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ISB Lower School Specialists’ Newsletter

Physical Education

Track and Field was the unit second graders worked on during May.

After a discussion about each event in this sport, our students focused on improving
their running and jumping skills.

We ran various distances: short, middle and long, in order to improve our speed and
stamina. We practiced our agility, starting from different positions and ran races
starting from standing or sprint-start positions.
Marija Dimitrov
PE Teacher A variety of exercises on hurdles prepared us well for running over them. Our goal
was not to race against each other, but to overcome hurdles without hesitation.

Relay races were something we all enjoyed a lot. We practiced running with a baton
and handing it off to team mates as well as running our best for the team.

Throughout the unit we’ve learnt that people keep records of the results in Track and
Field and that the best results are called world records. We all were amazed with the
length of the world’s longest jump by a man, 8.95m. We were curious to find out how
many jumps it would take us to reach that distance, so we measured the length of our
broad jump and calculated it. Aside from broad jump we practiced the proper take-off
and landing techniques for the long jump into the sand box.

The most important thing for our second graders was not to beat the world’ record
yet, but to try their best and become better with each attempt. But…… one day,
maybe…….who knows?

Stay healthy through sports!

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