Dear Paula
Have you considered having the students run around the state? Generally the idea
is to display a
large map (in the library) with a journey between as many towns as possible.
Calculate the distance
between each stopover and for each 10km (or 1 or 5 or 100 km), someone has to do a
lap around the
track. So if it is 300 km from Charleston to Columbia then at 10km/lap, 30 laps
would have to be
completed, and this could be done in collaboration with the PE teacher having a
class of 15 do two
warm-up laps. That part of the journey is then tracked on the library map.
Another idea would be to have the students work together to map out a journey
around mainland US
that visits each state capital, preferably without doubling back, and then
challenge them to run
around the USA using the same sort of collaboration with the PE person. Both
displays could be
surrounded by sports books and other related materials. Students might even
interview a local
athlete and publish those interviews for display.
If obesity is a problem in your school, perhaps your PE teacher could help
calculate how many
calories are burned by one lap around the oval and how many need to be burned to
lose a kilo and as
the laps mount up you could have a tally of the calories burned and the kilos lost.
Perhaps your
student representative body could pledge a$/kilo to a school in Katrina Country as
an incentive.
Another challenge could be to get small groups of students to investigate all the
sporting outlets
including obscure sports that are available to the students in the local area, and
to make a mini
display of each including details of contacts, costs, pre-requisites for
involvement. Someone may
never have heard of orienteering but be tempted by such a display. Or maybe the
library could host
an expo for the organisations and the PE crew could organise a have-a-go day. And
I am sure that
LM_NET members could come up with a zillion "Get Moving" slogans to add to the
atmosphere.
Could you help the PE teacher organise an athlete visit in a similar way that you
organise an author
visit, and focus library programs on learning as much about the athlete's sport as
possible
beforehand so the students are connected, have knowledge to build on and ask
intelligent questions.
Perhaps you could collaborate with the PE teacher to draw up a grid of 25 simple
physical activities
that each last about 30 minutes students can undertake safely at home - activities/
exercises that
the PE teacher could teach in class - and students have to nominate five of these
they will complete
each week. Of course degree of difficulty and time commitment would depend on the
age of the
student, but it is about regularity and intensity of 30 mins daily that makes the
difference.
Attendance at formal organised sport/ dance training would be one of the grid
activities.
The other way I would be going is through the healthy diet aspect - in your classes
you could get
all sorts of investigations happening about what is high-fat and what is not;
recipes shared (always
a good fundraiser if you put them in a book) posters to encourage others - the list
is endless. And
the movie Supersize Me (was that it's title?) would be a grand tie-in and a
legitimate fair use of
it.
Maybe the library could be the hub of a whole-school focus for a semester.
Good luck
Barbara
Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA
T. 61 2 6205 6162
F. 61 2 6205 7242
E. barbara@iimetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
"Together we learn from each other."
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