PE Monthly Update #1
The Year Ones focus for the first six weeks of P.E. will be on gymnastics. They have been introduced to the rules and routines of P.E. and Gymnastics at Beacon Hill. They have learnt some of the shapes we can make in Gymnastics and over the next weeks will use those shapes when jumping, rolling and travelling.
Unit 1 Throwing and Catching
This unit will start next week when the students are attending school the whole day. This unit will focus on throwing and catching balls. This is an important skill to learn as it impacts other areas of P.E. so please spend some time at home practising throwing and catching.
Unit 1 Gymnastics
The Year Twos have started their unit on gymnastics and the focus so far has been on travelling. We have discussed what good travelling looks like and made comparisons to Olympic gymnastics. They will continue to work on travelling and how to put together sequences over the next gymnastic sessions.
Unit 1 Health and Fitness
This unit is being linked to the class unit on healthy living. We have explored why we need to exercise and what kind of exercise is good for maintaining a healthy body. Over the next few weeks we will look into how we can look after our bodies when we are at school, playing and when we are home.
Unit 1 Adventure Challenge
This unit will be linked to their class unit on signs and symbols. They have currently learnt about the importance of communicating whilst playing games. They have used verbal and non-verbal communication and have discussed the strengths and weaknesses of both kinds of communication They will continue to look at communication over the next few weeks.
Unit 1 Games – Netball
With their class teachers they will be learning the skills of netball with a focus on working as a team. The will learn about the roles of each player in a netball team.
Unit 1 Gymnastics
The Year 4s have been looking at the travelling in gymnastics with a focus on making it aesthetic and making smooth transitions. They have watched some Olympic videos for inspiration. They will continue during the rest of the unit to work on creating aesthetic sequences.
Unit 1 Dance
With their class teachers they are focusing on dance and how it links to their current class unit. They are looking at creating dances for a performance.
Games (Netball)
The Year Fives have started their games unit based around Netball. They have learnt the basic rules and skills of netball. The focus in the next sessions will be on attacking, defending and team work. There will be an opportunity to join the school netball club in term one for those that are interested.
Health Related Fitness
With their class teachers they are looking at health related fitness. They will look into why we need to be healthy and how we can keep fit and healthy. They will link this unit to their current class UOI.
Swimming
With their class teachers and coaches from ESF Ed Services the Year 6s will be having swimming lessons. The information was sent home earlier this week. The weeks they are not swimming the class teachers will be playing a variety of P.E. games with their classes.
Games – Handball
The Year 6s have been introduced to the game and rules of handball. They will focus on attacking and defending over the next few lessons.
This is a new section for the monthly P.E. update. This section will be for celebrating sporting success outside of school. So if your child does well in any sporting events (rugby, tae kwon do, golf, etc.) please email me at timothy.teahan@bhs.edu.hk and I will include it in this section. If you also have a photo I will also try and include it as well (space and size permitting!).
Our first celebration is for Zoie (4F). Over the summer holidays Zoie won 3rd place in the FCG Junior World Championship in San Diego, US which meant she also qualified to participate in the Highest Junior Golf Tournament called the IMG Junior World Championship this year. Zoie, also, won the KSC Junior Golf Open and finished 2nd runner up in the HK Junior Open. Well done, Zoie!
