Valley Forge Middle School

Health & Physical Education Website

Welcome! Here you will find information on what your son or daughter will be doing when in Physical Education class and Health class. All of the teachers for Health and Physical Education are listed to the right should you need to contact one of them.

In Physical Education class your student will do some of the following activities:

Fitness Activities:

• Fitness Testing: curl-ups, pull-ups, shuttle run, sit & reach, and the mile run/walk

• Stretching

• Physical Training: push-ups, crunches, mountain climbers, etc. used as part of the class warm-up and conditioning programs

• Running: indoor and outdoor

• Dancing: square dancing, wedding dances etc.

• Aerobics: Tae Bo, step, etc.

• Jump Rope Skills: 20 different jump rope skills

• Numerous other fitness activities

Cooperative Games:

• Low Wall: climbing low wall with spotters

• High Wall: belaying, climbing, etc (7th & 8th Grade only)

• Capture the Flag

• Steal the Fish and Chickens

• Human Knot

• Long Jump Challenges

• Numerous other cooperative games

Individual Activities:

• Roller Blading (7th & 8th Grade only)

• Mountain Biking: (5th & 6th Grade only) skills, time trials, hills, duathlon and trail riding

• Golf: chipping, putting, and driving

• Self Defense

• Ping Pong/Table Tennis

• Tennis: indoor and Outdoor Tennis

• Badminton

• Numerous other individual activities

Team Sports:

• Basketball

• Soccer

• Lacrosse

• Softball

• Crushball

• Volleyball

• Floor Hockey

• Field Hockey

• Team Handball

• Numerous other team sports

In Health class your student will learn about these topics: