Physical Education
Focus on exercise, healthy living, and team games. Other activities include Jump Rope for Heart, Read/Right/Run, the Presidential Fitness Challenge, and an Annual Field Day.
Year at a Glance
Primary
| Kindergarten |
| General & Personal Space |
Self-awareness |
| Personal & Social Responsibility including Heart Health |
Self-Control. Respect |
| Movement Concepts |
Run, Walk, Skip |
| Manipulative Skills |
Throwing, Kicking |
| Simple Rhythmic Concepts |
Jump Rope, parachute |
| Non-Locomotor Concepts |
Stretching |
| First Grade |
| General & Personal Space |
Self-awareness |
| Personal & Social Responsibility including Heart Health |
Self-control, Respect |
| Movement Concepts |
Run, Walk, Skip |
| Manipulative Skills |
Throwing, Kicking |
| Simple Rhythmic Concepts |
Jump Rope, parachute |
| Non-Locomotor Concepts |
Stretching |
| Second Grade |
| General & Personal Space |
| Personal and Social Responsibility |
| Movement Concepts |
| Manipulative Skills |
| Simple Rhythmic Concepts |
| Non-Locomotor Concepts |
| Heart Health |
Kid's Heart Challenge |
Intermediate
| Third Grade |
| General & Personal Space |
| Personal and Social Responsibility including Heart Health |
| Movement Concepts |
| Manipulative Skills |
| Simple Rhythmic Concepts |
| Non-Locomotor Concepts |
| Fourth & Fifth Grade |
| Fitness Principles |
Types of exercise |
| Personal & Social Responsibility |
Cooperation |
| Deveopmental Games |
Strategy, Problem-solving |
| Skill Techniques |
Hula hooping, Paddle Strike |
| Team & Individual Sports |
Bowling |
| Heart Health |
Kid's Heart Health |
| Cooperative Skills Challenge |
Balance Beam, Throwing/Catching |
Middle School
| Sixth & Seventh Grade |
| Fitness Principles |
Endurance |
| Team Building |
6th Grade camp, House system |
| Heart Health |
Kid's Heart Health |
| Cooperative Fitness Challenge |
Mile Run, Partner Planks |
| Team & Individual Sports |
Pickleball, volleyball |
| Eighth Grade |
| Fitness Principles |
Endurance |
| Team Building |
School Families, House System |
| Heart Health |
Kid's Heart Challenge |
| Team & Individual Sports |
Pickleball, volleyball |
Dancing Classrooms
Dancing Classrooms is a 10 week program that teaches ballroom dance while integrating social-emotional learning in each lesson. Using the New-York based Dulaine method, students learn six ballroom dancing styles: Merengue, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Swing, and Waltz. During the 10 weeks, a dance instructor visits the 5th grade classes twice a week - once during their weekly music class and again during their weekly P.E. class. The program ends with a friendly competition between St. Gabriel's 5th grade students, and students from other schools who also participated in the Dancing Classrooms program. For more information about St. Louis Dancing Classrooms visit https://www.stldancingclassrooms.org/.
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