Welcome to Grade 11/12 PE!

Grade 11/12 PE at Sullivan Heights is a participation based multi-grade class in which we will participate in various team sports and individual activities.  We will be participating in block-wide fitness on Tuesdays and Fridays, where as senior students, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and take initiative. We are also planning various field trips in the community that will offer you the opportunity to partake in activities that you may not have tried on your own, such as martial arts, dance, spin classes, zumba, cycling, kayaking and hiking the grouse grind.

Creating and maintaining a PE blog will act as an online portfolio & journal of your progress in this course throughout the semester.  Part of your assessment in the course will include recording, reflecting on & providing evidence of your progress & effort on your blog as well as completion of various blog assignments.

Once you have created your PE blog, please complete your first blog assignment by copy and pasting the questions into your blog (and answering them):

My Personal Profile

*I registered for this course because…

* My favorite part of PE is…

*I think my current current level of fitness is…

*My previous personal best beep test is...

*I am currently doing the following things to be active (outside of PE)…

*Things that PHYSICALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. medical, injury)

*Things that MENTALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. energy, time)

*My eating habits are…

*I Want to be able to learn more about…

*I want to improve my abilities in… (ex. fitness, communication, positive impact)

*Outside school activities I’d like to try are...

*My fitness goals for the semester are…

*My personal character goals are...

GET FIT COURSE OUTLINE

Sullivan Heights Get Fit

Course Outline – 2014

Welcome to Get Fit!  This is a fitness based PE class in which you will push yourself to increase your cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, agility and power.   You will have the opportunity to participate in many different fitness activities both at school and in the community, such as aquafit, spin class, hot yoga, sun run, skating, tae kwon do, dance, zumba, bowling and hiking the grouse grind.  Get Fit should provide a sense of belonging and safe community of students who are willing to try new things, participate with intensity, and push themselves beyond their comfort zone in order to see improvements in their fitness and create a new mindset about fitness and active learning.  

You will be creating a blog in this class as an online journal to reflect on & track your progress, act as evidence of learning, interact with your peers in the class and find inspiration & motivation.   I encourage your parents to check on my blog (and yours) to get updates on class events.

You will be completing written blog reflections and we will be conducting interviews to discuss your progress throughout the semester (at least one interview at midterm and one exit interview) where we will discuss your blog posts, show evidence of your progress and we can discuss your learning/effort/progress.  Together we will construct a grade that best represents your progress in the course.

Field trip information (including dates & associated costs) to follow – if you have any suggestions or concerns about going off campus,  please let me know.

Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

phillips_k@sd36.bc.ca

I’m looking forward to an amazing semester!

SUPER FIT COURSE OUTLINE

Sullivan Heights Secondary

Super Fit 11 - 12

COURSE OUTLINE

In this course, we will be participating in a variety of fitness activities designed to improve personal fitness – some examples of which are:  weight training, hill and stair running, yoga, boot camps, circuit and interval training as well as participating in many field experiences.  The purpose of the field experiences is to gain exposure to some different types of fitness classes that exist in our community and to gain confidence in a workout setting.  While we will be choosing our field trips based on the interests of the class, some possibilities include hiking the grouse grind, martial arts, hot yoga, spin class, cross fit, muscle pump class, swimming and rock climbing.

We will focus on setting and working towards personal fitness goals throughout the semester – some of which will be measurable increases in such fitness testing as the beep test, step test, push – ups etc.  Your personal fitness goals can encompass any or all of the components of fitness – cardiovascular endurance, strength, power, agility, and flexibility. 

Assessment for this course will consist of blog entries, reflection, self assessment and exit interviews with Ms. Phillips as well as various opportunities for self and peer based assessment of participation, effort, behaviour and fitness.  As a class we will be discussing the details of assessment on an ongoing basis.  You will be creating a blog in this class as an online journal to reflect on & track your progress, act as evidence of learning, interact with your peers in the class and find inspiration & motivation.   Together we will construct a grade that best represents your progress in the course.

Super Fit is a course where you will be expected to work hard on a daily basis.  Your success in meeting your fitness goals will be directly related to your level of participation and your will to succeed.  We will work toward creating a safe, supportive community within our class where we can encourage and motivate each other so that as a group, we can be successful in meeting our fitness and wellness goals.

Get Fit Bowling

Get Fit Field Trips

Here is a breakdown of the field trip costs for the semester:

Woo Kim X2 = 9.00

Hot Yoga = $10.00

Dance X2 = 9.00

Fencing = $12.00

Total up to date = $40.00

Bowling on Thursday is $5.00 for just bowling or $10 for bowling and pizza lunch.

You will need 1.75 in change each way for the city bus.

Please add up the field trip that you have attended and pay Ms. Phillips ASAP:)

Super Fit Final Reflection

As the semester is coming to an end, it is time to reflect on your progress this semester.   Remember our first day running the beep test in the small gym?  Remember running the street hill?  Intervals?  Remember not wanting to do it but you did it anyway?  Remember when you thought you couldn't do it, but then you surprised yourself?

As a department, we have been providing the opportunity for you to practice self-reflection and self-assessment along with participation in fitness activities.
Please consider, reflect on and write about each of the following categories of equal importance when determining your mark:

Participation:
Attendance, gym strip, willingness to participate in a variety of activities.  Comment on your field trip attendance - be specific.  Effort in different activities & block wide fitness days.  Improvements or decline since last reporting period.

Motivation:
Is fitness important to you?  Why?  What does it mean to you?  What motivates you?
Did you reach any of your fitness goals?  Why or why not?
How does your fitness affect your life outside of PE class?  Will you continue with fitness after the semester is over?  How/where/why?

Social Responsibility:
What kind of energy do you bring to this class?  How do you make the class better for others?  What does leadership look like to you and how did you show it?  Give specific examples of your positive contribution.

As you are completing your self-assessment, consider that daily participation is not the only thing that your final mark will be based on.  Coming to class and being prepared to participate is only part of what is important to your success in this class.   I'm looking forward to reading your posts and discussing what you have written in our interviews later this week.

Semester End Reflection

As the semester is coming to a close, we need to take some time to think about what your progress has been and what the semester of Get Fit means to you.  Please write a blog post that reflects on your experience in Get Fit - include information about your fitness improvements, class participation & field trip experiences.  What activities do you like and why?  Have your attitudes towards fitness and PE changed throughout the semester?  Why or why not?  How does having an all girls class change PE for you?  Tell me about your confidence level regarding physical activity.  Has it changed?  Do any of these changes relate to scenarios outside of our "classroom"?  How?

Thinking to the future - what are your fitness plans now that the semester is almost over?  What are the benefits of being physically active that you will miss once you are on your own?  What can you take with you from this class to help with this?  What did your find inspiring and motivating in our class & how can you transition to being motivated on your own time?

I want to thank you for an amazing semester - here are some highlights that may refresh your memory of our Get Fit class: