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ST. FABIAN SCHOOL Physical Education Curriculum

The Physical Education curriculum at St. Fabian School encompasses all the content areas expected in a good program, and more. Components are taught and arranged so that EVERY child is successful. In addition, students are not only "taught" the concepts, but they are given several opportunities to "teach" them to younger students. Another unique aspect to the program is the opportunity for eighth graders to choose most of their activities, including guest presenters. Grades 2-8 train for, and participate in, the President's Physical Fitness Challenge.
An alternating "once a week - twice a week" indoor gym use program supervised by the Physical Education teacher supplements the basic once a week P.E. program during the winter months.

FITNESS CONCEPTS

Fitness is covered every week in a short routine at the beginning of class. It is student led and progressive in nature. The President's Physical Fitness Challenge is administered in March
to grades 2-8 to give feedback to students, parents and teachers as to the status of one's fitness level. Awards are given to those who qualify. Encouragement and praise for honesty are given to those who may not qualify.

The fitness routines followed by each class are shown in the following chart:

walking K 1 2 3 4
biceps pump K 1 2 3 4
triceps pump K 1 2 3 4
marching K 1 2 3
jumping jacks K 1 2
partner fitness 5
walk and talk 6 7 8
push ups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
curl ups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
V stretch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
shuttle run ( Jan.-Mar.) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
long distance run K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The following charts show the progression that is followed to train for the fitness test:
Grades 2&3
wks 1&2 wks 3&4 wks 5&6 wks 7&8 wks 9,10 wks 11,12 wks 13,14 wks 15,16 wk 17 on
push ups 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14
curl ups 12 12 14 14 16 16 18 18 20
distance run 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7
Grades 4&5
push ups 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17
curl ups 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25
distance run 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
Grades 6,7 & 8
push ups 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
curl ups 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
distance run 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

MOVEMENT AND BALANCE SKILLS

Non- locomotor skills K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 comments
start I R
stop I R
bend I R
stretch I R
twist I R
turn I R
push I R
pull I R

movement exploration I R
human obstacle course I R

Locomotor skills K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 comments
walk I T
run I T
hop I T
jump I T
slide I T
gallop I T
leap I T
skip I T

"Bear Hunt" I R
relay races I R

Jumping skillsK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 comments
small rope skills I R R
large rope skills I R R
"skip its" I R R
standing vertical jumps I R R R
running vertical jumps I R R R
standing long jump I R R C
running long jump I R R C

Balance skills K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 comments
bean bag tag I R
tripod I R
headstand I R
low balance beam I R R R C C C C C
12" balance beam I R R R C C C C C

yoga poses I R R R R C C C video available

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