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Name of Activity:
Fun Through Fitness Day
Purpose of Activity:
To students of all ages participate in a cooperative, fun event.Suggested Grade Level:
4-6Materials Needed:
The equipment that matches the events that you choose to use.
Description of Idea
Our 7 elementary schools participate each spring
in "Fun Through Fitness Day". On three separate days,
students in grades 4-6 are bussed to the High School track where
they participate in different types of activities
involving fitness, teamwork, co-operative games, etc. Over
1500 students participate each year. Our 15 elementary
physical education teachers with the help of many parent
volunteers run this special day for the students.
The day
begins at 9:30 with the opening ceremonies and parade
around the track. Each class is paired with another
class of the same grade level from another school in the
district. They participate in events such as:
Here are some more details about some of these activities:
Atomic Blast: You will need a spackle bucket with holes
drilled in the edge and clothesline to string though the
holes. Drill the whole around the perimeter of the top.
Make the lengths of rope all the same. You need a
whole bunch of tennis balls to fill the bucket. The
idea is for the kids to transport the bucket of balls a
certain distance without tipping the bucket over and
losing the balls.
Cup of Water Relay: Cups
or sponges (very small), big garbage pails filled
with water for filling stations, one liter soda bottle
for the kids to fill. I usualy have six teams with a
water pail between every two teams. The first person on
each team fills their cup or sponge, runs to the soda
bottle and deposits their water and then runs back to the
team to hand off. First team to
fill up the bottle wins. This can also be done as the
waiter or waitress relay with the kids carrying their
cups on trays. NO score is kept and no winners are declared. The students rotate to
a different event every ten minutes. Participation
at each event is not mandatory.
At approximately
11:30, the students have a picnic lunch and return to
their schools by 1:00. This has been a tradition in our
school district for the past 8 years and replaces a track
meet that only allowed for 30 boys and girls per
grade level. It is an excellent PR event for our
discipline.
Clamming Relay: You will need kiddie pools with sand
and or water, marbles, pails or cups to hold the marbles after you get
them out of the pool, shovels or spoons to dig for
marbles if you don't want the kids clamming with their
feet. You can have one pool for each team and time the event
or you can have them run to the pools as a relay
race. They can either clam with their feet or
spoons.
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