Kamehameha Elementary School
4th Grade Physical Education
Teacher: Ms. Brianna Bean
2018-2019
Vision: Students who exit KES Physical Education and Olakino classes will have the skills, fitness, and attitudes necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Basic Concepts
Papa Mākau Kino and Papa Mākau Ola are an integral part of each child’s holistic development. Both classes are aligned to develop physically literate and health conscious students. Guided through movement experiences, cognitive concepts, and real world application opportunities, students improve their health with the intent to establish the understanding that health is important both individually and collectively. The goal of Papa Mākau Kino and Papa Mākau Ola is to instill within students the attitude, skills, and concepts, which will allow them to live a life of wellness.
Basic Skills
The Kamehameha Elementary School Physical Education program is an exposure program. The students are given an exposure to basic physical skills through drills, practices, lead up games, games, and various catching skills, eye hand coordination skills, basic motor skills, Hawaiian games, gymnastic skills, rhythm and dance, jump rope skills, swimming and water safety skills, cooperative skills, and fitness improvement.
Student Responsibility
The student is expected to work towards or remain in the healthy zone for fitness. Students are expected to improve on their fitness score. The students are responsible for making up P.E. test if absent and/or medical within a week of returning to health. If student misses a certain amount of P.E. classes arrangement need to be made to make up. Each student is expected to cooperate with all students and instructors, have a good attitude, work hard in a group or independently and have the basic skills in all activities. Students should have appropriate gym shoes. Girls with long hair, please tie or braid hair before P.E. class.
Physical Education Attire
Beginning in 4th grade and continuing through 5th and 6th, students are required to wear P.E. shirts and shorts for P.E. classes. Students names need to be on the front upper left hand side of their shirt and on the inside of the waist band of the shorts.
P.E. Special Activities
There are many P.E. Special Activities available for students to join before school and during 1st and 2nd recess. The activities are listed below:
- Jump Rope Demonstration Team (7:10-7:40am, 1st and 2nd recess)
Students work on various jump rope stills to music and may be asked to perform at other schools and various functions. - Jogging Club (7:00-7:30am)
Students work on their cardiovascular endurance every Tuesday and Thursday before school. With enough days attended, they may earn a jogging field trip! - Sports Day (7:00-7:30am)
Students may participate in morning sports activities. Mondays are designated for 3rd-4th, Wednesdays are for 5th-6th, and Fridays are for K-2nd.
Important Dates
February 2019: Kids Heart Challenge Event
Click here to take a look at our past Jump Rope for Heart event! Video by Mrs. Kutsunai!
April 3, 2019-May 22, 2019: 3rd grade swimming
