Grade 8 Physical Education and Health

Grade 8 Physical Education and Health

Required Physical Education Clothing: t-shirt, shorts/sweats, clean dry shoes, No Jewelry.  Shorts need to be a reasonable length (avoid spandex, spanx, etc.), and shirts need to have sleeves that come over the shoulder, and have appropriate messages.

Class Expectations

1. Safety - self, others
2. Respect others - teacher, classmates
3. Respect learning environment - equipment, facilities
4. Support the learning of others - sharing, supporting, encouraging
5. Try Hard - effort to do best, learn   

  We will have Health class 1 time per week for 35 minutes, and PE 2 times per week for 1 hour.

Health                                              Physical Education

September - Social Development                    Football

October - Safety                                             Volleyball

November - Personal Development                 Team Handball

December - Mental-Emotional Development    Low Organized Games/Broomball

January - Personal Health Practices                 Basketball

February - Nutrition                                        Floor Hockey

March - Active Living                                      Indoor Soccer

April - Goal Setting/Planning                           Badminton

May - Decision Making/Problem Solving          Track and Field

June                                                           Ultimate Frisbee

Grading:

1. Physical Education - 75%     Effort, Skill, Class Expectations
2. Health - 15%  Quizzes, Assignments
3. Fitness - 15% 12-minute run, Beep test and Upper, Middle, Lower Body Workouts 

Each PE class will be graded on a mark out of 5.  If you do not bring your Physical Education clothing, are injured or sick, you will need to do a classroom assignment.  Each of these assignments will be graded on a mark out of 1.  Please bring a note from home if you are injured or sick.