Terry Fox Run

Thank you to all the students who participated in this years Terry Fox run, it was a great success. St. Jude's has done a fantastic job collecting pledges so lets keep up the good work. Pledges will be collected up to the end of next week. Below are some pictures of the MYP run.

September 27, 2016

Grade 4 - 6
Today, students brainstormed what makes a team more effective during a cooperative game. Following this students continued to engage in games of SPUD and CHUCK THE CHICKEN outdoors as a continuation of Fridays activities.

Grade 10
Today students began class with a discussion regarding how movement choices are impacted by available space. We also touched on the tactics and strategies than can be used to evade opponents. We continued by heading outdoors to work on moving in space while on offence and defence and applying strategies in football relate drills.

Grade 11
Today students began class with a discussion regarding the characteristics of a strong leader. We continued by heading outdoors to work on offensive and defensive strategies in football that will be applied into gameplay next class

September 26, 2016

Grade 4 - 6
Today students engaged in a large group team game named "Scooterball". Scooter ball places emphasis on teamwork and cooperation as students are limited to their time with the ball before they have to pass.

Grade 7

Grade 7's engaged in a game of scooter ball with emphasis on enhancing communication skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. These skills will be transferred to our volleyball unit.

Grade 8

Grade 8 students continued to reinforce communication skills and worked on passing/shooting drills as a team to build team affiliation and cooperation skills. Students will be discussing what makes a strong leader next class.

Friday September 23, 2016

Grade 4 - 6

Today students engaged in two new activities by the name of "Spud" and "Chuck the Chicken". Rules of the activities are explained below.

“SPUD”

Objective : This game involves Catching, Throwing , Hopping and Dodging

Rules

• Line up all the participants and whisper a number in their ear. Try and distribute the numbers randomly
• Have the participants form a circle around the leader – instructor. I will explain what the number range is.
• The object of the game is to toss the ball into the air and call a number. If the number is your you run, catch the ball and call out SPUD
• Once spud is called everyone freezes
• The person holding the ball can take three steps towards one of the other players. Then the throw the ball at the person, below the waist. If they hit the person with the ball the hit person gets a letter. If the thrower misses they get the letter
• The frozen person must keep their feet flat on the floor
• The first person to spell out S-P-U-D is out

INPUT/TEACHING

“Chuck the Chicken”

Objective: The goal is to earn your team points by running around your group once you have chucked or thrown your chicken for the other team to retrieve

Rules

• Split your players into two teams
• Team A starts off with possession of the rubber chicken
• They form a line and pass the chicken from the back of their line to the front in the following matter – Through the legs of the second last person in line, then over the head of the next person, then through the legs of the next person, and so on. Over – Under relay
• Team B starts of by scrunching themselves into the smallest human knot possible , all accept for one player on the team
• This player needs to run around and around the outside of the clump of the team b players
• For each full circuit of the clump, the team earns one point
• When the chicken reaches the front of the line of team A, the person at the front of the line yells “CHUCK THE CHICKEN” as loud as they can and throws the chicken as far away as possible
• Team A then immediately forms into a clump and one person starts to run laps around the clump , earning team A points
• When team B hears team A yell CHUCK THE CHICKEN , they immediately break off from their point – gathering and run to where ever the chicken has landed.
• They form a line like team A did at the beginning of the game and pass the chicken up the line – under one persons legs, over the next persons head, under legs, etc…When the chicken reaches the front of the line , the leader yells ``CHUCK THE CHICKEN``, throws the chicken away, and team B goes back to the clump formation to keep adding points to their score
• The craziness continues for as many rounds as you like – or until everyone is so exhausted that you have to stop.
• Just ensure that each team gets an equal number of opportunities to gain points
• At the end of the game, which ever team has more points wins

Tuesday September 20 - Thursday September 22, 2016

Gr 4-6 Recap
Over the last few days students have continued to engage in cooperative games. Focus has been placed on safety, inclusion, fair play and etiquette. Some of the activities students participated in were : Reverse Bench ball, Hold the rope relay and Battle Royale. Check out some of the students in action below:

Grade 7 Recap

Students have explored different types of volleyball passes including the bump/forearm pass as well as the volley/overhand pass(as seen in the pictures below). Students have been involved in various mini games that have given them the opportunity to learn and refine movement skills. Students have also been providing one another with constructive feedback during activities and will be working on underhand serving as the week comes to a close.

Grade 8 Recap

In the last couple of days students have been practicing their chest pass and bounce pass techniques. Today students were introduced to the foul shot and lay up. Students will have opportunities to refine their skills in the days to come. Next week students will begin to learn about the importance of leadership and communication systems within the game of basketball. Here are some of the students in action:

Grade 10 Recap

Students have continued to develop and refine throwing and catching skills as well as spatial awareness when running specific passing patterns.In the following lessons defensive positioning will be a focus. Here are some of the students practicing horizontal runs into space while applying spatial awareness.

Grade 11 Recap

Students have been refining their throwing and catching skills during their Flag football portion of their unit. In class, we have been reinforcing the importance of communication systems during drills and gameplay. In the next lessons we will be discussing the importance of the knowledge of movement skills and strategies as well as leadership within a team setting. Team affiliation will also be a main focus in the week to come. Here are some of the students warming up and then enjoying a game of Borden Ball.

Terry Fox Assembly Monday September 19th, 2016

Today we were fortunate enough to have a representative and cancer survivor from the Terry Fox organization share her story and knowledge of Terry Fox and his legacy. I encourage all students to please continue to bring in your pledges to help support this great cause.

MYP OPEN ART ROOM TUESDAYS 3:45-5PM

September 16, 2016

Grade 4 - 6

Today students continued engaging in cooperative games. Students completed a group warm up and stretch before playing a game of Bench Ball. The description of the game and pictures follow:

Description:

•    Students are split into 2 even teams.

•    Split the playing area into two even sides (the centre line in the gym works perfectly).

•    Send one player from team X across the center line to stand up on the bench on team O’s side.

•    Send one player from team O across the center line to stand up on the bench on team X’s side.

•    The object of the game is to get everyone from your team onto the bench on the other side of the center line.

•    The only way you are allowed to cross the center line and climb onto the bench on the other side is to have someone from your team, who is already on the other bench, catch the ball that you throw.  They can not pick the ball up from the ground, but must catch it in the air.

•    If they catch your ball, then you cross over and join them on the bench.

•    Except for the two people who started on the bench, if anyone ever falls off the bench, they must return to their own side and have someone catch their ball again before they can rejoin their teammates on the bench.

•    You are allowed to block the catchers on the bench by throwing balls at incoming balls, or by simply holding balls in you hands and whacking incoming balls away.You may also assign a guard to knock balls out of the air.

•    You are not allowed body contact, and are not allowed to jump on, or away from, a bench to catch a ball.

•    The first team to successfully get all of their members standing on the bench is the winner.

Grade 7
Students continued to learn proper forearm/bumping techniques.Students were also introduced ti small mini games that allow to more effective underhand serve development.

Grade 8

Students continued to learn to dribble the ball with their dominant and non-dominant hand while keeping their head up through various ball handling/control activities.Students were introduced to ball protection activities where they needed to adjust positioning in order to be effective.