SJA's JK-3 Physical Education Blog

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Hi SJA Parents! I hope you all had an amazing summer! I'm SO excited to come back to SJA as the PYP Physical Education and Health Teacher and the Lunch Coordinator! I went to Brock University for the Concurrent Education program and I have a Bachelor of Arts in Child Psychology, as well as a Bachelor of Education in Primary/Junior. I’m also qualified to teach ESL and Special Education. I am currently completing my Masters Degree in Education! I will be teaching Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3 each day! JK - Grade 2 will have Phys Ed at SJA in GYM 1. Grade 3 will be bused over to the Athletic Complex every other day with me! If you have any questions feel free to email me at ayustin@stjudesacademy.com

Sunday 25 February 2018

February 20-23 and STARS

We had a great week in PE! All the classes received 5 STARS on Friday so I will not be doing a chart this week.

Monday - Family Day

Tuesday - Jump Rope for Heart!
Congrats to Marloe, Kayla and Emily and Matthew for being the top fundraisers of St Judes!

Wednesday - Ms. Ayoub was ill so I supply taught her class. Gym was cancelled

Thursday - I was ill. Gym was cancelled


Friday - Fun Friday!
This kids were able to pick a game as a class and we all played it together!

Some classes chose the parachute, some chose pac man tag, some chose the whistle game, line tag, and/ or freeze animal dance!

This coming week we will be finishing up our Olympic Unit!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Alexandra Yustin



































Tuesday 20 February 2018

STARS February 12-15

We had an amazing week with STARS. All classes got their 15 STARS for the week!

Congrats JK, SK, Grade 1 and 2!!!

March Lunch Order Reminder

Hello all,

This is a friendly reminder that there is just one more week to order for March Lunches. The deadline for March lunches is Friday, February 23rd, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for March ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, March 9th, 2018.
 
This month's special is Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples with a side of syrup that will be available every Friday!
 
Payment Instructions
  • There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and Freshbooks. 
    • Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email.
    • It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  
  • We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment.
 
If you have any questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com

Olympics - February 12 - 15






I hope you all had a very nice relaxing long weekend! 

This past week was a very exciting week at SJA as we began our SJA Olympics!

I set up an entire program for the kids to participate in within their houses to earn medals for the Olympics.

How the SJA Olympics were set up...

1. The kids got into their houses and competed against each other.
2. The winning house would get 300 house points, the second placed house would get 200 house points, and the 3rd place house would get 100 house points.
3. At the end of the 2 weeks, I will be accumulating the points and see which house wins the Gold, Silver and Bronze for the most house points!

Monday we did the luge/skeleton. The luge is a sport where the athlete lays on their back and slides down an ice track and completes against the clock. The skeleton is the same but the athlete lays on their stomach and goes head first.

Tuesday we did the Biathlon. The real biathlon is when the athlete cross country skis to a target and shoots with a rifle. Which ever athlete has the best time wins.
I had set up a course for the kids to follow, they had to start at one end of the gym and stand on frisbees which acted like their skis. They "skied" to the target stations and threw bean bags at the target!
Instead of shooting targets, I had the kids do bean bag targets where they had to hit the middle of the bullseye taped to the gym floor!

Wednesday I taught the kids curling! It was so fun!!! We slid bean bags into targets and tried to push the opponents bean bag out of the centre!

Thursday was the speech competition so we weren't able to have gym class!


Throughout the SJA Olympics I am going to show replays from each real sport so that the kids have an idea of what they're participating in!

So far, this was a very successful week and the kids really enjoyed the games. I am trying to instil good sportsmanship and team work within the houses!

Have a great week :)





































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