Get Fit with Mr. Steiner!!

     The U12 Girls and Boys Track and Field teams had yet another strong showing at the ISFFHK Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday April 24-25 with the girls winning the team title for the 6th year in a row and the boys placing a close 2nd.  I was very proud (as were all the [...]

I wanted to congratulate all participants in the G5-6 Sports Days that took place on Friday of last week.  The performances by students were top-notch with some very exciting finishes both in the individual events and relays.  Overall sportsmanship was displayed at a high level and everyone had a good time.  Thanks to all the [...]

Please check link for outline of the G5-6 Sports Day taking place on April 13. Greetings Parents 2011-12 G5-6 Sports Day Check out a short vid of last year’s Sports Day.  

  Session #2 of our Fitness Appraisals finished in the first week of January. I was pleased to see the progress that the majority of students made from Session #1 to #2.  Most students accomplished or exceeded the goals they had set for themselves back in September and some by a large margin. Improving one’s [...]

The G4′s completed an experiment to see which release angle was the best for throwing a dodgeball the farthest (part of their UOI focused on understanding and applying the laws of motion). See the short video.

All the G5-6′s have now had a session with Mr. Ellis and they had a great time working on skills related to rugby.

I had a great time at the CDNIS Family Fun Fair.  During the time I was helping run the Sumo wrestling event I was laughing almost non-stop at the awesome epic battles that students and teachers had wearing their sumo outfits. If was fun having the chance to take on a good natured G7 student [...]

Congratulations to the U12 XC running team for a fine performance at Wednesdays ISSFHK Championships in Aberdeen Country Park  

From September to October the G4-6′s focused on basketball.  Under the Central Idea of “Success in games depends on skills, rules, strategies and sportsmanship.”, the students worked on improving their dribbling, passing, and shooting skills in a variety of games (“Pirates”, HORSE, 21, Round the World, 2-on-2 keep away, 3 on 3 matches, and full-court [...]

The G4-6′s are off to a good start with their first fitness appraisals of the year.  They have already set goals for Session #2.  The goals are targets for them to achieve, followed up by specific personal action that will help them reach their goals.  These personal actions should be referred to regularly and can [...]

Please follow the link to watch an excellent video on CNN entitled the “Last Heart Attack” with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Bill Clinton. If you are serious about protecting yourself or members of your family (young and old alike) from the risk of heart disease then the information on this video will be enlightening. http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/podcasts/gupta/site/2011/08/29/sgmd.last.heart.attack.cnn

Yet another year of school is about to begin.  I look forward to seeing all my G5 and 6 students who I’ve taught the past few years and the new G4′s.  The new school PE uniforms look good so we are going to have some snazzy looking classes. I hope that everyone had a restful [...]