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2024-2025 will be a great year here at #1 school returning to normal and being conscious of everyones feelings during these times .,..
LETS GET MOVING AGAIN !!
CONFIDENCE, CARING ,,RESPECT, INTERGRITY, ATTITUDE, MORALS ,ETHICS, PARTICIPATION ,BEING PREPARED,
MAKING GREAT CHOICES , BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE, EXERCISING AND MOVING ...LISTENING USING HEALTHY WORDS, HAVING FUN GIVING 100%.PLAYING A VARIETY OF SPORTS AND GAMES
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF A TYPICAL DAY OF PHYS ED CLASS
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We here at #1 school are proud to proclaim that all our hard work has paid off. Public School No.1 is now a High Performing School. In addition, Public School No.1 was recognized with the Silver National Recognition Award for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. This award is one of two in the entire state of New Jersey. – CONGRATULATIONS!We are one of only two schools in New Jersey to recieve this honor. Your children have trained hard and are eating and living a healthier lifestyle.
On behalf of the PS #1 Physical Education department, I would like to ensure the students and parents that a healthy body is a healthy mind. Continue to exercise at home and eat a nourished meal. I am looking foward to working with all faculty and students to provide a safe and healthy learning environment in which the students can flourish and become more physically fit.
Note to students: Be prepared for physical fitness testing monthly.Our fitness club will be starting soon!!
The students will be tested in the following activities: push-ups, sit-ups, shuttle run, sit and reach and pull ups.There will also be a pre and post written test .SIT UP/PUSH UP/ AND RUNNING PRE AND POST TEST. MEETING OUR SGO .
The boys and girls at # 1 school safety and medical concerns is priority to this dept.therefore please have a doctors note for your child if he/she cannot participate. **********Proper physical education attire includes: sweat pants or shorts,optional but reccommended and sneakers are a must. No student will be able to participate if deemed unprepared.*********
"AIMS AND GOALS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION"
1. To promote optimum physical development in each child.
2. To develop the motor skills of each child in terms of performance.
3. THREE COMPONETS OF PHYSICAL ED FLEXIBILITY,STRENGTH ,ENDURANCE.
4. Children should feel their sense of achievement through their own efforts.
5. Give a wide variety of experiences in all types of activities.
6. To promote and provide a situation where each child must show sportsmanship, expression, respect, creativity, self control,confidence,in movement activities.