Photo courtesy of Sarah Rhodes.
Wheels turning in Mt Laurel
Fifth-grade students at Mt Laurel Elementary wear their 80s outfits for the final day of the school’s Skatetime unit.
Mt Laurel Elementary’s fourth- and fifth-grade students participated in the Skatetime program in January.
The skating unit was implemented to emphasize skating as a “lifetime activity.” Skating provides a variety of benefits that include balance, coordination, motor skills and a top-rated cardio-respiratory workout.
Students also learned basic skating skills such as starting, stopping, forward skating, backward skating, and a number of safety tips for being a smart skater. There were approximately 40 students at the end of the unit who said they were excited they had learned to skate.
On the last day of the unit, fifth graders participated in an “80s Skating Day,” with many of the students dressed in 80s clothing and music from the 1980s played in the gym.
– Submitted by Sarah Rhodes
