Ms. Marianne Getz

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Kipling Physical Education

Students at Kipling have physical education twice a week; Kindergarteners for 20 minutes, students in grades 1-3 for 30 minutes, and students in grades 4 and 5 for 40 minutes.

What do we do in PE? All sorts of different activities (check out the curriculum link)! PE is not like 'gym' class 20 years ago! At Kipling students learn interesting information each month about muscles and bones (check out the Muscle of the Month and Bones of the Month link). They know that being healthy requires more than just exercise - one needs to eat healthy, exercise, and get enough sleep. We don't eat or sleep in class, but we definitely do exercise! We work on the three components of fitness: strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. Students also learn about strategy and teamwork/cooperation to accomplish a goal. Here at Kipling we often keep score in games which means that sometimes we win and sometimes we don't! It is a great way to practice sportsmanship!

Each year we have some fun school wide events: 5th Graders vs. Teachers Volleyball Game, ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously), and Kipling Olympics (AKA Field Day). Would you like more info on these events? See the link in 'Important Information and Events'.

Thanks for checking out my website!
Ms. Getz

Useful Links

	http://www.idph.state.il.us/
	http://www.cdc.gov/
	http://www.amhrt.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
	http://sparkpeople.com/
	http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/
	http://kidseatwell.org/
	http://americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1477
	BMI calculator
	http://fitnessgram.dps109.org/FITNESSGRAM9District/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fFITNESSGRAM9District%2fdefault.aspx