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Fun, sports, health and fitness at EAMS in Canim Lake

Eliza Archie Memorial School student reporter shares some of the school highlights
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Students at Eliza Archie Memorial School participate in the Action Schools program every morning. It promotes exercise and gets the students off to a good start for the day.

By Jolee Campbell

At Eliza Archie Memorial School (EAMS), we practice Action Schools.

Adrian Archie helps us and works with us every morning. After breakfast or sage, he uses Energy Blast, Action Schools, Circuit and Brain Dance and we exercise for 15 minutes every morning.

He is also our P.E. teacher. He’s the one who arranges tournaments for us and organizes the hockey and soccer Jamborees. We all thank Adrian for the many things that he does for us.

Patricia “Tish” Diamond, the recreation co-ordinator and fitness instructor for the Canim Lake Band, comes to our school on Thursday mornings to work with us on fitness. These last couple days we’ve been working on snowboarding and skiing exercises to get our muscles ready for the winter.

We have been doing things like push-ups, burpees (squat thrusts from and ending in standing position), jumping jacks, balancing and skiing/snowboarding exercises. She also comes on Tuesdays at lunch and takes the grades 2, 3 and 4s up to the gym to play a game and get their blood flowing nicely.

Thursday at lunch hour “Tish” comes down and asks what the grades 5, 6 and 7s want to play. We play stuff like basketball, volleyball, dodge ball, and other games that we enjoy.

When Tish doesn’t come in the mornings, we either do Action Schools, Brain Dance, stretches, exercises and fitness movements. Usually stretches are for before you start a practice or a game. It gets your muscles ready to start playing.

Exercise is really important! You should exercise five or more days a week for at least 15 minutes. It’s good to stay fit when you’re in sports and it’s also good for your health.

Fitness also helps you in school. It makes your brain function better. Fitness, sports, exercise makes me feel good, ready for the day and gets my brain ready for some hard math and just makes me feel good. For example, on Nov. 25, I had a hockey practice, and after it, I felt happy and excellent. It was the best practice ever had!

It’s my first year in hockey, so I’m quite nervous, mainly at practices. I don’t know why.

Everybody must love a sport or sports (like me). Exercise is good for everybody.

On Nov. 22, we went to a volleyball jamboree at Forest Grove School. I enjoyed playing with other people. It was hilarious playing against my own school.

The grades 5, 6 and 7s of my school went. I’m not sure about the other schools. Time went by so fast, having fun. I have to admit I was a little scared at first.

We all must love a sport even if you don’t play it. However, it’s better to participate rather than just watch it.

I love sports like hockey, soccer, baseball, basketball, judo and running. When there are sports there’s always fun, health and fitness!

Jolee Campbell is a Grade 7 student at Eliza Archie Memorial School.