November Coach's Corner

Coach’s Corner

Welcome to Coach’s Corner. This newsletter is just a way for me to keep you informed about what your child or children will be doing in PE and Gardening for the next month.

For the month of October we have been working on soccer. We started with the basics of dribbling, focusing on baby taps, kicking the ball lightly with your foot lightly to keep it right in front of you and not lose control of it. Then we went to work on passing. When passing we tried to focus on accuracy and control, not kicking it as hard as we can and in any direction. Last we put it all together and played full soccer games. Each class has done a great job. I could not be more proud of the effort every student has shown me this past month.

For November we will play basketball. The older grades will use the large basketball hoop while the younger students will use my two smaller goals that just came in. We will use the same strategy we used with soccer. Dribbling, passing, shooting, and then full game.

Running club is moving right along. We have quite a few sessions and we have 4 students who has gone over 100 laps. Every 10 laps is 1 mile just to put that into perspective for you.

The gardens are up and growing. We should have squash and zucchini ready to pick the first week of November. We also had a mystery plant growing in one of the garden beds that we allowed to continue to grow. It turns out that they are Tomatillos. Sometimes seeds can get transplanted from one area to another by animals or the wind blowing the seeds around. Either one could have happened here. Also we have two vines or watermelon growing which should be ready to pick before Thanksgiving break.