Stevenson X-country team monkeying around at practice

Grade 1 Room 16 is working on some kicking skills during station activities.

Rocks and Rings Curling Unit

In February the entire school of Stevenson from Kindergarten to Grade 5 took part in a curling unit. Each class had the opportunity to gain a understanding of how the game of curling is played through drills and games in class. Students learned the anatomy of a curling rink (button, hog line, house, etc.) and some terms used when a player is delivering the rock (draw, take-out, peel, etc).  The students had a great time participating in 1 on 1 and 2 on 2 curling games, as they worked on their game strategy and the social aspect of curling.

Mission Impossible 2015

The students at Stevenson spent two weeks in March participating in a gymnastics unit to prepare them for their ultimate test of completing our mission impossible obstacle course. This obstacle course gave the students a chance to apply their balancing, springing and rotation skills that they practice in our gymnastics unit. 

Omnikin, Super Balls and Super Games

Omnikin/Kin-Ball is a great unit to help students learn cooperation, sharing and teamwork through low organized games while staying physically active. The sport of Kin-Ball, is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada in 1986 by Mario Demers, a physical education professor, in which the main distinctive characteristics are the big size of the ball and that the matches are played between three teams at the same time. 

Agility Circuit Training on Fitness Day

Students at Stevenson are learning the importance of fitness and physical activity into their daily routines, while they take part in fitness activities one day a cycle. This term all classes are focused on agility training, circuit training and a variety of exercises using our fitness posters.

Volleyball Clinic with Scott Koskie

The students at Stevenson had the pleasure to learn some valuable volleyball skills during a clinic presented by Scott Koskie. Scott was a former team Canada player, he played professional volleyball over in Europe and now works for Volleyball Cananda at the U of M.  Students learned how to volley, spike and serve during the clinic and they all applied there skills to a volleyball game at the end of the class.