germantown municipal school district
​VIRTUAL FIELD 2020-2021
Welcome to GMSD's Virtual Field Day!!!
We are so thrilled that you decided to join this virtual field day experience. Our Elementary Physical Education Teachers from Forest-Hill, Farmington, Dogwood, and Riverdale worked hard to create these amazing at-home activities for you to complete. Any GMSD student and/or family can participate in this virtual field day. We would love to see as many of our students participate in this experience and share there experience with us! Students and families can complete the attached Google Form to indicate their scores for each activity.
We would LOVE to see videos of you completing this activities from home!

a message from:
​superintendent jason manuel

a message from: 
​Csh Supervisor andrew martin

​sock ball snatch

Activity Directions:
  • Students will start at one end of activity area (indicated by a cup/bottle).
  • Students will run to first plate and drop off one ball (rolled up sock if no ball is available).
  • Student will run back to starting point to retrieve new ball to take/drop off at plate #2.
  • Student will run back to starting point to retrieve the final ball to take/drop off at plate #3.
  • Student will retrieve balls (socks) in reverse order using the same pattern.
  • Alternative rounds of this activity can be performed by having a friendly competition against a sibling and/or friend for the best time.

​hurdle run

Activity Directions:
  • Students will start at one end of activity area (indicated by a cup/bottle)
  • Students will run straight out and jump over objects that are in place of would be hurdles. (items that can be substituted could be low profile agility cones, small stools, or small boxes).
  • Once at the other end, students should run back to the beginning to start again. 
  • Rounds of this activity can be changed up by moving the distance to run further out and/or changing the pathway to be a zig-zag or curve.
  • Students should not attempt to jump over tall objects for safety reasons.

golf activity

Activity Description:
  • Students will select 3 items that can be thrown (bean bag, frisbee, tennis ball, football, etc.)
  • Students will stand back (30-40 feet) to throw/toss towards their target (buckets)
  • The course is a PAR 3 (you get 3 attempts to get the object in the bucket).
  • You must play or toss the object from where it lands. (only toss/throw one object at a time).
  • The fewer attempts it takes to get your object in the bucket, the better your score!

​cup stacking

​Activity Description:
  • Students will take a stack of silo cups (or any plastic foam cups) to complete this activity.
  • Students will attempt to build a tower using the patter shown in the video.
  • Students should use a flat/hard surface to do this.
  • Students should set a time for 1 minute to see how high their tower can get. 
  • If the tower falls, you must start over.
  • See what your best score is for building this tower and share the results with us!

​scoop & toss relay

flip & catch
Activity Description:
  • Students will need buckets, a spoon and a rolled up piece of paper to complete this challenge.
  • Space buckets about 10 feet apart and start on one end of the activity area.
  • Students will place the rolled up piece of paper on the spoon and toss it towards the bucket, trying to get it to land inside the bucket.
  • If the rolled up paper land in the bucket you get 1 point. (No point if it doesn't go in the bucket).
  • Place the rolled up paper back on the spoon and now attempt to toss it to the other bucket. 
  • Students have 1 minute to earn points.
Activity Description:
  • Students will need a spoon, rolled up piece of paper, and a cup.
  • Students will hold the cup in one hand and the spoon in the other hand.
  • Students will place the rolled up piece of paper on the spoon to start the activity.
  • Students will toss the rolled up piece of paper up in the air and attempt to catch it in the cup.
  • Each time the paper ball is caught in the cup you will earn 1 point (No point if it doesn't go in the cup).
  • Students will have one minute to earn as many points as possible.

paper plane cornhole

Activity Description:
  • Equipment: 2 Buckets, 3 Paper Airplanes and a stopwatch or timer 
  • Directions:  1. Place the buckets about 5-7 feet apart
  • 2. Use one bucket as the starting point and the other as the target
  • 3. Start your timer for 60 seconds. Line up beside the bucket at the starting point. 
  • Fly one plane at a time trying to land the plane inside the bucket that is placed 5-7 feet away from the starting line. 
  • 1 Point= if the plane hits any part of the bucket
  • 2 Points= if the plane goes inside the bucket
  • 4. See how many points you can get in 60 seconds

water bottle flip

Activity Description:
  • Students will need a water bottle that is only about 1/4 of the way filled (maybe slightly less).
  • Students will need to find a flat surface, such as a table top or the floor.
  • Students will see how many times they can successfully flip the bottle and land up right.
  • Students will earn 1 point for each successful flip and will have 1 minute to complete this challenge.
  • Hold the bottle from its neck-and-cap area. Apply force and give it a little flick with the bottom of the bottle out and rotating away from you. Give it enough arc so that as the rotation is being completed, the water slushes back to the bottom, allowing the bottle to fall straight down. 

egg & spoon relay

bottle flip chaos
Activity Description:
  • Materials Needed: 2 rolls of paper towels, 1 sheet of paper, 1 serving spoon
  • Procedure: Set up paper towel rolls 5 steps part.
  • Put crumpled paper on serving spoon.
  • Go back and forth between paper towel rolls, touching them each time with a hand, while holding paper on the spoon.
  • See how many touches you can get in one minute. 
  • If you drop the paper, just pick it up and place it back on spoon. 
Activity Description:
  • Students will need a water bottle (only about 1/4 of the way filled or slightly less)
  • Students will need to set a time for 1 minute.
  • Students will complete 3 jumping jacks followed by 2 bottle flips.
  • Students earn 1 point for a successful bottle flip.
  • After bottle flips, return to doing 3 jumping jacks.
  • After the 1 minute is up see how many points (successful bottle flips you have)
  • Repeat to see if you can beat your high score.

additional field day videos 
​gmsd archieve

GMSD students and families if you want to continue these fun and exciting activities from home, then please check out the resources below! We have some awesome Virtual Field Day videos from Farmington Elementary and some exciting "backyard games" that can easily be set up for fun and excitement for the whole family!

monday 
​virtual field day

tuesday:
​virtual field day

wednesday:
​virtual field day

thursday:
​virtual field day

friday:
​virtual field day