Athletics, Intramurals and Leadership - Grades 5-8

October 2, 2023

ATHLETICS

Divisional Sports - Grade 7/8

Our school division offers interschool competitions for cross country, volleyball, basketball, badminton and outdoor track and field. This means students will be playing against teams from other schools and may need to travel to games.

In addition to divisionally organized sports, EVW also participates in the Athletics Manitoba Indoor Track ‘Track Attack’ Series.

Sport	Time of Year Offered	Number of Weekly Practices	Number of Weekly Games	Number of Weekend Tournaments Over Course of Season	Fee
Cross-Country	Sept-Oct	2-3	3-4 meets during school hours and optional Milk Run	0	None ($10 for optional Milk Run)
Volleyball	Sept-Dec	1-2	1	1	$30 plus a $50 uniform deposit
Basketball	Dec-Mar	1-2	1(-2)	1	$30 plus a $50 uniform deposit
Indoor Track	Dec-Mar	1-2	4 competitions over Jan-Mar during school hours	0	$40
Badminton	Mar-May	1	1	0	None
Outdoor Track	April-June	1-3	1 divisional meet during school hours	0	None, unless an athlete qualifies for provincial track, then $10.
Beach Volleyball	May-June	1-2	1 competition date	0	$15

Notes:

* Students are required to arrange transportation to and from games that are held outside of school hours on their own. This is not the responsibility of the coaches.

* Schedules are handed out at the beginning of each athletics season with a comprehensive list of practices and games so that families can plan accordingly.

Divisional Sports - Grade 5/6

Our school division offers interschool competitions for cross country, flag football, volleyball, basketball, badminton and outdoor track and field. This means students will be playing against teams from other schools and may need to travel to games.

In order to facilitate planning, practices for all Grade 5/6 programs are held at lunch. For volleyball, Ecole Viscount Alexander will host a 5/6 tournament and the divisional Friendship tournament and so transportation will be required to EVA. For other sports, EVW will offer a 5/6 tournament and then EVA will host the divisional tourney.

In addition to divisionally organized sports, EVW also participates in the Athletics Manitoba Indoor Track program.

Sport	Time of Year Offered	Number of Weekly Practices	Number of Weekly Games	Fees
Cross-Country	Sept-Oct	2-3	3-4 meets during school hours and optional Milk Run	None ($10 for optional Milk Run)
Flag Football	October/November	1 per cycle	1 divisional tourney date during school hours	$5
Volleyball	Oct-Dec	1 per cycle	2 tourneys -1 for 5/6’s in Oct or Nov -1 divisional tourney in Nov for 6’s only	$10
Basketball	Jan-Mar	1 per cycle	2 tourneys -1 for 5/6’s in March -1 divisional tourney in Mar for 6’s only	$10
Indoor Track	Dec-Mar	1-2	3 competitions over Jan-Mar during school hours	$30
Badminton * not divisional but interschool	Mar-May	1 per cycle	1 interschool tourney in April	None
Outdoor Track	April-June	1-3	1 divisional meet during school hours	None

Notes:

* Students are required to arrange transportation to and from games that are held outside of school hours on their own. This is not the responsibility of the coaches.

* Schedules are handed out at the beginning of each athletics season with a comprehensive list of practices and games so that families can plan accordingly.

INTRAMURALS

Students are offered the opportunity to participate in our intramurals lunch time program as of the second week of September. Students sign up on the list posted on the gym door in teams of 8-10 (they make teams with their friends) and a schedule is created and posted in the same location. All games are scheduled during lunch hours from 11:30-12:20pm. Students need to check the schedule regularly as the schedule does change as gym availability changes.

In the past, we have had a variety of sports offered as part of this program. Here is a general idea of what this program has looked like previously.

Sport	Time of Year	Number of Games per Team
Soccer	Sept-Nov	4 plus playoffs
Handball	Dec-Feb	4 plus playoffs
Tchoukball	Mar-April	3-4 plus playoffs
Floor Hockey	April-May	3-4 plus playoffs

Sports LEADERSHIP

Students are also offered the opportunity to participate in the PE Sports Leadership program. They are asked to write a paragraph at the beginning of the year detailing why they would make a good leader and submit it by the end of the third week of September.

Students then have the opportunity to learn a variety of leadership skills. Lessons are presented on: communication styles, the importance of paying attention to detail, organization of tourneys and spirit weeks, responsibility.

Students attend a meeting during lunch (11:30-12:10) on the last Thursday of each month in order to sign up for at least one responsibility –refereeing intramurals, score keeping after school, helping with school wide activities, equipment room organising, restocking, etc…

All responsibilities are posted outside of the gym doors on the big white board so students can refer to them at their convenience. Responsibilities are changed monthly and are decided upon at our monthly meetings.

All students from all grades are welcome to participate in this program. However, as leadership positions require responsibility, organisation and dedication, if a member misses three meetings for unexplained reasons, they are asked to try again next year.

Homework

All students in grades 5,6,7,8 are expected to complete 4-5 online quizzes on Edsby each term. They are given one month to complete this task and there are videos to review the concepts taught in class on the Phys Ed Quizzes page of this website. If you are having difficulty accessing Edsby, there are PDF copies of the quizzes on that page as well, in addition to paper copies available from your child's PE teacher. We are always available to answer questions or help students with these, if needed. All assignments and expectations are discussed in class prior to distribution of each task.