Inclusive PE for SEND Children by Faith M Newton
Book Review by Lee Sullivan ‘Inclusive PE for SEND Children’ by Faith M. Newton is an important exploration of a much needed topic within physical…
Primary Concept Curriculum: Early Years – Lesson 1 Walk-Through
Introduction In this blog, and in the supporting video below, we’ll take you through a detailed walkthrough of how to lead a PE lesson for…
Health and Wellbeing: Tracking students’ self-perceptions of wellbeing using an accessible continuum.
The 20-year anniversary of the media sensationalising Frank Bruno’s decline in mental health served a timely reminder of why monitoring and reflecting on mental health…
Join ‘Path to Paris’ from Team GB and ParalympicsGB and inspire children to live more active lifestyles!
In just under a year, the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place in Paris. To mark this occasion, Get Set (the official youth…
Generic Core PE Sample Plenary Questions
Below are some sample plenary questions to assess aspects of the Meaningful PE research (Fletcher, Beni, Ni Chroinin and Gleddie. 2021). Social Interaction Considering student-student…
The Role of Observation in Enhancing Pedagogical Practices in Physical Education
By Lee Sullivan Introduction Observation serves as an essential component of effective teaching, fostering a deeper understanding of students’ needs and learning dynamics. Within the…
The Purpose of Assessment in Core PE
By Lee Sullivan Introduction There can be no doubt that assessment has been an area of contention and challenge for physical educators for some time.…
PE Refusers – Prevention is as important as the cure?
As a Head of PE in a working class comprehensive school in the North of England, I found that challenging those without kit and perennial…
Using Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) as pedagogy of affect to enact the Health and Well-being AOLE through PE.
Introduction In my previous blog, I touched on how I’d begun to adopt ‘pedagogies of affect’ (Kirk, 2010, 2021; Casey & Kirk, 2021) in my…