Welcome Letter

            

Malletts Bay School  

Physical Education 

Welcome Letter 

Dear MBS Osprey families, 

First, I would like to say welcome to Malletts Bay School. My name is Elizabeth Eastman. I will be your child’s physical education teacher. I am super excited to have your child in my class this year! In this letter you will find information on how often your child will have PE, social media, how to be ready for outdoor PE and safe footwear.

 

I am so excited to say that your child will be having PE twice a week. Each class will be 45 minutes. On my blog you will be able to see what days of the week your child will have PE. Click on the tab that says class schedule. My blog and Instagram account (pe_shark) will be where I will be posting pictures and videos of students participating in PE. 

 

This year I will continue to teach outside as much as possible. Knowing that we will be outside for most of the year I am asking that your child come prepared for the weather. Being prepared means having an extra pair of socks, a second set of sneakers (if you can), extra shorts or pants in case they get wet and a coat for the cooler temperatures. Please make sure to write your child’s name on any outdoor apparel and water bottle. I highly recommend your child come to PE with a water bottle. I want to make sure your child can stay hydrated and safe. 

 

On the first day of PE I will be talking to your child about safe footwear. Safe footwear is a shoe that covers their entire foot, is ankle high or lower, might lace up or Velcro, could slide on but won’t slide off easily, doesn’t have thick heels or wheels and no crocs. Having safe footwear will keep your child and others safe. If you have any questions about footwear please send me an email.  

 

To help reduce the spread of germs I will ask students to try and wash their hands before and after PE class. If that is not an option hand sanitizer will be available for them to use.   

 

We can’t have volunteers yet. Fingers crossed we will be able to have volunteers at some point this year. I will let you know through my blog and Instagram when that could be an option for PE. I always enjoy having adults join the fun and help out. 

 

Again, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to email me at Elizabeth.Eastman@colchestersd.org. I am here for you and your child. Let’s have a fun year.

 

Sincerely, 

Elizabeth Eastman

2021 Ski Skate & Board Sale

 2021 Ski Skate & Board Sale UPDATE

It is with a heavy heart that we will have to cancel this years sale. We are hopeful that next year things will improve and we will be able to come back into our CHS gym with another sale. For those who have been volunteers in past thank you so much for your help and we hope that next year we will be able to count on you. To all the community members who come and buy equipment Thank You.

Welcome To MBS PE

                                                                                                                                    

Malletts Bay School  

Physical Education 

Welcome Letter 

Dear MBS Osprey Caregivers, 

First, I would like to say welcome to Malletts Bay School. My name is Elizabeth Eastman. I will be your child’s physical education teacher. I am super excited to have your child in my class this year! In this letter you will find updates about mask expectations, outdoor location and duration, appropriate apparel and volunteer update. 

 

As you know masks are a requirement when inside the school building. This will also apply to PE classes when held in the gym. Students will be given mask breaks which means they will have the opportunity to take off their masks if they choose to. Students needing a mask break will simply need to let me know and will be mask free in a designated area. A water break is another great time for a mask break. Please talk with your child about what their comfort level might be. Feel free to email me (Elizabeth.eastman@colchestersd.org) if your child has any issues with masks during PE. I want all my students to feel comfortable and safe during my class.  

 

To help reduce the spread of germs we will be requiring students to wash their hands before and after PE class. When students arrive hand sanitizer will be available for them to use. I too will be washing my hands and cleaning equipment in between classes. I will also be rotating equipment bags to give them time to dry after cleaning and to help reduce the amount of shared equipment between students.  

 

Your child will be primarily participating in PE outside this year. During outdoor PE classes students may choose to remove their mask. We have been fortunate this year to have a tent setup for shade and rain protection. Knowing that we will be outside for most of the year I am asking that your child come prepared for the weather. Being prepared means having an extra pair of socks, a second set of sneakers (if you can), extra shorts or pants in case they get wet, water bottle and coats for the cooler temperatures. Please make sure to write your child’s name on any outdoor apparel and water bottle. 

I am so excited to say that your child will be having PE twice a week. On my blog you will be able to see what days of the week your child will have PE. Click on the tab that says class schedule. My blog is one of the places where I will be posting pictures and videos of students participating in PE. My Instagram account ( pe_shark) is another place where you will see the fun we are having. 

 

Again, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to email me at Elizabeth.Eastman@colchestersd.org. I am here for you and your child. 

Sincerely, 

Elizabeth Eastman

 

Ski and Board Sale Canceled this year

 Due to COVID-19 the PE teachers at MBS, CMS and CHS have decided to cancel this Years Annual Ski and Board sale. If we decide to continue with this tradition next year we will let you all know. Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the years. 

Thank you to our vendors and VOLUNTEERS!!!

Welcome Ospreys

 Hi everyone,

      Welcome back to school. Some of you don't know me I am Mrs.Eastman. I am one of the PE teachers at MBS. I have been teaching at MBS for 11 years. So much has changed since last year but one thing that I want to make sure doesn't change is that PE stays FUN. Over summer I spent time modifying our favorite games to be physically distanced (6 feet apart) activities. 

     Our UA schedule is on a rotation which means that I will see each one of my classes every other week. Sometimes I will see you two weeks in a row. If you would the specific dates of when your student will have PE please feel free to email me and I can send you the dates.

     Each time I see you in person there will also be a hybrid or remote lesson in our Google classroom. Your teacher should have helped you join my google classroom by the end of the week. Most of the assignments will have you click on the turn in button to let me know you have completed it. There will be other times where a student will need to submit a picture, video, google form or short write up.  

     This year we will be outside more often then we have been in the past. So students need to be prepared with warm clothing for the colder months, water bottles, safe footwear (sneaker that cover their entire foot and stay on) and mask. 

    Throughout the year please check out the "Games to play at home" tab on my home screen. This is where you can access other activities to do when students are at home. 

                                                👍 I can't wait to play and learn with you.👍

    

Sidewalk Chalk Course

 

With the warmer weather finally here I am sure lots of our Ospreys will be getting outside and playing. I saw a great video where another PE teacher combined sidewalk chalk and exercising. Using sidewalk chalk they drew a path to follow that had different exercises to do at different stopping points. My daughter and I decided to try this out ourselves. The only thing we did differently was that we focused our path or course on hopping and walking.

Click here for the video I saw that gave us the inspiration to create our own course.

My oldest thought it would be great to try and do the course on her bike.

If you missed Yoga with Jess...

If you missed Yoga with Jessica this morning below is a link that you can watch and follow along. Jessica only records herself during the class. Anyone who attended the class can not be seen in the video. I hope you are all having fun with Yoga. Missing you all!!!

Yoga with Jess Recording

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