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Duval county and 4 other surrounding area county have been given the oppurtunty for a 4th grader to enter a essay contest. The winner will recieve $100 nfl gift card and a assembly at school with Jaxson de Ville. Imagine getting out of math class to clown around with Jaxson de Ville and all your friends.The contest is easy. Just talk to your 4th grade teacher or a PE teacher and your teacher submitt your essay. You need to hurry the deadline is December 18th!

Welcome Back!!!

Welcome back students!!! The Chets P.E. Crew is back in the swing of things. Here is our P.E. roster for the 2009-2010 school year:

Coach Bailey: Monday-Friday
Coach Timmons: Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,and Friday
Coach Robbinson: Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,and Friday
Coach Leclair: Mondays and Fridays

This year we have diffent themed activities on different days. Mondays will remain "Manic Monday" with different dodgeball games, Wednesdays are Physical Fitness Testing days, and Fridays will stay "Fun Friday". The "Fun Friday" days will be themed each month this year. September is Team Sports and we are focusing on flag football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and battleball.

Physical Fitness Testing:
Here is a link to the President's Physical Fitness Challenge. Here you can find important information like the President's Challenge guide to success and the standards for each event. It also contains a fitness calculator and fresh ideas to help you improve your scores!

http://www.presidentschallenge.org/

New Sport For PE???

Skim Boarding on the back playground. What do you think?

Wii Field Day Games

The Wii Games will start June 1st- 3rd. We are excited about the events. Here are some hints on the field day activities: Mario Races, Wii Soccer, Wii Bowling, Human Golf Target (you do not want to miss this one), and the Shooting Range. These are just a few... but REMEMBER the PE dept is in charge and it is going to get crazy. Wear comfortable clothes- its going to be HOT!

The Schedule for Field Day is

June 1st
Kindergarten(9:30-11:30)
First Grade (12:30-2:30)

June 2nd
Second Grade (9:30-11:30)
Third Grade (12:30-2:30)

June 3rd
Fourth Grade (9:30-11:30)
Fifth Grade (12:30-2:30)

Scooter Medic

Boys and Girls, there is a new medic in town. P.E. classes this week have been playing medic with antique scooters. It has been very fun to play and watch.

Lets Us Play

This weekend was the 10th annual Let Us Play Junior 2k. Chets Creek had a great turnout. Thanks to all the teachers and families who came out and supported our school. We also wanted to give a great big hand to the 56 students from Chets Creek who came out and ran!!!!! Check out these great pictures from the weekend.

FOX 30 LET US PLAY! JUNIOR 2K

Attention Students and Parents:
The Chets P.E. crew wanted to let you know of another great fitness opportunity. On April 25 Fox 30 is sponsoring a race downtown at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. It is a 2 kilometer race (1.24 miles). The race will be taped and aired May 2rd on FOX 30 at noon and again on May 9th at noon. They will also have a children's health and fitness expo Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th at the East Touchdown Club at the stadium from 3:00-8:00. If you are interested in participating in the race get your registration form from one of the P.E. teachers or go online to www.letusplay.org You must sign up by April 15. Thanks and we hope to see you downtown!

~Remember, the class with the most number of students that participate in the race will receive an extra day of P.E. and get to choose the activity!

Wii games

Coming soon to Chets Creek: Journey through Wii Games

Last year Chets Creek students had a blast participating in the Wacky Olympics. This years play day will have Wii themed games. This will include tennis, golf, Mario cart races, and baseball, just to name a few. The dates and times will be announced soon. If you have any ideas to make this event a great success let one of the P.E. teachers know. Thanks!

Capture The Flag

The latest buzz down the P.E. hall is the new game being played, Capture The Flag. This game is played with two teams in a huge area. Here is how the game is played:

The area is divided in half with cones. Each team has a marked off area on their side of the field where they have 10 flags. The players have to cross the cones and run on the other teams side to get a flag and bring it back to their side. If they get tagged on the other teams side, the player must return the flag and walk back to his or her team's side. The only safe zone is hula hoops. If a player stops in a hula hoop they cannot be tagged until they leave the hoop. There are also different obstacles set up for the teams to hide or use to their advantage. Each game lasts 5-10 minutes. The team that has the most flags on their side is the winning team.

Benefits of playing Capture the Flag and many skills that are used:
-Speed
-Agility
-Chasing
-Fleeing
-Dodging

Here are some great websites with different variations of the game:

http://www.ehow.com/how_311_play-capture-flag.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_the_flag

~This game can be played virtually anywhere. So get some friends together after school and have fun and get active!!!