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Active and Healthy Schools

P.E. in the Classroom

Making Healthy Schools

Integration of Academic

Concepts in P.E.

• Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004-Mandates that schools that receive federal funding for meals develop and implement wellness policies that address nutrition, physical activity, and lifelong health habits.
• How would you create a culture of wellness in your school?

School Nutrition Environment

Integration

• Ensure that school lunches are healthy
• Ensure that vending machines only have healthy options
• Don't give junk food as a reward
• Limit sale of unhealthy foods
• Use bulletin boards to advertise healthy nutrition

Language Arts Integration Ideas

• Decide which model - individual, partner, or team
• Ask P.E. teacher what concepts he/she is teaching
• Share what you're teaching with the P.E. teacher

• Spelling instead of counting for stretches.
• Use foreign languages for common objects
• Alphabetizing the line of students
• Nouns & Verbs
• Spelling Words Relay
• Scrabble Scramble

Social Studies/Multi-cultural Integration Ideas

Active and Healthy School Program (AHSP)

Getting Started

• Direction words (N, S, E, W)
• Games from other countries
• Spearing a rabbit

• Start in your classroom
• Form an AHSP Committee
• Develop a plan
• Reflect, evaluate, & progress

• Quality physical education
• Active Learning in the classroom
• Out-of-school/after-school programs
• Activity breaks (recess, lunch, in-class)
• Sun safety
• Point-of-decision prompts
• Teacher involvement
• Walking-to-school programs
• Parental involvement
• Activity calendars, P.E. nights, charity event/races

Health Integration Ideas

Science Integration Ideas

• Flight or fright - (numbers game)
• Anytime/sometimes game - (red light green light)

• Natural connections between health & P.E.
• Body mechanics & physics
• Water cycle circuit

Math Integration Ideas

• Skip counting - make a goal worth 3, 5, or 10 points
• Use vocabulary (perimeter, diameter)
• Degrees or fractions (180 degree turn or 3/4 of a circle)
• Measurement (time, distance, etc.)
• Run for the Money

Physical Fitness

Health-related Fitness

A state of well-being with a low risk of premature health problems and energy to participate in a variety of physical activities.

Is fitness equitably accessible to all students?

• Accessible to anyone who is willing to stay active.
• Involves cardiovascular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and muscular strength/endurance

Fitness Lessons

• In prepubescent children, fitness is more related to genetic makeup and maturation than to training.
• How should this impact P.E. grades in school?
• Do you think being "fit" should refer to health-related fitness or skill-related fitness? How was it for you in school?
• Should awards be given to kids for skill-related fitness?

• Start with a 2-3 min. warm up
• Keep the activity to 10 mins.
• Make sure to have time to teach skills as well since skills are necessary means by which students attain fitness
• Consider developmental levels
• Animal relay
• 7-minute workout app
• Yoga video
• Pilates video

Skill-related Fitness

• Involves training and exercising at high intensity.
• Involves balance, agility, speed, power, and coordination

How can we create a positive attitude towards fitness & wellness?

Types of Activities

• Games
• Circuit training
• Interval training
• Sports
• Exercise to music
• Challenge courses
• Student-led exercises

• Personalize activities
• Expose kids to a variety of activities
• Give positive feedback about effort
• Teach skills and fitness
• Be a role model
• Care about their feelings toward fitness
• Start easy and progress slowly
• Use low-intensity activities
• How can a school develop a culture of wellness?