Physical+Education+6,7,8

All students are **urged to where sunscreen, hat and bring a water bottle** each day to PE class!
Welcome to the Middle School Physical Education Wiki for Mr. Cook's grade 6,7,8 classes.

2012 is here and PE Classes are starting with a BANG!!!!!

We have enjoyed an awesome start to the school year with my students learning about the game of volleyball; bumping or forearm passing, setting as well as underhand and overhead serving. Students are showing tremendous improvement and really positive sportsmanship.

This is our last two classes of volleyball before my students switch activities with Mr. Lomax's.

Important note: bring your water bottle, hat and sunscreen. You are going to be on the field for the entire 85 minute class.

Fitness Testing will begin this week.

**FITNESS Testing**, __Presidents Council on Physical Fitness__
====Over the next week students will be participating in the third and last Fitness Testing of the year. It is our hope that every student improves and achieves personal bests. We will see how many, if any at all, achieve Presidential status this time. The criteria for this is to achieve scores in the top 15th percentile, based on their age and gender, in all five of the fitness tests.====
 * Mile run: cardiovascular endurance
 * Sit and Reach: flexibility
 * Curl-Ups: muscular endurance
 * Push-Ups or Pull-Ups: muscular strength
 * Shuttle Run: agility & speed

All MS Students are taking part in the MMC which stands for Million Meter Challenge. For this unit, lasting ten classes, students are learning to pace themselves to run/jog for 20 minutes to start each class. You probably have been asked to sponsor your child and please do consider this request. The money raised by the MS students will be used to build and equip a computer lab for the FFC Orphanage here in Dhaka. This has been a wonderfully successful fund raiser the past several years for this outstanding organization. After the daily 20 minute run/jog for the MMC, students are developing skills in various Track & Field events. Small groups rotate from station to station learning and practicing skills such as sprinting, long jump, shot put, discus and javelin(plastic, safety).

So far in the MMC the 7th Grade is running more laps per students per class than the Grade 6 & 8's are. This challenge is now being called the Million and a Half Meter Challenge as each grade already have run almost 500,000 meters after just three classes. 3 down and 7 to go! Who will run the farthest and Who will raise the most money?!?!?!?

The next Units of Study for MS students are Aquatics/snorkeling and Gymnastics.