This
past week the students have been working on muscular strength and
cardiovascular endurance all the while cleaning up our environment. The open
green grass across from the school has a medium-large hill. The students and I
have been walking around, all along the field’s perimeter, picking up garbage.
The hill encourages the students to pick up their feet while walking due to
grassy knobs, and to use their leg muscles to balance their bodies going up and
down the hill. The students squat to
pick up litter, which also helps improve their quadriceps muscles. The students walk for a continuous 30 minutes
which is helping each person improve his/her cardiovascular endurance.
Cleaning
up the environment has allowed the students to learn that the natural world needs
to be healthy, just like how we need to keep our bodies healthy. Pathfinder classes
learned what the term environment means, the difference between litter and natural
things like dirt, leaves or sticks, to wear protective clothing when picking up
garbage (sleeves, gloves, washing your hands afterwards, putting the garbage
into a bag). Plus, I know all the students feel proud on how they help our
local communities in providing important services and completing volunteer
tasks.
Keep Healthy,
Miss Shirey
