Let the games begin
Grade 1 Curling
The Luge
Skiing as part of the Biathlon
Ski jumping!
Figure skating
Torch relay
Torch relay
Ice (table) hockey
Speed skating
Cross Country Skiing
The photos below are courtesy of the Caymanian Compass. They did an article about our winter olympic week, click here to read it.
It may be 85 degrees outside here in Cayman but we are going to experince the 2010 Winter Olympics for ourselves in PE all week!
So wrap up in your hats and scarves and get ready to try the following:
CURLING
SKI JUMP
TORCH RELAY
ICE (TABLE) HOCKEY
CROSS COUNTRY SKI
FIGURE/SPEED SKATING
BIATHLON
SKELETON/LUGE
To find out more about these sports and the 2010 Winter Olympics click here for photos.
This year we have several students from FBCS participating in the Upward Basketball league.
“Upward, the worlds largest Christian sports program for children, was created with a vision to provide the best sporting experience possible for every child.” (from www.upward.org)
To find out more about upward basketball click here, contact the church office 949-0692 or come to the gym on a Tuesdsay or Thursday from 4:30pm-7:30pm and see the action!
FBCS students in grades 4,5,6 have an opportunity to see a concert sponsored by the Cayman Arts Festival. Educational workshops are a very important part of the Festival, and this year they are bringing us a Music Comedy Show called “All Classical Music Explained” – ACME by Rainer Hersch. If you would like to get more information on this show and the artist Rainer Hersch, please log on to www.rainerhersch.com The cost is $3 per student, and should be turned into the classroom teacher.
Six of our students are doing a five week beginners course at the Cayman Islands Sailing Club.
They are learning the basics: how to steer a boat, which direction the wind is blowing and how that effects where you can go. They are learning new words and what they mean; such as the difference between the ‘mast’ and the ‘mainsheet’, the ‘rudder’ from the ‘rigging’ and the ‘bow’ from the ‘boom’. They learn how to right the boat if it capsizes and have to work as a team and share responsibilities.
If you missed out on this course just sign up for the next one, it will run on Fridays 3pm - 5pm, May 11th to June 7th and costs $120 (works out at only $10 per hour of tuition). Sign up in the school office. Ages 8+
Sailing is fun for all ages…..what are you waiting for? Go on..give it a try!! Contact Mike Weber for more information sailing@sailing.ky
A big THANK YOU to all who came to the PE Challenge Parents night. Fellowship, fun and fitness was had by all. It was a great to see so many active families, although I must say, Mums and Dads, you really do need to practice your hula hooping! Your kids were awesome!
This is an evening for children and parents to come and be active and have fun!
There are 6 different activities:
Hula hooping, jump that rope, throw & catch, volley up, balance shuffle and paddle strike.
The challenge is to see who is more co-odinated, the children or the parents!! Please click here for the PE Challenge web site.
You are welcome to drop in at anytime between 5:30pm and 7:30pm. The stations will be set up and you can go around them at your leisure. See you there!
Balance shuffle
Jump that rope
Teachers hula hooping!
Paddle strike
Well done to Liam, Mason and Sara who took part in the annual CayKids Christmas Triathlon.
Triathlon is made up of 3 events. First the athlete swims a course, then gets out the water straight onto their bike to ride a certain distance, then gets off thier bike to run to the finish line.
There were 2 courses at this event -
7-10 year olds - 100m swim, 3k bike, 500m run
11-14 year olds - 200m swim, 6k bike, 1k run
To find out more about Triathlons on the island click here
The 12th Annual Swim Gala took place at the Lions Pool. Over 350 students participated, representing 12 different schools. Our team did fantastic. We had some first places (Sara, Jackson, Jared, Johanan, Nathan), lots of second places. We entered in the relay events and overall came 6th which was excellent due to the number of swimmers we had. Well done to everyone!
This was the second festival we attended and entered 3 teams this time.
A great time was had by all. It was a particularly hot day for December in Cayman, yet everyone played so well and received some fantastic feedback from other coaches and teachers. I’m very proud of you all and will be giving out participation medals in January.
Tag rugby is played every Saturday at the South Sound Rugby Club for ages 3 and up.
Warming up
The dynamic duo!
Mason makes a break
Grade 3 team
Amy with Jared and Chad supporting
Markus and Grade 4
Grade 4 team
Off the pitch games
Stephen and Grade 5/6
Supporting each other
