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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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Meet Heather: The PE Teacher Who Redefines Resilience and Empowerment

Gopher Sport

By: Gopher Community Physical Education teacher Heather Burd is not just an educator; she’s an example of resilience, compassion, and empowerment. Born with right hemiplegia, a partial paralysis on her right side—a condition as rare as she is unique—Heather has faced physical challenges from day one. It’s not about what you can’t do.

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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.

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The Perfect Storm of Learning Conditions in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

The big assumption I made here (not the best assumption for a holistic picture of PE but adequate for what I want to share here) is that skill acquisition is a big part of our job as PE teachers and it is necessary for us to think about it in order to do better. It is a challenge to see this in perspective.

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Field Day Fun: A PE Teacher's Guide to Planning an Unforgettable Event!

Physical Education Ideas

Choosing a Date (When It's Not Too Hot) Spring weather can be unpredictable, so it's crucial to pick a date that offers pleasant conditions for outdoor activities. Teach Students Games in the Lead-up to the Field Day Build excitement and familiarity with the games by incorporating them into your regular PE classes leading up to the event.

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High School Strength and Conditioning Curriculum

PLT4M

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

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So what now in Physical Education (PE)? A personal reflection.

Reinventing the Game

These are students who went through our Physical Education (PE) system and the cue/rule they used was a direct observable expectation of a pass which they conveyed without modification to their peers. I realised my shifting from a technical aspect of Physical Education (PE) to a philosophical one.