1. Recess update and movement information
Recess & Movement
Recess update and movement information

2. Effective July 1, 2018
Pursuant to Chapter 785 (H1419), enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, “Local school boards may include and the Board of Education shall accept, for elementary school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop teamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of total instructional time or teaching hours…”

3. Unstructured Recreational Time Development of Teamwork, Social Skills, and Overall Physical Fitness
Guiding Principles: All Educators believe increased movement is best for kids; implementation strategies for 30 minutes is a site-based decision; principals understand student needs in each building/grade; teachers and/or teams can have flexibility in implementation; each school may have to allow for fluidity throughout the year as student needs change.
Schools have piloted the additional recess time. Those schools are finding their school needs drive the 30 minute model. For example one school will allow each grade-level team to decide which model it implements.
15-20 Minutes
School Year
30 Minutes
School Year

4. Unstructured Recreational Time Options
Option A: 10-minute morning or afternoon break*, and 20 minutes paired with lunch;
Option B: 15-minute morning break* set by the teacher/teams, and 15 minutes paired with lunch; or
Option C: 30 minutes before or after lunch.
*Morning breaks, as part of the instructional time, may be incorporated into CORE extension or another content area recommending a break to increase focus and retention.

5. Classroom Brain Breaks:
Participate and try activities if you would like!
Rosa Parks

6. Synergy Rooms/Activities A therapeutic space designed to be interactive or calming, usually through special lighting, music, and objects. Action-based learning to combine kinesthetic movement to enhance learning.
Ashland
Ashland
Rosa Parks

7. Synergy Rooms/Activities Cont.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
Kerrydale

8. Mindfulness
Calming room/activities for meditation, relaxing music, yoga poses, quiet space for reading, deep breathing, cooling down and thinking through problems and working through emotions

9. Additional items… PWCS Website: Resources
Physical education K-5 recess etiquette and play curriculum
School Snapshot:
Student recess leaders
Walking courses/obstacle courses at recess
Fitness challenges/monthly adjustments
Equipment bags pre grade level
Painting of 4-square, hopscotch, outdoor games, sensory paths on outside areas

10. Fuel Up to Play 60 Physical Fitness and Nutrition Challenge
Recess opportunities
Covington-Harper

11. Keep Moving!

12. Recess update and movement information
Recess & Movement
Recess update and movement information