Welcome to the Claymont Physical Education Website

Thank you for viewing our Claymont physical education website. Our physical education department strives to build knowledgeable and healthy students who will stay active for a lifetime. We use a variety of activities to keep students interested and motivated in exercise to ensure our students are getting the maximum benefits of physical education. All of our physical education units are aligned with the Parkway Framework, Show-Me Standards, and the NASPE.
Again thanks and enjoy!

Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Corteville

 

 

Claymont's Physical Education Mission:

The mission of Claymont’s physical education program is to provide appropriate instruction which maximizes an individuals potential for developing and maintaining a healthy body, mind, and character. This is achieved through student participation in an instructional program that reflects the needs of the students in the Parkway School District.

 

Claymont's Physical Education Goals:
Students will learn:

To improve their self-image through physical educationlocomotor skills: walking, jumping, leaping, hopping, galloping, sliding, and running Jumping and Landing : short rope and long rope Nnonlocomotor: sideways, rocking, forward, and backward Chasing, fleeing, dodging-chasing, faking Dribbling with hands-dribbling, passing, shooting Kicking and punting-instep kick, inside kick, dribbling punting and collecting (trapping) Throwing and catching-underhand, overhead, sidearm (frisbee) catching Volleying- underhand, overhead, forearm (bump) pass To develop social skills through physical education interaction Space awarness-personal space Body awareness- body parts, body shapes, and body movements Dance forms Tumbling/ gymnastics To set personal goals To Have Fun!

Games:

Turtle Tag
(indoors or outdoors)
Equipment: Three pinnes.
Directions: In a large area, three players are “IT”. They try to tag everyone else. If you get tagged, you must get on all fours and keep moving legs and arms until freed. The person is freed if someone crawls under him/her.

Wildcats
(indoors or outdoors)
Equipment: Four pinnes, one ball per child ( ball must be bouncy).
Directions: Two boys and two girls are selected as “Wildcats” and put on two pinnes. All other students are given a ball to dribble. If the “Wildcats” are successful at disrupting the dribble, the dribbler must get their ball and go and shoot, then return as a dribbler. Change “Wildcats” every two to three minutes.

 

Stuck In The Mud
(indoors or outdoors)
Equipment: Yarn balls or gym pinnes to designate taggers.
Directions: Select two to four tagggers who wear pinnes or carry yarn balls. Anyone tagged by the taggers stand with their legs apart as if stuck in the mud. Other players who are not stuck may free the “stuck” person by crawling under him/her. Change taggers frequently.

Cops and Robbers
(indoors and outdoors)
Equipment: None
Directions: Mark off a corner on the playing area for the prison. One squad is selected to be the “Cops” or catchers. This group goes into the prison so the other players can see who they are , and the leader of this group selects two players to be the guards for the prison. The teacher blows a whistle and all but two guards run out and try to tag the other players. When a player is tagged, he/ she raises his/ her arms high in the air and goes directly to the prison. (If his/ her arms are already up, the other children can tell who has already been tagged.) If a player who is not tagged can get to the other prison and tag a “Prisoner”, the prisoner can run free again. When all are in prison, the teacher selects another squad to be the “Cops” or the catchers.

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