Phys. Ed. news!

So how about some dance and yoga to add into our PE curriculum this year?! Because of our unique facility situation, Miss Cevoli and Mr. Fantaroni have become even more creative with their physical activity ideas this year! We have added a Dance unit into our curriculum where students have learned or reviewed a variety of popular line dances and some original line dances choreographed by Miss Cevoli. The K-1 students have done some fun easy dances in their classrooms such as the hokey-pokey, YMCA, cha-cha slide, ‘seasons’ dance, and chicken dance! The 2nd through 3rd graders have also done the YMCA, chicken dance, cha-cha slide, and Cupid Shuffle. They have also learned some original choreographed steps from Miss Cevoli to a variety of music for warm-up and creative group work. By using a variety of music, it exposes the children to different types of rhythms, tempos, and genres! In February, we did some scooter activities that helped increase cardiovascular endurance and hand-eye coordination. Mr. Fantaroni introduced the students to his original “Scooter Handball” game as well as basic scooter soccer, and scooter relays. We take the students outside as well for some fresh air and fun in the snow whenever the temperatures can allow us to! When we return from February vacation, we will be starting some Yoga and core-type activities using the donated mats from Baker’s PTAC, parent donations, and various yoga studios throughout the Cape, thank you all for your help and support!

Baker School Supports "Stands UP to Bullying!"

The link to the left "This Bully Didn't See This Coming" is a must see! My friends at the Yarmouth Station Ave Elementary School passed along this link from our Cape Cod sister school in Falmouth, to us here at the Baker School and we are all in with this anti-bullying message! Bullying is not tolerated and we are all proud of our students who share in others well being and do step in to help students in many different ways. The video is well done and we all step in to protect our kids! In our P.E. curriculum sportsmanship discussion, we spend allot of time talking and practicing good sportsmanship and learning how to be happy winners and encouraging losers, with no place for bullying others in competition. Well done Falmouth!