Horseshoes Pits and Bowling a Strike!

With the weather cooling down we took to the outdoors for a great pastime: Horseshoes. Kinder through third grade learned the game of horseshoes by reviewing underhand throwing skills and working on their depth perception. We used plastic stakes and hoops to make a horseshoe pit to which they worked on throwing accuracy and distance with plastic horseshoes (see pictures below). 

When we finished, we connected these pieces to the game of bowling. Over the last two weeks we have learned strategies for bowling and used our math skills to score the games. We used plastic bowling pins set up in an arrangement of 6 to knock down and score the big strike! In the end, we were able to play competitive games keeping track of everyone's score.

When we return to school next week we will begin our final unit before Winter break. We will be reviewing our Team Handball skills to apply to Basketball! We are looking forward to a classic sport and an opportunity to teach the fundamentals and basic strategies of the game. Our goal is to demonstrate proper dribbling, passing, shooting and optimize the triple threat!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Skyhawks Inaugural Tournament

Our Archway student-athletes who participate in Skyhawks, our after-school athletic program, had their first tournament on November 7th. The athletes have been training in basketball and soccer since the beginning of the year and have learned many new skills! Last Saturday was a great opportunity for them to showcase their skills with other student-athletes from Archway Trivium. See below for some action shots from the weekend.

Skyhawks will have day camps every Wednesday through December 16th. Your student-athlete can join us for flag football, basketball, baseball, and soccer!

The new Winter session will begin on January 13th. It will be 8 weeks of flag football and volleyball on Wednesdays. Register for both the day camps and Winter sessions on the Skyhawks website.