Good morning everyone!

I would like to issue a new challenge based on the winter activity board that was posted on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. We have some fresh powdery snow, which makes for perfect conditions for building a Quinzee snow shelter. I built one with my daughter on the weekend, and it turned out great!

Quinzee building is one of the activities that is listed on the activity board and meets a few very important curricular outcomes as it relates to physical education.

I am challenging each student to take the next two days to try and build their very own quinzee snow shelter either on their own or with their family. I will include a video of how to construct your quinzee, then it is up to you to get creative and make your stand out. Once it's built, you can decorate it up however you like! 

As part of the activity, I am challenging you to take a photo or video of your quinzee either being built or once it's finished and post it to social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter) using the hashtag #BHSQuinzeeChallenge. 

With so much negativity and uncertainty in the world right now, let's take some time to be positive, have some fun, and make some memories with your family!

Dress warm, and have fun!

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Good morning everyone!

It was brought to my attention that the file I posted yesterday for the 2-week activity log was not able to be accessed in some cases. I will post a new PDF form of the document on this post. I tried opening it here and it worked. If there are any more issues, please send me an email at matthew.sturgeon@nbed.nb.ca.

For today, I am recommending that your student engages in any of the activities from the winter activity board that I posted yesterday. Or, if you are looking for more structured, outcome-based activities, they can participate in the "Day 2" activities that are posted on the k-2 or 3-5 activity map that I posted yesterday. I will repost all of the appropriate documents to this post as well for your ease.

Please be sure to have your student record their activity on their activity log, which should now be accessible.

Have a great day!

Good Morning everyone!

I will be posting physical education options and activities each day over the next two weeks. I am asking that every student from grades K-5 print off the attached "2 Week Physical Activity Log" and keep track of their daily physical activity participation. Each day, when a student completes at least 30min of physical participation, I am asking that a parent or guardian simply put an initial beside those recorded activities. Once students are able to return back to school in person (the sooner the better), I would ask that students bring their completed activity log back with them so I can see what types of activities they were able to complete during these two weeks at home!

Today I will also be posting a resource that your child will be able to refer to throughout the two weeks of home learning. This document is called the "Winter Activity Choice Board", and is full of organized activities that your child can complete and record on a daily basis. There are tons of suggestions on this board, and all of the activities can be done with minimal equipment, and can mostly be completed outside as part of regular outside leisure time. All of these activities are age-appropriate and can be completed by all students from K-5.

Also, if you are looking for more structured, outcome-based activities, I have included weekly maps for both K-2 and 3-5 students. These maps give daily warm-ups, skill-based practice, fitness activities, and mindfulness suggestions that are age-appropriate and are correlated with curriculum outcomes.

As I said, you can use this activity board daily moving forward, but I will also continue to post other activity suggestions that can be completed indoors as well on a daily basis.

Have a great day everyone!

Good morning everyone,

Here are few activities that extend some of the learning for skills we were practicing with grades K-2 before home learning began. Thee focus on the basics of tossing and catching. These activities require minimal equipment and set up, and can easily be done from home.

Have a great day!