Activities with Limited Equipment

SKILLS REVIEW

If you have any of this equipment (frisbee, ball, jump rope, balloon etc), you can practice reviewing or working on any of the skills that we’ve learned in gym class this year. 

• Jump Rope: If you have a jump rope, you can review some  Single Jump Rope Tricks, or if you have a sibling or family member you could even try out some of the Partner Tricks 
  • K-2nd: If your learning to jump rope for the first time – Check out this video for some helpful tips

• Throwing and Catching:  If you have space in your yard and it’s safe to go outside, try to practice throwing and catching with a family member with a ball or a frisbee
  • K-1: Underhand Throwing (ball)
  • 2-8: Overhand Throwing (ball)
  • How to throw a Frisbee

• Striking a Balloon (awesome activity for K-2nd Grade) 
  • Blow up a balloon and practice striking it with different items in your house (or different body parts)
  • What is the hardest item or body part to control the balloon with?  What’s your record for the most number of hits without moving your feet?
  • Here’s an example of this balloon striking activity

• Basketball: If you have a basketball or playground ball, practice some of the ball handling drills and challenges that we worked on in gym this year.
  • Ball Handling Drills Tutorial
  • Ball Handling Drills Follow Along

• 4 or 2 Square
  • If you have a playground ball and a garage or driveway you can play a game of 4 or 2 Square with a family member, draw a court with some chalk and check out this post if you don’t have the rules to play the game https://www.thepespecialist.com/foursquare/ 

• Cup Stacking
  • If you have some Speed Stack Cups, check out the Speed Stack Website for some fun “Stack at Home Challenges and Activities“

NO Equipment Needed Activities

Awesome Online Resources:

Darebee.com - This website offers free workouts that focus on pretty much every part of the body as well as full body workouts, so pick one that meets your interests and goals (check out the filter option to choose specific parts of the body or aspects of fitness to focus on): 

https://darebee.com/workouts.html

Sworkit: Free Customizable Follow Along Kids Workouts 

• Sign up for Sworkit and use them for follow along workouts for kids
  • They have a free kids workouts for anyone to use after signing up and they are even customizable and have student examples for all of the follow along workouts, just click on the “Kids Workouts” section after logging in
  • This is awesome because since it’s customizable you can delete activities that are too hard and replace them with easier versions – or if it’s too easy, you can replace them with more challenging activities and exercises… 

Follow Along Workout Channels on Youtube

• Great for Kids Workouts is Glenn Higgins Fitness
• Good for older kids or Adults Fitnessblenders Youtube Channel
• “PE With Joe” – Daily follow along at home workouts

Yoga

• Great for younger kids: Cosmic Kids Yoga
• Good for older kids and adults: FitnessBlender Yoga Videos

Follow Along Dances:

• Pick your favourite Just Dance Video and bust a move
• Have students complete GoNoodle Follow Along Dances
• The site below offers a huge library of follow along videos teaching dance moves and health concepts to kids:
  • https://hhph.org/repository/#filter=.videos 
• Born To Move: This site has a variety of Follow Along Dance and Activity Videos for kids
  • https://watch.lesmillsondemand.com/born-to-move-free

 Practice or learn a popular Line Dance

• Like the Cupid Shuffle for Example
• Or the Sid Shuffle from the movie Ice Age 

Let's Get Back on Track!

For many of us, these last few weeks have been more of a stay-cation than anything else. We're going to bed later, sleeping in, sitting around with lots of screen time, and probably consuming more food and burning less calories.  It's time to turn things around! Let's start taking better care of ourselves during this time by introducing some simple changes and additions to our Morning routines. Work together with the people in your home, keep each other motivated and have fun doing so! 

Steps to a Healthy Morning Routine

1. Don't  sleep the morning away. (This may mean going to bed a little earlier).
2. Don't rush out of bed - but give yourself time to wake up!
3. After waking up - Stretch in Bed!  click this link for 5 effective morning stretches https://youtu.be/7o4waoBbIZA
4. After your stretches, drink a glass of water. (drinking a glass or two each morning helps to instantly re-hydrate your body and helps to flush away toxins that build up in your body over night).
5. 30 minutes after waking up (or any time that fits into your day), complete your exercise routine by following our monthly calendar OR select any other routine you are familiar with or find on this blog.
6. Take a relaxing shower followed by a healthy breakfast or snack.

Welcome ~ From Your Gym Teachers

Just for now, this will be a place for all of our Clairlea students to visit to get ideas on how to burn off some energy while being cooped up during this pandemic. Starting April 6,  we will be sharing some of our favourite energizers, exercise routines and resources to make the time spent at home less sedentary (a Fancy Nancy word for 'inactive').  Remember, keeping active has its benefits. On top of helping us cope with stress, it also promotes:

• Healthy growth and development.
• Better self-esteem.
• Stronger bones, muscles and joints.
• Better posture and balance.
• A stronger heart.
• A healthier weight range.
• Learning new skills while having fun.

Throughout your duration at home, we will be throwing some CHALLENGES

at you.  Make sure to leave your comments below the post to let us know how you're making out. 

The Famous Wall Sit

Famous because you can do them almost anywhere -  just find a slice of wall!  They work the entire lower body, burn a lot of calories, increases your endurance, and they're an alternative to Squats. 

What is your longest time?  Try to hold your pose for 30 secs or more.  Get the whole family involved and challenge them to a wall sitting competition!  Don't forget to post your score in the comments below this post.

One last thought for the day...

Jr volleyball

From your three coaches, Merry Christmas! Wishing you all a very, happy, healthy holiday. 

In the new year we will practice Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon. See you there bright and early. 730-830. 

Jr. Girls Volleyball

We have a practice this Tuesday at 7:30am. 

7/8 Girls' Volleyball

Thanks to all of the girls that came out to our first two tryouts! It was a tough choice, but unfortunately some cuts had to be made. A list of girls we’d like to see back for our final tryout on Monday after school is posted on the bulletin board outside of the gym. If your name is on it, see you Monday!

Jr.Boys basketball practice Monday at 7:30am

Just a reminder there is a junior boys (5/6) basketball practice on Monday, December 16th, 2019 at 7:30am.

Jr. boys semi-finals ...details....

Our team will be practicing Thursday morning @ 730. We will be departing Clairlea at 930 for Winston Churchill. Our game is at 10:20. Should we move on, the final game will be at 12:30. 

ALL players need to come with their jersey, knee pads, lunch and water. We could be back in time for the end of lunch..but we are hoping to not return until closer to last recess. Go Panthers!!!

Jr. girls volleyball before the holidays...

Our team is set and we will squeeze in 2 practices before the break. Unfortunately, we have to wait until Thursday and Friday after school. 3:15-4:15. Players are asked to make arrangements to be picked up at 4:15. 

Intermediate Girls' Volleyball

Attention all girls in Grade 7 and 8! If you are interested in trying out for our team this year, tryouts will be next week. Our first tryout will be Monday December 9th after school until 4:30pm and our second tryout will be Friday December 13th before school from 7:30-8:25am. If you have not yet tried out for a team this school year, please make you get an athletic permission form from in front of the office and bring it back to Mlle Bauman before our tryout. If you have already brought this form back, just come to the tryout. Everyone should come dressed appropriately and on time. See you there!

Jr. Boys Volleyball...Movin on up!

What a game our Jr.boys played against L.M. Montgomery lastnight! Volleyball at it's finest. We move on to the semi finals next week. Woo hoo!

We will practice this Thursday morning and next Tuesday and Thursday morning as well. 

Our semi final and potential final game will be played at Winston Churchill on Dec. 12. 

More details to follow. 

Go PANTHERS!

Junior Girls Volleyball TryOuts

Our first try out will be Tuesday morning, 730 sharp. Our 2nd tryout will be tentatively set for Wednesday after school. This will depend on other sports teams wrapping up their season. 

Jr. Boys Volleyball

We will practice at 7:30 Monday morning. 

Come on time and prepared with your knee pads and runners. 

We will be aiming to take our top 10 players out of class around 2:45 Monday afternoon to travel to our quarter final game at Lucy Maud Montgomery by Sheppard Ave. East and the 401. We are aiming to be back at school for 5pm. 

Volleyball practice

A huge congratulations to our Junior Boys who played outstanding volleyball at their tournament this past Monday. 

Because they are so awesome, they move on to the quarter finals - details about that will follow in the next day or so. 

In the mean time, we will practice Wednesday and Thursday after school this week. See you at 3:15 Panthers!  

Junior Boys Volleyball Tournament Info

Our day will begin with a short 730am practice. Being on time OR early is the expectation. We will be departing Clairlea around 8am. The location is at Churchill Heights 

749 Brimorton Dr, Scarborough.

Players are asked to come prepared with clean runners, knee pads, water bottle, snacks and litterless lunches.

Our first game is at 9am and our day should be wrapping up by 3pm or earlier. 

Getting back in time for bussing could be an issue so players are asked to make arrangements to be picked up at Clairlea no later than 330. 

We are looking forward to an amazing day!!

Go PANTHERS! 

Boys volleyball practice schedule for next week

Monday - am - 5/6

                -pm- 7/8

Tuesday - pm - 5/6

Wednesday - am - 7/8

                     -pm- 5/6

Thursday - am 7/8

                  pm - 5/6

Boys Volleyball practice schedule -week of Nov.11.

Monday pm - 7/8

Tuesday am -5/6

Tuesday pm - 7/8

Wednesday am 7/8

Thursday am 5/6

Boys Volleyball Practice Schedule

Grade 5/6 

Monday - 3:30-4:30
Wednesday - 3:30-4:30
Thursday - 7:30 - 8:30

Grade 7/8

Monday - 7:30-8:30
Wednesday - 7:30-8:30
Thursday - 3:30-4:40

CO-ED FLAG FOOTBALL CITY CHAMPS!!!!!!

We are so unbelievably proud of this team, your dedication and your amazing team spirit and attitude. Congratulations on an fantastic season team!
Go Panthers!!!!!