Let's Move!

Orange Class takes part in the Let's Move campaign!

A3 Yellow

Show us your moves!!

Benefits of Dance

Besides being fun, dancing has many positive health benefits. It is a great way for people of all ages to get and stay in shape and you can take "fitness" style dancing at many clubs, gyms, or recreation centers. Here are some of the benefits of dance:
* Increased flexibility
* Cardiovascular endurance
* Increased muscular strength
* Positive sense of well-being
* Improved posture and balance
* Reduced stress and tension
* There's even evidence that dance can make you SMARTER!
So, it's time to kick up your heels and DANCE!!

3 Little Birds DANCE

Purple does Waka Waka

Shy Girls Doing YMCA

My Achy Breaky Heart

More dance!

Indoor Tennis

For some reason, I didn't get a lot of movies of our indoor tennis unit. Here's some:

Flash Mob

Yellow FLASH MOBS to WAKA WAKA!

Dance!

Halloween Grafitti

Remember Halloween?

Fitness is FUN

Throughout our various fun and skill-based activities, we participate in a variety of fitness fun.

Noodle AWESOMENESS!

Noodle-mania

Noodles are Fun!

Goooaaaalllll

We whack the noodle and we run, strike, defend, and SCORE!

Noodle Hockey!!

Movement and fun-- that's Noodle Hockey!

Still more Handball

More examples of Handball... obviously this is a doubles game.

More handball

Here's some more handball...

Handball

We used the racquetball courts to play singles, "cut throat" (3 people), and doubles. Good skill building and lots of fun!

Lehua Having Wallyball FUN!

Remeber Wallyball?

Here's some Koa girls playing Wallyball!!

Speedball Movie LINK

We spent weeks perfecting the game of Speedball. Checkout this movie... Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Dl15kxvj0&list=UU2VzNHpnpNvofHP_eoEbLjA&index=1&feature=plcp

Speedball

Speedball combines a lot of different skills, ie. passing, kicking, dribbling, air dribbling, scoring, playing man to man and zone type defenses. We had a lot of fun playing speedball in the fall!!

FITNESS TESTING

In the first few weeks of the school year we did our "pre-test" fitness testing. The idea is to see where each individual scores compared to a national standard in the areas of cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, core strength, upper body strength, and trunk strength and flexibility. We also test haumana's blood pressure and take their height and weight. Mid-way through the year and again at the end of the year, we'll see if we have improvement in the areas of weakness.




We also spent some time learning about the importance of a DYNAMIC WARM-UP. What it is and how to effectively warm-up. Here's some photographic evidence of us warming up all our major muscles and joints, working from a low to higher intensity, getting the blood warm and the heart rate up enough to break a sweat!

Highlights of First Semester!

The 2011-12 school year began with creating some expectations and norms with our FULL VALUE CONTRACT. The Full Value Contract helps create an environment where students feel safe enough to take risks. The FVC serves as a structure for creating behavioral norms and expectations that everyone in the class agrees to follow. This helps to establish an atmosphere of caring, of feeling connected and of feeling valued. It is part of the Project Adventure curriculum that we will visit throughout the school year. Full Value Contract
Be Here
Be Safe
Set Goals
Be Honest
Let Go and Move On