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Kamehameha Elementary School<\/span>
\n<\/strong>6th Grade Physical Education
\n<\/strong>Teacher: Ms. L. Tagami McDonald
\n2019-2020<\/p>\n

Vision: Students who exit KES Physical Education and Olakino classes will have the skills, fitness, and attitudes necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Basic Concepts<\/strong><\/span>
\nOne of the basic concepts covered in 6th<\/sup> Grade Physical Education is the components of physical fitness. The five components of fitness are explained and a fitness test is given for each fitness component. The five fitness components are cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. The fitness tests are mile run, pull up or modified pull up test, curl-up test, sit and reach test, and the skin fold test. The students are encouraged to work towards improving their fitness level and work towards or remain in the healthy zone.<\/p>\n

Students will be encouraged to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Being fit does not only require physical exercise but also eating healthy. The students will be encouraged to eat healthy and especially to eat a good breakfast.<\/p>\n

The concept of workout will be explained and encouraged in P.E. class.\u00a0\u00a0 The importance of a warm up, stretch, exercise workout and a proper cool down will be stressed.<\/p>\n

Students will be given the names of muscles and asked to identify some of the muscles commonly used in exercise.<\/p>\n

Basic Skills<\/span>
\n<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n

Student Responsibility<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe 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. tests if absent and\/or medical within a week of returning to health. If student misses a certain amount of P.E. class 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.<\/p>\n

Physical Education Attire<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Fourth, fifth and sixth graders 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>\n

P.E. Special Activities<\/span>
\n<\/strong>There are many P.E. Special Activities available for students to join before school (7:15 am \u2013 7:40 am) and during 1st\u00a0and 2nd\u00a0recess. The activities are listed below:<\/p>\n