This week we had a special visitor, John Leslie (and his best friend Frank) were at Varsity Monday and Tuesday. John is a Paralympian snowboarder that has competed in the past two winter paralympics. He talked and shared with us his love of winter, appreciation for all the support he's received, and how he has something in common with Terry Fox (ask your child!).
Division II students then go to go to COP for two days of skiing. Please see below for some photo highlights from the week. Thanks to all those that sent me a gift, it is much appreciated. I wish you all a happy holiday and a terrific 2019. This week we continued our ski and snowboard theme with a few new activities and partners. Monday we had Elysa in to lead some yoga with the students, talking about strengthening, flexibility and breathing. Tuesday and Wednesday our friends, Coach Jared and Coach Karine from Riders on Board http://ridersonboard.com/ were here with some of their amazing snowboard equipment to help us learn about balance, grabs, bindings, rotations and just how to have fun on the hill. We also had equipment from Alberta Snowboard Association http://www.albertasnowboarding.com/. A big thank you to both of these groups for giving us their time and resources at no cost! Please see photos below for examples of what we were up to!
This week, in partnership with paralympian John Leslie (www.lovingwinter.org) and Scott Bailey from Ever Active schools https://www.everactive.org/ we launched a new training program to help create a love of winter sports and lifestyles and to set our division II students up for success when we go to COP next week.
Here is an overview of the learning we participated in: Grades 3 to 6
We wrapped out throwing and catching unit with the use of some new equipment, thanks to VASCPFS we acquired new nets that will serve us for tennis, badminton, pickle ball and volleyball/newcomb. Students worked through some net games and throwing and catching skills required when playing with a net.
Here are some of the games we played this week: Grades 4 to 6
Thanks to everyone that came by to visit during parent teacher conferences. I have sent home your child's running evaluation that we completed in September and October. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Here is a brief overview of what we did this week: Grades 3 to 6 - Thunderball - Skittle Queen - Bench ball Grades 1 and 2 - Bench ball - Bombardo Kindergarten - Fire and Ice tag with underhand throwing |
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