Unit 1 - Introduction to Brays Oaks Physical Education

In this unit, we'll learn about each other, grades, and the routines & procedures of class such as wearing & understanding heart rate monitors, class entrance & exit protocol, timing expectations, how to warm-up, safe use of fitness equipment,  and more! During this unit, we'll also take our baseline measurements for activities such as the 1-mile run, max push-ups, and max sit-ups.

Unit 2 - Movement Patterns A

There are foundational movements that transfer across nearly all physical activities in life - from picking up a child to dancing to moving furniture to playing sports to simply getting out of a chair.  We want to be prepared for whatever this life has to throw at us, so we learn these movements as a "general physical preparedness" to live long, healthy, happy lives.  These movements in Phase A of this unit include:

- squatting

- pressing

- deadlifting

- running

- jumping

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***Due to the difficulty of mastering these movements, Unit 2 and 3 will comprise the bulk of our school year.

Unit 3 - Movement Patterns B

A continuation and extension from Unit 2, this unit will dig deeper into training students by teaching the next progression in each series of movements.  As mastery occurs, this unit may also include new, more complex movements, such as the hang power clean

Unit 4 - Lifelong Fitness

This is our time to try new ways to stay healthy - not just now, or while in school - but for one's entire life!  This still includes workouts, but adds in other exercises such as yoga, and sports such as basketball, soccer, and ultimate frisbee.

Integrated Unit - "Classroom"

This content stretches across the entire year, and should be thought of as an extension component rather than core concepts.  In each of these lessons, students will ask themselves, "How can I take what I've learned and apply it beyond Physical Education?" Lessons will mostly include nutrition but can also consist of sports, physiology, biomechanics, exercise theory and much more.