Fifth Grade P.E.
In fifth grade, students lay a foundation of knowledge and skills that they can continue to build on in the coming years. Instruction aims to meet the students where they are, help them push out of their comfort zones, and learn to challenge themselves physically and socially. Activities are introduced to help students develop collaboration and cooperation skills, and exploring what it means to be a positive and productive partner and group member is a year-long theme.
The major units focused on are badminton, basketball, flag football, soccer, softball, and volleyball with explorations in other sports and movement activities. Fitness development is interwoven throughout the year, with a major fifth-grade project being our collaborative distance run.
Students spend fifth grade learning how to be positive class members, learning to push themselves beyond their perceived limits, and establishing fundamental movement patterns as the foundational building blocks for more complex skills in future years. To this end, all assessment in fifth grade is formative and gameplay is not part of the curriculum.
Burke's mission is to educate, encourage and empower girls. Our school combines academic excellence with an appreciation for childhood so that students thrive as learners, develop a strong sense of self, contribute to community, and fulfill their potential, now and throughout life.
Burke's admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.