As part of the active living curriculum organizer in PE, students develop goals in relation to a 20 minute run which they complete every couple of months. To work towards this goal, the students run at the start of every class for about 6-10 minutes. It makes up a portion of their warm up as it is the first thing they during the formal part of the lesson. At a set time a few minutes after the bell has rung and the students are supposed to be changed, the teacher starts music on the gym speakers. Students know that this means it is time to start running. Since this is an everyday routine, students expect it and are comfortable with it. It seemed to be an effective way to get class started quickly without wasting too much time, and it (mostly) cut out any opportunity for the students to complain about running. It also increased efficiency by allowing the teacher a bit of time to take attendance without using students' time which could be spent actively. The PE department had a large selection of music so the students weren't bored hearing the same thing all the time.
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