Early Childhood through 4th Grade Physical Education

The Physical Education program at St. Paul’s will provide a positive, safe and enjoyable environment that engages each child to be actively involved and equally successful through physical movement.

General Objectives for ECC-Kindergarten:

• To help students develop and refine motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
• To practice a variety of physical activities with the goal of promoting the benefits of health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction through movement.

Toddlers--20 minutes two times a week
Preschool--30 minutes two times a week
Prekindergarten--30 minutes twice a week 

• General movement and safety: walking, running, jumping, galloping, hopping, skipping
• Control of body movements: bend, stretch, freeze, balance
• Use of large muscle groups: throw, kick, bounce, catch
• Use of gross body movements such as dance

Kindergarten--30 minutes twice a week

• Safe movement forward, backward, sideways, up and down
• Play games involving movements and directions
• Negotiates obstacle course
• Moves his/her body to a rhythm (dancing, stomping, marching) 

General Objectives for 1st through 4th Grade:

• To help students develop and refine motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
• To practice a variety of physical activities with the goal of promoting the benefits of health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction through movement.

1st Grade--30 minutes two times a week
2nd-4th Grade--30 minutes three times a week 

National Physical Education Standards practiced at St. Paul's 

• Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
• Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. 
• Participates regularly in physical activity. 
• Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness. 
• Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings. 
• Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expressions and/or social interaction.