- The most important
takeaway from my children
is to have a lifetime of skills
that they can incorporate
into the wellness
of their lifestyles from the
moment that I'm teaching them
to the elderly state of
age where they can still do
individual activities and also
join in to team activities.
You got the same exact score,
you're staying just as healthy!
Good girl!
Switch!
Go the other way,
step up higher.
Ready, set go!
That's a big challenge trying
to get the students healthy.
I see them once a week and
if they're not performing
any fitness concepts at home,
they either stay neutral
with their fitness
or they decrease
in their fitness.
But I know Central
Falls, the mayor here
is doing an incredible job.
- It's always a pleasure to
come speak to a great group
like all of you who is excited
about physical activity.
(speaking Spanish)
Now this is an important topic
for me because we understand
that we want to live healthy,
have a healthy community.
And part of it is
physical activity.
- Physical Education
is so important
to the students
in Central Falls.
We consider Physical
Education an integral part
of our school day and we
think of it as important as
our other contents in math and
science and social studies.
Physical Education really
takes a look at the whole child
and it helps to foster all
of those important pieces
of teaching and learning.
Helps with social
and emotional growth,
and really helps
motivate students to
be a healthier person.
Central Falls School District
is committed to improving
our Physical Education program.
Right now, we're looking
for additional resources
and looking for those
evidence-based programs
that can take us
to the next level.
So as years have gone by,
we've really neglected
Physical Education and looked
at the our content areas
as a focus.
We're now we're discovering
that we need more time
with our Physical
Education teachers
so that we can continue
to grow their competencies
as educators and continue
to foster the whole child
as part of their development.
- We provide the
structure and the support
that they need to
learn the skills
so that they can continue
fitness to live a healthy life.
- Ready, set, go!
(parachute whooshing)
It's a great cooperative
type of activity
where kids have to
work together in order
for the parachute to work.
We teach teamwork,
sportsmanship, honesty, trust.
But the biggest one is
teamwork and sportsmanship.
Because the parachute
doesn't work
if they don't work together.
- It helps us build up energy
so when we go back to class,
so we can be ready to learn.
- The benefits of
having Physical
Education in our schools
is to build teamwork, to
reduce risk of chronic disease,
obesity, reduce anxiety
and psychological issues,
and to have a good
life in school.
Make it fun!
- It would be hard for
me not going to school
and not being in gym.
That's something that
would really hurt me.
- The need for exercise, the
need to stay physically fit
for the rest of their lives.
We try to instill
that in our students.
And when they leave school,
we don't want it to end.
Whether it would be some
sort of aerobic classes
or sports or anything like
that, weight-training.
We want them to
pick something up.
- I like basketball because
it is fun and challenging.
Some people say I'm short.
I want to share that short
people can do anything.
(clapping)
- As far as the
professional development,
it's been getting better
but for years and years
we complained about
how there isn't
much professional
development out there
and when we go to
professional development,
we look at ourselves and we say
gosh, what does this have to
do with phys ed and health
and it really doesn't.
So to go to any kind of
professional development
that's health phys
ed related is great.
We need more of it.
I don't care how long
you've been teaching,
you can always get better.
So can't get enough of that.
In the gym, we want
them to learn wellness
and take it throughout
their whole life.
In my opinion, it's the most
important class in our school
because it's something that
obviously affects their health
and as we all know,
our personal health
is the number one
thing in our lives
because if we don't
have our health,
we don't have anything.
- [Child] Help ensure a healthy
future for kids like me.
Get involved at
www.HealthyKidsRI.org.
(upbeat music)
