1st Term Grades and P.E

We have completed our grading for the first term and although hard at times to give the grades we do, we feel it important to grade the children according to what we feel they earned within the context of other children's capabilities at each grade level. We looked at skill levels, attitudes, effort, cooperation with others and class behaviors within each grade. We have talked with the children in general and sometimes specifically about their need to work with others, and/or try to perform always at their personal best, but sometimes words don't seem to convey the personal effort required and that children find it hard to do things which are not easy to do at times.
We talk about grading with the children throughout the year and they are aware that if they talked too much and/or had to sit out a game or fooled around with friends or did not try their hardest or did not play games according to the rules that their grades would be lower because of these issues.
We enjoy all of the children and hope that by trying to convey the value of their need to work hard and that to persevere when things are not always easy, that these life long skills are valuable and important to learn and will help them throughtout their lives and eventually, be much more important to learn than looking just at a grade.
We are always happy to talk with you and you are always invited to sit in on any class to see all of the important learning concepts, skills and sportsmanship issues that we try to incorporate in every class we teach.
Best wishes and hope that you talk with your children about their effort to do their very best at everything they try! It's not just be being the best althlete that is important and graded, its more about a child's effort to do their very best regardless of the task before them.