DGS wants to bring our gymnastics program to your school! Whether you’re looking for an exciting option for your P.E. program or physical literacy lessons for your staff and students – we’ve got it!
Our certified coaches visit your school to deliver a series of fun, active lessons based on fundamental movement skills. (The skills we address are derived directly from the Prescribed Learning Outcomes for Grades K – 7 in Physical Education in BC).
Children learn warm-up games, flexibility, and overall conditioning exercises while having fun! They can progress from basic gymnastics skills for everyday use, such as safe landings, to more developed skills. At the end, teachers will have a simple set of tools they can use to teach fundamental movement skills and physical literacy using gymnastics.
Using Gymnastics as a teaching tool
Gymnastics is the best all-round sport for developing the ABCs of athleticism: agility, balance, coordination, and speed. No other sport offers as much overall training in strength, power, flexibility, spatial awareness, and focus.
On top of that, it’s fun! When students get a chance to explore gymnastics, they get to use their bodies in new ways on equipment they don’t usually use. It adds variety to their PE program and shows them another way to stay fit.
Teacher Training
Our certified coaches can teach individual teachers, your entire staff, or a group at a Pro-D Day event. We’ll cover the basics of physical literacy, and give you a set of tools you can use to teach fundamental movement skills through gymnastics without specialized equipment.
To learn more: Please contact our Community Coordinator to inquire about availability and to find out how we can custom-tailor a program for you.
We don’t just teach gymnastics. We teach physical literacy. The building that houses DGS is called the Delta Sports Development Centre for a reason. Our mandate isn’t just to teach gymnastics, it’s to teach physical literacy to people of any age – especially children.
A physically literate child can perform fundamental movement skills like climbing, running, and jumping. They have fundamental sports skills like throwing, catching, and kicking. These skills give them the confidence and competence to enjoy a range of sports and physical activities. They don’t just know how to move, they want to move.
Whether that means they participate in organized sports, outdoor recreation, artistic pursuits such as dance, or just enjoy the playground, children who associate physical skills with success and fun early in life, are more likely to be active teens and adults.
