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Ideas and Questions which Run Wild in My Mind!

The Magic of 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.

Back to School After Lockdown

If you’re lucky enough to have returned back to school, you will have realised that …

Movement & Writing

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.

Worries about Story Telling

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.

Welcome!

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!

International Baccalaureate: why I love teaching it

PE teacher Rachel Ford explains how she approached moving country and curriculum, and why she’s now an IB convert

In Malaysia, parents push for academic subjects

GCSE PE isn't popular in Malaysia because of a priority placed on academic subjects – and students are suffering for it

In this magical PE lesson there were physical challenges overcome with collaboration and problem solving. There were fundamental movement skills demonstrated by flying superheroes. There were visits to the zoo, there were zombies, there were pirates, most importantly there was lots and lots of treasure.

There was also……. language development.

Students and teachers moved, played, talked and lived happily ever after.

Early Years PE is the foundation for physical literacy. As physical educators we want students to develop movement skills as well as a love for sports and physical activity. Once Upon a PE Lesson looks at how we can keep PE lessons playful through the telling of stories whilst also using the movements used to reinforce the learning of language.