Hello! I am Mr. Zimmer and so excited to be part of the staff as the physical education teacher at St. Ann School. I have taught health & physical education and coached boys’ and girls’ soccer, baseball, and lacrosse at the K-12 grade level in the North Brunswick Township School District (NJ) and at McCorristin Catholic High School (Hamilton Township, NJ). I graduated from Davis & Elkins College (WV) with a B.S. degree in health & physical education, along with earning my Master’s Degree in health & physical education from Trenton State College (The College of New Jersey). I’ve also earned my Supervisor’s Certification from Thomas Edison State College. I enjoy reading, art; walking my three dogs; watching Netflix documentaries and healthy cooking and eating. 
 

The general goals for students in physical education this year are:
 To have fun and develop positive attitudes toward (lifetime) participation in physical activity.
 To perform a range of skills while increasing your knowledge of physical fitness.
 To learn the rules and strategies when playing a game or activity.
 To give one’s best effort, regardless of winning and losing.
 To demonstrate cooperation, positive sportsmanship, maximum effort, and safety while in class.
Generally speaking, students in grade PreK to grade 2 classes will enhance their cardio endurance by participating in locomotor skills, games, and activities involving running, skipping, galloping, sliding, chasing, fleeing, and dodging. These classes will also be introduced to various manipulative skills and activities that involve kicking, punting, dribbling, and volleying a ball.
Grade 3-8 students will be involved in physical activities that involve individual, team, and cooperative tasks.
As a reminder, all students need to wear their PE uniform, tennis shoes or sneakers and socks for PE class. Please bring a note from your parent/guardian if you cannot play PE for the day.
I look forward to working with all students and parents this school year. My motto for this year is: “If you had fun, then you won”.

Check my Google Classroom page for updated P. E. work. Use the code npfnc4j

Hello students! I hope everyone is staying fit and healthy. Just because we are not in school, that does not mean our annual Field Day is canceled. No way! Instead, like many other schools throughout our country, we will be having a Virtual Field Day. Below are some simple instructions for our Virtual Field Day, scheduled for May 27^th.
1.    The purpose of the Virtual Field Day is to have FUN and to CONNECT with others.
2.    Participation in Virtual Field Day is optional. (This means you are not required to participate.)
3.    Seven Field Day Challenges are linked below. Each Field Day challenge is one minute long. You may attempt any challenge that you wish.
4.    If you do not like the Field Day challenges that are posted you are welcome to post a challenge of your own. Make your challenge original and challenging, but keep it simple, safe, and under one minute. Make sure you get your parents’ permission before you attempt your challenge.
5.    You are encouraged to send us your photo/video to be posted on the Saint Ann School Facebook and Instagram pages. Email Mrs. Fallon at afallon@st-ann-school.org 
 
A big thank you to Coach Landers and the website The PE Specialist for sharing their videos.
HAVE FUN!  GIVE IT A TRY!
 
St Ann School Virtual Field Day
1.     The Bottle Flip:  https://youtu.be/JzW2SmOKT8I
2. Paper Airplane Corn Hole: https://youtu.be/blQoR7hB9vo
3. Bowl Ball: https://youtu.be/YNJI_W-2INg
4. Water Bottle Trap Game: https://youtu.be/O0U9eY5KjjY
5. Paper Ball Trick Shot: https://youtu.be/oo6c2se6y6A
6. The Shoe Balance Challenge: https://youtu.be/G28-DU8EPaQ
7. The Towel Flip Challenge: https://youtu.be/AmXOOqEEl9A