This girl can enjoy sport & physical activity. This girl can be sporty and feminine. This girl can be strong and graceful. This girl can choose to be active. This girl can enjoy active time with her friends. This girl can compete with boys if she wants to. This girl can can compete. This girl …
We all know that PE develops social skills and emotional intelligence. Above all, it is important to remember that just as students need time and guidance to discover and practice skills, concepts and strategies, we must give students the same time and guidance to process the emotions they feel so that they can have a positive impact on their performance.
Girls were not influenced by any stereotypes and they saw a confident, active female role model who showed them that girls could be active, strong and competitive.I had fulfilled one of my roles as a PE teacher by simply being myself.
Now we know what movement words are and how they can not only link the learning of movement and language but also use these two learning areas to motivate each other. I would like to share my experience of using movement words within a Dance unit. Although I find teaching dance challenging, using movement words …
After great success with storytelling in Early Years PE, I’ve been looking at how I can progress with this link between movement and language throughout primary PE lessons. A great way I continued this link was through the use of ‘Movement Words’ – so simple yet so effective! They allow words to meet experiences, emotions …
If you’re lucky enough to have returned back to school, you will have realised that school life is not yet back to ‘normal’. If you haven’t returned to school yet, you are probably asking many questions; How will the students be? How many students will return? What will I be teaching? Along with many more …
Storytelling and movement words are great but how else can I ensure that movement within PE helps to develop a student’s language skills?
If you’ve already started storytelling, please get in touch and let me know how it is going. Here are some steps you may like to take to help you prepare if you’ve not had a chance to implement it yet.
I found myself in this position – my first time teaching PE in the Early Years PE and I was concerned. How could I provide the best learning experiences? How could I ensure my teaching was effective? I asked my colleagues and the wonderful world of Twitter for advice.
In this blog I want to give everyone a round of applause for plodding on during this uncertain and concerning time. EVERYONE, no matter where they live, whatever their job, is being tested, every day. As long as we are doing our best to look after each other, we all deserve a pat on the back!
