Second Quarter Grades 3-5

   Hello Northwest families!!!

For the second quarter of this year we have begun our basketball unit! We are covering the following skills: hand dribbling, passing, shooting and stealing and protecting. We are also covering games such as lightning, pig, around the world and half court games!!! Please encourage your child to work on these skills in the coming months!!! Thank you NW families!!!

Second Quarter Grades BK-2

  Hello Northwest families!!!

For the second quarter of this year we have started working on underhand throwing, jump roping, balancing, jumping, leaping and landing, hula hooping and shoe lace kicking. Parents and guardians are encouraged to continue to work on these skills with their students!

First Quarter Grades Bk-2

 Hello Northwest families!!!

We have had an amazing start to our 2021/2022 school year! Skills and topics we have covered so far are: personal space, locomotor movements, underhand rolling, teamwork and we have discussed building muscle and heart strength through play!!! Please continue to encourage your child to stay active and continue to improve on their fitness!!!

First Quarter Grades 3-5

 Hello Northwest families!!!

Our year has been a blast so far!!!

We have spent our time working on all skills associated with soccer and then we transferred those skills into soccer games!!! We covered foot dribbling, pullbacks, push passing, instep kicking, stealing and protecting and then all basic moves associated with protecting the ball (such as turning your ack to an opponent etc...). We have also taken time to get to know one another, learn the rules, procedures and grading in the gym and have started talks about sportsmanship!!!

Field day 2021!!!!!

The kids are having so much fun at this years Field Day!!!!

Amazing sportsmanship, kindness, friendly competition and fun!!!! 

It is an honor to work with your students each day and I am so lucky to be the PE teacher at Northwest Elementary!!!

April 2021

 Students in grades Bk-2 have been working on 

Underhand throwing

2 Hand Catching

Jump rope

Hula Hooping

Balance

Leaping, jumping

Hopscotch

Students in grades 3-5 have been working on 

finishing up with basketball 

Started volleyball

Bump

Set 

Serve

March 2021

 Student in grades Bk-2 have been working on 

Music and movement

Building muscle through play and body weight

sportsmanship

Rolling

Locomotor movements 

Personal space

Shoelace kicking

Flexibility

Students in grades 3-5 have been working on 

Football throwing

Rules to football

Punting

Basketball 

February 2021 Grades Bk-2

During the month of February students are working on the following:

Personal Space 

Locomotor movements 

Balancing, leaping, jumping and landing

Under/ overhand throw

2 hand catch

Muscle building through using ones own body weight

Flexibility

February 2021 Grades 3-5

 During the month of February students in grades 3-5 have been working on 

How heart rate, breathing and sweating all play a role in movement. 

Volleyball rules

Volleyball skills (bump, set, serve) 

Volleyball positions.

Throwing and catching (a frisbee)

Ultimate frisbee rules 

Person to person defence

Sportsmanship, kindness, compassion, safety and respect 

January Grades 3-5

At this point in the quarter, students in grades 3-5 are/ will be working on the following skills:

Football: throw, catch punt and basic rules to football

Volleyball: bump, set, serve and basic rules to the game

Kindness, respect, empathy, safety and responsibility. 

January 2021 BK-2

For the third quarter, students in grades BK-2 will be working on 

the following skills:

Locomotor movements (skip, gallop, sideslide, run, jog and speedwalk)

Underhand throw (overhand for 2nd)

2 Hand Catch

Shoelace kick

Foot trap

hand dribble (2nd)

Work with a team

Understand the 5 components of fitness (younger grades will understand 2 of 5)

Work on flexibility