This course is designed to assist students in obtaining accurate information, developing lifelong positive attitudes and behaviors, and practice decision making related to their personal health and relationships.  Areas to be explored include goal setting; adolescence relationships & responsibilities; the use, misuse & abuse of drugs, alcohol and tobacco; human sexuality; and preventing abuse & violence. Health and Wellness is designed to enable our students to be responsible, respectful, and informed when making decisions which would impact upon the wellbeing of themselves and others. 

Course Length: Quarter

Open to Grades: 6, 7, 8

Prerequisites: None

 

Course Description:

Most of us know who Bear Grylls is. Or at least most of us have seen a survival reality show where contestants are asked to survive in extreme elements in the wild. This class will not be asking you to survive 3 weeks on a deserted island or navigate your way out of an ice storm in Antarctica…but it will give you the basic skill sets to be more confident exploring the great outdoors. Students will learn how to navigate with and without a compass, start a fire, cook on a fire, track and trap animals, read the weather, and be a smarter, safer, and more appreciative adventurer. 

 

Course Length: Quarter
Open to Grades: 6, 7, 8
Prerequisites: None

Students will build on skills learned in 6th grade and acquire a higher understanding of how to improve their sports skills and why it’s essential. This course teaches and provides practice specific techniques and conditioning in the sports of football, basketball, and tennis.

The Priory sixth grade physical education class meets two times a week for fifty minutes and emphasizes health-related fitness activities.  The class provides a varying array of traditional sports like volleyball, golf and basketball combined with non-traditional sports like cricket, lacrosse and badminton to create an exciting learning environment.  In addition to improving overall physical fitness, the curriculum focuses on other important outcomes, including the attainment of motor skills, knowledge, and social values.  The focus during class time, however, is on students being actively engaged in developmentally appropriate movement. Students should learn to enjoy and seek out physical activity along with developing and maintaining acceptable levels of physical fitness.  Our curriculum is based on the framework and standards of the state of California and SPARK (Sports Play and Active Recreation for Kids, a nationally honored non-profit organization dedicated to physical education). 

The Priory seventh and eighth grade physical education class meets one time a week for fifty minutes and emphasizes advanced health-related fitness activities.  The class provides a varying array of traditional sports like volleyball, golf and basketball combined with non-traditional sports like cricket, lacrosse and badminton to create an exciting learning environment.  In addition to improving overall physical fitness, the curriculum focuses on other important outcomes, including the attainment of motor skills, knowledge, and social values.  The focus during class time, however, is on students being actively engaged in developmentally appropriate movement. Students should learn to enjoy and seek out physical activity along with developing and maintaining acceptable levels of physical fitness.  Our curriculum is based on the framework and standards of the state of California and SPARK (Sports Play and Active Recreation for Kids, a nationally honored non-profit organization dedicated to physical education).