ConwayElementary School

Physical Education Class (PE)

At Conway Elementary, the Physical Education Teacher:

• Teaches students locomotor skills (running, jumping, hopping, skipping, sliding)
• Teaches students manipulative skills (throwing, catching, kicking, striking, dribbling)
• Teaches students four components of physical fitness (flexibility, cardiorespiratory, muscle strength, muscle endurance)
• Teaches students names of bones and muscles
• Teaches students nutrition
• Teaches students the knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in health enhancing physical activity throughout their lives.

Physical Education:

• Increases academic learning
• Is positively related to increased academic performance
• Allocating time for physical education does not negatively influence academic achievement
• Reducing time for physical education does not guarantee improvement in academic achievement
• Higher academic achievement is associated with higher levels of physical fitness