PE Monthly Update #1
Unit 1 – Ball skills – Throwing and Catching
This unit will focus on throwing and catching skills. This will include individual ball skills, working with a partner and playing throwing and catching games. 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 Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS)
FMS will start in September. The FMS programme will focus on practising and developing the fundamental skills that children need to develop the more complex skills used in play, games, sports, dance and gymnastics. Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to help run the programme in Term One.
Unit 1 Health and Fitness
This unit is being linked to the class unit on healthy living. We will explore 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 Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS)
FMS will start in September. The FMS programme will focus on practising and developing the fundamental skills that children need to develop the more complex skills used in play, games, sports, dance and gymnastics. Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to help run the programme in Term One.
Unit 1 Adventure Challenge
This unit will be linked to their class unit on signs and symbols. They will learn about the importance of communicating whilst playing games. They will use verbal and non-verbal communication and will explore the strengths and weaknesses of both kinds of communication
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 started looking at sequences in gymnastics with a focus on making it aesthetic and using a variety of gymnastics skills. They will perform these sequences individually, with a partner and in groups.
Unit 1 Dance
With their class teachers they are focusing on dance and how it links to their current class unit. They will be looking at creating dances for a performance.
Unit 1 Invasion 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.
Unit 1 Movement Composition Dance
With their class teachers they are linking movement composition (dance) to their How We Express Ourselves unit. During the unit they will focus on different styles and different dance forms and will link to their class unit.
Unit 1 Individual Pursuits – 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.
Unit 1 Leadership in Sport
During this unit the Year Sixes will look at the skills required to be a leader in a sporting scenario. They will be given the opportunity to try different leadership roles and skills in different sporting games. They have already experienced the role of being a manager. Ask them how they felt they did as a manager.
This section of the P.E. Monthly Updates has been moved to the weekly newsletter. Please share any sporting successes and celebrations that have happened outside of school teams and sports. Please send to kannis.tsui@bhs.edu.hk any photos (with a short description) of your child’s sporting achievements. Thanks.
