B,D and F 

    Physical Education - Flag Football, Capture the Flag and Pumpkin Bowling
                                 Students of the Month - Annefloor F. and Jack J. 

    Health - What is Health? and Safety/First Aid Unit: Safety Snippets 

    NOVEMBER: Fire Safety Plan will be due in December 

    Physical Education - Indoor Soccer, Prison Ball, Keeper of the Kingdom, Hunger Games and 
                                  Student of the Month Selection  

    Health - Safety/First Aid Unit: Accident Chain, First Aid Basics and Fire Safety 

    DECEMBER: Fire Safety Plan due - Day A 12/5, Day C 12/7

    Physical Education - Cooperative Game: Survivor Island, Holiday Games, Cone Flipping and Student
                                  of the Month Selection
          Students of the Month - Simran G. and Blake G. 

    Health - Fire Project Due, Safety/First Aid - Weather/Natural Disasters and General First Aid 
                Concepts  

    JANUARY

    Physical Education - Floor Hockey, Individual Competitions - Jump Rope, Hula Hoop and Jump the 
                                 Brook

    Health - First Aid - Specific Injuries and Abdominal Thrusts for Chocking and Skeletal System Intro

    FEBRUARY

    Physical Education - SPUD, Vertical Jump, Indoor Softball, Scooter Relays and Student of the Month
                                  Selection

    Health - Skeletal and Muscular Systems

    MARCH

    Physical Education - Balance Relays, Basketball Hot Shot, Dr. Ball, Bridge Tag, Keeper of the 
                                  Kingdom, Empire, Mat ball and Partner Cooperation Activities 

    Health - Urinary/Reproductive Systems and HIV/AIDS

    APRIL

    Physical Education - Line Tag, Spring Mile Run, Team Partner Cooperative Activity - TicTacToe
                                 Relay, Intro to Wrestling, Climbing Wall and Rescue 911
                                 Students of the Month - Marissa W. and Arnesh N.

    Health - Completed: Physical Education now for both days of the cycle


    May - Field day is scheduled for Thursday, June 1st with the rain date being the next day

    Physical Education - Team Handball, Capture the Flag, Keeper of the Kingdom, Volleyball Lead-Up and
                                  Tug-of-War