August – December 2008

In the coming months, students from grade 1 to grade 5 will be participating in a variety of ball games, movement skills and swimming. There will also be fitness testing that will look at students stamina, power, flexibility and muscular endurance.

BALL GAMES
Skills that we will be focusing on include:

* throwing and catching
* hand/eye coordination
* spatial awareness
* attacking and defending
* shooting

MOVEMENT SKILLS (GRADE 1)
Skills that we will be focusing on include:

* balance
* coordination
* creating movement with our bodies
* expressing ourselves through the art of dance
* learning a variety of modern and folk dances

SWIMMING
Skills that we will be focusing on include:

* water confidence
* water entry/safety in the water
* body position (push and glide)
* freestyle
* breaststroke
* basic backstroke
* breathing
* touch and tumble turns