HEALTH AND FITNESS MOVES MINDS!
The 2020 – 2021 school year is here! This year at John Muir, students will be working virtually and/ or in person to further develop their fitness and health knowledge and skills. Students will be putting their gifts, talents, and interests to the test as we maneuver keeping students physically active in various sport, activity, and game play settings. We teach students that our bodies do so much for us, and that it is important to learn how to take care of them.
We will be teaching students the health and skill related components of fitness. The five health related components of fitness provide students with a framework to understand how to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle throughout their life.The six skill related components of fitness are used to train students to better their abilities in activities, games, and sports. By improving student’s skill related components of fitness, they will better their health-related components of fitness and overall wellbeing.These components of fitness include:
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Muscular strength
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Muscular endurance
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Flexibility
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Body composition
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Balance
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Power
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Speed
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Reaction time
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Coordination
Along with focusing on the health and skill related fitness components, students will learn about the human body and many of the systems that make it up (ex. skeletal system, muscular system, etc.). Creating student awareness and curiosity relating to their own health and fitness will allow students to develop a lifelong commitment to their bodies. In our Physical Education classes, we not only try to maximize student movement time, but we also try to blend in health lessons.
Throughout the year we intend to follow district and state standards to further develop our student’s health and fitness education. We both look forward to this school year, especially because this year there are two physical education teachers (1st time ever at John Muir!), which will allow for more movement time for students throughout the week. Let us know if you have any questions, we would love to talk health and fitness with you!
Some but not all of the sports and activities that students will get exposed to when / if we get back in the gym include:
Daniel Downs & Kendra Kritsonis
K-5 Physical Education Teachers