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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside. When snowplows create large piles of snow outside our school, each PE class gets a hill of snow to create a snow fort.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Here are five ways to celebrate physical activity during National PE & Sport Week and every week — and all year round: 1. squatting, swimming, biking) in your PE program. Host a PE & Sport Book Club So many life lessons are taught through sport, why not share stories of these lessons with a school book club?

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. All three of these tenants of PE can be better utilized in classroom settings.

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SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE

Gopher Sport

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! Hockey-Inspired Fitness Challenges It is important to highlight that conditioning and physical fitness are just as crucial as playing the sport itself. View official giveaway terms and conditions. One entry per person.

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. We let students and parents know that we would be going outside in most weather conditions and that they should dress in layers. Teach your students about boundaries and that outdoor PE class is different than recess. We stayed outside in light rain.

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Statement from DfE regarding Primary PE and Sport Premium conditions of grant

Association for Physical Education

12/05/23 afPE members have been querying the update to the Primary PE and Sport Premium conditions of grant document.

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Physical Education Electives

PLT4M

Jodi Reardon, the physical education department chair at Wyomissing and 2021 Pennsylvania PE teacher of the year, knew that this negative view of PE was impacting her students, “When I talked with the guidance counselors, I would hear stories of students not wanting to come to school because of PE.