GENERAL RULES

Respect school property. Use equipment appropriately and safely.
Leave all toys, games, and personal items in your backpack or at home.
Use respectful and appropriate language at all times.
Safety first! Hitting, kicking, wrestling, rough-housing, and play-fighting are not allowed.
Allow others to join games. Be honest, play fairly, and take turns.
Stop play if someone is injured, and notify the nearest adult. If you cause someone to fall down, you stop, check on them, and apologize!
Comments to others should be positive and encouraging. We do not allow trash-talking, name-calling, or put-downs.
Disagreements are resolved by a vote of all participating players.
Chase or tag games are only allowed on the ground - not on the playground equipment.
No playing behind the pavilion or near the baseball fields/ bleachers.
Do not climb on fences, posts, or trees.
Sticks, branches, rocks, and mulch stay on the ground.
Living creatures are not toys - Give critters personal space.
Lunch food stays in the cafeteria. Do not bring lunch food outside.
Lunch recess conflicts get solved during lunch recess time - not back in the classroom.
Report unsafe or inappropriate behavior to the recess adults right away. If it is important enough to report, it is important enough to stop playing and report immediately.

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Kindergarten students stay on the Blue (North) Playground, unless the weather indicates the need for “Blacktop Only.” No balls for Kindergarten recesses.
First grade students are allowed full access to the playground and to use the recess balls, but they are not allowed to use the Gaga Pit.

Recess balls should stay out of the mulch areas.
No climbing, sitting, or standing on top of railings/bars. One person on bars at a time.
Go down the slides facing forward, on your bottom only.

Players need to create fair teams to begin the game. Take reasonable turns playing goalie.
No climbing or hanging on soccer nets or poles, and no digging in the sand.
There is no ‘fouling’ people on purpose. Soccer at school is a no-contact sport.
No tackling, slide tackling, or tripping other players. Bodies should stay upright off the ground. Repeated warnings to play safely will lead to loss of play privileges.
No using hands (except by goalie or for throw-ins) while playing soccer.

Players need to create fair teams to begin the game. Take reasonable turns playing quarterback.
No tackling, slide tackling, or tripping other players – “two-hand touch” only. Bodies should stay upright off the ground. Repeated warnings to play safely will lead to loss of play privileges.

Only 10 students inside the Gaga Pit at a time. The rest of the students wait in line outside the entrance.
Players hit the ball with one open hand.
Players are only allowed to hit the ball one time until it hits the wall or another player.
If the ball hits a person below the knee, even off another person or the wall, that person is out.
Players are also out if they scoop, kick, or throw the ball, hit the ball with 2 hands, or hit the ball out of the pit.

Students should not be lifting other students off the ground for any reason.
Adults can use their discretion to decide if individual tumbling (somersaults, cartwheels, round-offs, etc.) feels safe given the setting, age, and ability of the students.

Players need to create fair teams to begin the game. Take reasonable turns being the pitcher.
Each team will keep the same “kicking order” for the whole game. Students joining the game will be added to the end of the order.
If the ball is kicked and rolls out of bounds before going past first or third base, it is called a foul and the kicker must try again.
Teams switch sides after three outs or nine runs are scored.
Older students (grades 3-5) are allowed to throw the ball at a runner below the shoulders in order to get that player out. A throw that hits above the shoulders is not an out and results in an extra base for that runner.
No tackling, pushing, or tripping other players. Bodies should stay upright off the ground. Repeated warnings to play safely will lead to loss of play privileges.

Players need to create fair teams to begin the game.
There is no ‘fouling’ people on purpose. Basketball at school is a no-contact sport.
No tackling, pushing, or tripping other players. Bodies should stay upright off the ground. Repeated warnings to play safely will lead to loss of play privileges.

One player starts in each square, and the other players wait in line off to the side.
Play begins when the server drops the ball once into her/his square then hits it into a different square.
Each player needs to hit the ball with any part of his/her hand into an opposing player’s square after it has bounced only once in their his/her square.
If the ball lands on a line, or goes out of bounds before it bounces, the player who hit the ball is out. If a player catches or holds the ball, or the ball bounces in their square more than once, that player is out.