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The Relentless School Nurse: Thank you NASN & the 64 Organizations of the Medicaid in Schools Coalition!

Relentless School Nurse

Sharing an important letter (linked here), signed by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) along with 64 organizations and allies of the Medicaid in Schools Coalition. It was submitted to Congress on February 17, 2025, as an urgent appeal to our lawmakers to protect Medicaid from the proposed cuts. Medicaid plays a vital role in supporting the health and educational success of vulnerable children, particularly those with disabilities and those living in poverty.

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PE Insights Episode 48 Carrie Irwin and Ella Shinner: Life as a PE Early Career Teacher and advice for PE trainees and mentors

PE Scholar

Insights from Early Career PE Teachers This podcast episode with host, Nathan Walker, features two recently qualified PE teachers, Carrie Irwin and Ella

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The Relentless School Nurse: Gun Safety is Healthcare – A Guide to Life-Saving Conversations

Relentless School Nurse

Empowering Healthcare Professionals to Combat Gun Violence A New Resource from Brady’s This Is Our Lane Campaign As a nurse, I’ve always believed in the power of education and prevention. Today, I’m thrilled to share an initiative that aligns perfectly with these public health principles. Brady’s This Is Our Lane campaign has just released a groundbreaking resource guide titled “How to Talk to Patients About Gun Access and Safety.” This guide serves as avital

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A Leap Forward in Neonatal Care: Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Expands NICU

Stanford Childrens

The Axe and Blaise Wanstrath Neonatal Intensive Care Unit features 14 new rooms including beds that can accommodate newborn twins. At Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford , a joyful milestone has been celebrated with the unveiling of an expanded and renovated 16-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services.

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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The PE Teacher as Bricoleur

Drowning in the Shallow

Bricoleur is a French word that means ahandyman who makes use of any and all the tools at hand to complete a task‘ I see part of developing expertise as a PE teachers through this lens. The first reason for this is that teaching PE requires the constant responding to persistent challenges.

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How to install Myzone manually – No Android app store download needed

My Zone

Cant access the Myzone app on the Google Play Store? No problem. You can install it manually in just a few simple steps. Follow the guide below to download, install, and secure your Myzone Android app hassle-free.

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The Art of Healing

Stanford Childrens

In hospital spaces where life hangs in the balance and time feels suspended, art serves as both a mirror and a balm. Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanfords commitment to arts vital role in the recovery process reflects the growing recognition of the therapeutic power of visual culture. When we talk about healing, we often focus on the physical.

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Why Bowling Deserves a Spot in Every PE Curriculum

Gopher Sport

Every Sport Has Its Defining Moment Every sport has its defining momentthat one skill athletes spend years perfecting. In basketball, its the shot that could beat the buzzer. In baseball, its the home run swing that electrifies a stadium. For bowlers, its the 12th framethe final shot for perfection. Ive been there. The once loud and chaotic bowling alley has fallen silent.

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Ramadan and PE: Creating a Space Where Every Student Feels Valued

PE Scholar

Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, is a time of fasting, reflection, and prayer.

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How Physical Education Plays a Core Role in Student Development

Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Learn How Jill Yacu Became a School Nurse Content Creator!

Relentless School Nurse

Click to view slideshow. Jill Yacu’s transition into a content creator role at MacGill School Nurse Supplies was driven by her extensive experience as a school nurse and her desire to make a broader impact on our profession. Jill found herself at a crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted the critical yet under-resourced role of school nurses.

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Transfer of learning in physical education

Learning Through Sport

In a prevous blog here I began to look at concept based curriculum model for physical education as an alternative to a multi-activity curriculum model. A multi-activity curriculum model typically has short 3-to-5-week duration units of work. In this curriculum design there is insufficient time for the volume of practice required through deliberate play and practice to master technical and tactical skills of an activity to the level where a student previously not playing the sport can reach at le

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Preventing Hearing Loss in Kids: Beware of Unsafe Listening Habits During Video Gaming and Other Activities

Stanford Childrens

March 3 is World Hearing Day. Learn how to spot signs of hearing loss in children and general tips on how to encourage safe listening habits provided by the Childrens Hearing Center at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Did you know that more than1 billion young people worldwide could develop permanent hearing loss due to unsafe habits while playing video games, listening to music, and attending noisy events such as concerts and festivals?

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8 Steps Good Communication With Your Teen

RC Families

If your family does not have good communication habits, then you are missing out on one of the biggest keys to building a happy home. For many of you, it’s not your fault. You were not shown by your parents how to have healthy conversations. But it’s never too late to get better at communicating!

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Supercharging PE GCSE exam revision resources

PE Scholar

Following our recent and popular insight series on Supercharging PE GCSE exam revision teaching, we are delighted to provide you with some resources from

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The Relentless School Nurse: Watch What They Do, Not What They Say

Relentless School Nurse

The Baltimore Sun recently published READERS COMMENTARY , New Health Secretary’s Promises Don’t Add Up, co-authored by Timothy Holtz, MD, and Teri Mills, RN serves as a critical response to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Their concerns stem from Kennedy’s history of promoting conspiracy theories and undermining public health systems, which they aptly document will have disastrous consequences for public health, pa

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16 Bowling Activities for Physical Education

Gopher Sport

Bowling is often included in Physical Education because it’s a fun and accessible activity that promotes various physical skills like hand-eye coordination, balance, muscle strength, and can be adapted for different abilities, making it suitable for students of all levels while also providing a good workout through the act of lifting and rolling a bowling ball.

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Ten MORE misconceptions in PE and Sport teaching

The Everlearner

Way back in 2022, I wrote a blog post about 10 common misconceptions in PE teaching. That post has been incredibly popular and the feedback I have received about it has been excellent. Therefore, just over two years later, I am going to write a follow-up with 10 more misconceptions that, I believe, PE teachers commonly make.

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Kids and Structure: How Much is Too Much?

RC Families

Kids and structure: they need it, don’t they? Parents have been led to believe that kids need structure and consistency and with that in mind, they’ve become hesitant to give their children too much free time.

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Is It Time to Ditch Dodgeball?

PE Scholar

Written by Lee Sullivan Picture this: a school gym, teams picked, balls lined up, and the game promptly begins.

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The Relentless School Nurse: “Voices from the Frontline” – School Nurses, Share Your Stories on the Impact of Medicaid Cuts on Student Health

Relentless School Nurse

CHC: Creating Healthier Communities (CHC) is inviting school nurses to collaborate with them on an important initiative a storytelling series that they hope will inspire action to protect and strengthen Medicaid at this critical time. CHC is deeply concerned about proposed Medicaid cuts that could jeopardize the health of millions of Americans, especially children.

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How to get more people to experience fitness for the first time

My Zone

Experience is the most powerful of teachers. Especially in fitness, you can hear about the benefits of something, but until you feel them for yourself, true understanding remains just out of reach.

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Bringing Disco Bowling to Your PE Class

Gopher Sport

Are you looking for a way to put and extra spin on your bowling unit? If so, you should try giving disco bowling a whirl. Disco bowling is a glowing combination of neon color lights, glow sticks, along with disco lights/ball and music. It is fun and awesome way for the kids to experience and become completely engaged with bowling in their Physical Education classes.

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When You Feel Like Yelling at Your Kids…

RC Families

Perhaps you don’t feel like yelling at your kids every day, but I would guess that most parents have the urge at least every now and then. It’s because kids are so good at pushing our buttons, doing what we don’t expect, and of course doing what we do expect but wish we didn’t. Yelling.

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Concept Curriculum Non-Performer Worksheet

PE Scholar

Empower non-performing students in your PE class with this invaluable observational worksheet.

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Unlocking Potential: The Power of Data Interoperability in K-12 Education

FACTS Management

Get expert advice from FACTS experts on how data interoperability in K-12 education enhances collaboration, efficiency, and student success.

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Westminster ‘Fit for Office’ challenge breaks records as MPs champion physical activity

My Zone

Politicians across Westminster are celebrating the importance of physical activity by joining Fit for Office, a challenge that encourages them to be more active and lead by example on national wellbeing.

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Strike Up the Energy! How to Play SPARK’s Aerobic Bowling

Gopher Sport

One of the things I enjoy most in Physical Education is being able to find and create activities that have the students active the entire time and not realize it. I find that when there is just a lot of running, some students get super tired quickly or lose interest even faster. I created a unit in my curriculum solely to do aerobics games and one of those activities is Aerobic Bowling from SPARK.

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New PE-learning feature on TheEverLearner.com: Centralised Assessment Models

The Everlearner

Dear PE colleagues and especially my PE customers (dont like the word customers but it is the correct term in this case), Im delighted to let you know that we have a brand-new learning feature on TheEverLearner.com platform. As you know, we improve TheEverLearner.com platform all the time. Recently, we released single sign-on (SSO) for students and teachers, for example, but it remains relatively unusual for entire learning features to be launched as new.

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Sport Education: A Retrospective in journal of teaching in physical education

PE Scholar

This study presents findings related to primary students representations and practices of sport education.

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PE Sub Plans

PLT4M

When a physical education teacher can’t be in class, whether due to illness, professional development, or personal matters, the show must go on. Effective PE sub plans are essential to ensure that students continue to engage in meaningful physical activity no matter who is leading the class. Well-thought-out PE sub plans not only help maintain the flow of the class but also ensure that students stay active, motivated, and safe, even in the PE teachers absence.

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March Madness Myzone Challenge: How to set up a slam dunk tournament

My Zone

March Madness isnt just for basketball its the perfect opportunity to get your gym community fired up and engaged with a high-energy Myzone Challenge!

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Curriculum Matters: Identifying High-Quality Instructional Materials

Rennie Center

Curriculum Matters: Identifying High-Quality Instructional Materials catherine-rauseo Fri, 02/28/2025 - 00:21

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