Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Fitness Fun at After School!

Ready...Set...




The week before school dismisses before Spring Break is an exciting time for everyone, even more so for the students. What with all the talk of no school and exciting vacation plans, the students' energy was THROUGH THE ROOF!


GO!!!
What better way to use that energy than in Ms. Dennis' FITNESS FUN class! Last week's activity was Relay Races in the gym, as well as some warm-up exercises to begin with. Students were paired into groups and competed against each other in a series of sprinting, skipping, and running exercises.
Jayden  leads Fitness Fun with jumping jacks!

Later, students had the opportunity to create an obstacle course with their bodies! Each student got a chance to run laps around all the other students, clapping each students' hand as a checkpoint. The student who lapped around the others in the shortest amount of time was the winner!  The photos below, show Nico, 5th Grade, running around other students in an a mad dash around the gym!

Nico runs past Fracie...

...loops around Iliana...


...circles Alexia...

...and makes his way around Aarush toward the finish line!

Ms. Dennis always does a great job coming up with activities and games for the students that are engaging, physically active, challenging, and most importantly, FUN!