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The Relentless School Nurse: Road Rage Has Come Out From Behind the Wheel

Relentless School Nurse

I have come to the conclusion that our country is filled with road rage. The anger and frustration displayed in cars has come out from behind the wheel into the streets, schools, and other public spaces. I began to notice it systemically when COVID reared its ugly head almost three long years ago. Those would be dog years, so more like 21 human years ago.

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The GREAT TURKEY ESCAPE! – Game of the Week

Keeping Kids in Motion

This week’s game of the week is a Thanksgiving game called The Great Turkey Escape. The Great Turkey Escape is set on a turkey farm just days from Thanksgiving. It’s business as usually until the farmers hear a raucous coming from the barn. As.

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Securing your first PE teacher job

PE Scholar

Luke Jones shares his experience of a relentless pursuit to secure his first pe teacher job and how he got his first teaching post.

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Interplay Between Exercise and Gut Health: How to Improve Exercise with a Happy Gut

The Sporting

How to use exercise to build a happy, healthy gut We are constantly told that to improve our endurance we need to: lift more weight, work out more or have a healthy diet. However, what if it goes beyond all of this. What if, to improve our endurance, we also need a happy gut? Gut microbiota and exercise are interconnected, according to recent studies.

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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 Relentless School Nurse: Peers Supporting Each Other

Relentless School Nurse

. A group of school nurses has quietly gathered every Sunday evening from 7 – 8 pm for more than two years in support of each other. The numbers fluctuate but usually hover around 15. For an hour most Sunday nights, we come together to provide peer support. The conversations focused on the stressors related to COVID and the impact on our health and well-being as we scrambled to keep up with the ever-changing public health emergency.

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10 Signs You are Over-Parenting

RC Families

After working with parents for many years, I’ve observed that one of the pitfalls parents fall into is over-parenting. Call it helicopter parenting, lawnmower parenting, or even over-involved–the bottom line is that those parents feel a need to step in and maintain some sort of control. Not me! You may say. But let’s take a. Read More.

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Boston Celtics Colors and Logo History

The Sporting

Why do the Boston Celtics wear green? The story and details of the Celtics colors and logo In this article, we look at the history of the Boston Celtics logo! We discuss the different colors and logos that the team have played in, including full details of their HEX, RGB and CYMK codes. A brief introduction to the Celtics When Boston Garden owner Walter Brown decided to revive the former New York Celtics in 1946, it’s incredible to think that he was founding a team that would go through some of

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The Relentless School Nurse: Courageous Conversations About Gun Violence & Prevention at the NJEA Convention

Relentless School Nurse

. What an honor to be invited to speak before the closing general session of the 2022 New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Convention. My appreciation to Dr. Christine Miles, NJEA Director of Professional Development & Instructional Issues for inviting me to share my family’s story of gun violence over several generations. Here is a transcript of my message: Before I share my story, I want you to stop for a moment and ask you to think of a time when something in your life happened

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‘He Saved My Life’: Honoring a Pioneer Transplant Surgeon for 35 Years of Saving Lives

Stanford Childrens

Jenny Tice, 34, makes sure to live each day to its fullest. She is a Bay Area native, works in finance in San Francisco, lives an active lifestyle, and volunteers. However, these milestones wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Carlos Esquivel, MD , chief of the Division of Transplantation at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. He saved her life, twice.

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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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2022 State Convention Recap

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Thank you to all that attended the 2022 Arizona Health and Physical Education State Convention. We appreciate everyone taking the time out of their busy schedules and away from your kids to join us. Also we are asking presenters to upload any handouts or presentations that they would like to share onto the convention schedule. Click here for schedule.

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Backup Players – Always Be Ready to Play

Physical Education Update

Backup Players – Always Be Ready to Play! I’m currently reading a book by my favorite author, John Grisham, called “Playing for Pizza. It’s the story of an NFL quarterback – a 3rd-stringer who, through a series of injuries to his team’s top-two quarterbacks, ends up leading his team in the final 12 minutes of a championship game…with disastrous results.

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10 Benefits of a Back Facial

The Sporting

Back Facials: The many benefits of a back facial Back facials are essential for healthy, happy body skin. They are a treatment that exfoliates, cleanses and nourishes the skin on the back of your body. A specialised therapist will apply a special treatment from your neck down to your lower back. This treatment will extract oil, dirt and grime from your skin.

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The Changing Rooms Blog - A Year in Review and Plans for the Future

The Everlearner

I am delighted to share this blog as a celebration of a full calendar year of blog posts , published every single Wednesday at 19:00 UK. Each and every blog is PE specific and this will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. I write blogs because I enjoy doing so. I also enjoy the experience of reviewing my writing and perceiving the improvements that, I hope, I am making.

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Premature Baby Turns 2 After Traumatic Start

Stanford Childrens

Juliana Vidigal was just shy of 26 weeks pregnant when she started bleeding and feeling abdominal pain. She immediately called her neighbor, who gave her a ride to a nearby hospital in San Francisco. The news wasn’t good. “The doctor said, ‘Your risk for premature labor is 100%. You have to go to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health ,’” Juliana says.

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The Coaching Copyright Problem

Physical Education Update

Coaches! We have a copyright problem! That’s right. Today, when I typed the word “coaching” into Google today, here’s what I found on the first page: 22 references, with only THREE referring to actual sports coaching. What type of coaching did Google find for me? Peer Coaching. Executive Coaching. Business Coaching. Life Coaching.

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The Greatest England players of all time

The Sporting

The 5 Greatest footballers to play for England The country where the sport originated, England’s close association with football evidently dates back centuries. While widely recognized as a football superpower, England have only won 1 international trophy despite regular appearances at major tournaments. Despite the trophy dearth, a number of players have dazzled on a regular basis whilst representing the Three Lions, with some doing it in the biggest games.

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Active Advent – a FREE Way to Get Your Children More Active in School this December

Association for Physical Education

14/11/2022 Join thousands of Primary Schools who are taking part in Active Advent from 5th to 16th December… It’s guaranteed to keep your class active, focussed and engaged during this […]. The post Active Advent – a FREE Way to Get Your Children More Active in School this December appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education | P.E.

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: What You Should Know About RSV

Stanford Childrens

RSV is a highly contagious, seasonal virus that causes symptoms such as trouble breathing and other more severe disease in infants. Like many children’s hospitals across the country, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is experiencing an increased number of pediatric patients hospitalized with respiratory viruses such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ).

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Micronutrients to Support the Autoimmune Response

Designs for Health

Autoimmune conditions are believed to influence up to 1 in 20 adults in the U.S. Some evidence indicates that the incidence of autoimmune conditions may be increasing. Recent research suggests that some micronutrients may support health in the presence of certain autoimmune conditions. . Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by joint involvement and destruction of bone and cartilage.

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Top 5 Most Successful Football National Teams

The Sporting

The best football national teams of all time! With the 2022 Qatar World Cup just one week away, The Sporting Blog takes a look at the most decorated national teams in the history of football. Every nation involved will be fighting tooth and nail to bring home one of the most, if not the most, sought-after trophy in the world. Players will tell you that lifting some of these trophies were the best moments of their lives, let alone the biggest accomplishments of their career.

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Lessons an Athletic Director Learned as a Line Cook (Part 3)

Montessori Physical Education

I was today years old when I realized… I was embarrassingly old when I discovered most of the food you order is premade in some way. I had this fantasy: cooks in the kitchen happily made my favorite dishes from scratch. I also thought that the process of making a dish happened every time an order came in and was done in real-time. Let's take a BLT, for example.

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Smallest Baby Born in 2020 Turns 2 and Rules the Day

Stanford Childrens

Om is a little king. He rules his household, but in a mischievous and fun-loving way. “He thinks he owns everyone and everything around him. He’s strong and brave. Nothing stops him, or makes him sad or scared,” says his mom, Dhara. The couple was deciding between two names, but when he was born, they knew he was “Om.” In Sanskrit, om is the sacred syllable.

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The Benefits of Green Tea Polyphenols on the Immune System

Designs for Health

Green tea, or Camellia sinensis, is estimated to be the second most consumed beverage in the world, with water being the first. Epidemiological studies indicate that green tea consumption is associated with several health-promoting benefits, including the support of healthy body weight and cardiovascular health. Recent research is investigating the beneficial role of green tea on the immune system.

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Spain 2010 World Cup - The best national team of all time?

The Sporting

Spain World Cup 2010: The greatest national team of all-time Ten years have passed since one of the greatest – if not the greatest – national teams lifted the World Cup trophy in South Africa in 2010. Spain were the best of the best for five years between 2008 and 2012. During that time, they lifted the European Championship trophy in 2008 and 2012 and, of course, the 2010 World Cup trophy in South Africa.

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Give to the Max 2022 - Thank you

AKA Sports

I just want to thank everyone for your support for AKASPORT and donations to our Give to the Max Day campaign. As is the case every year at this time, for one, I am humbled by the incredible nonprofits and charities that we are surrounded by and two, yes, we were coaching much of the afternoon and evening. That's what we do best. Drew, Thomas, and I had steady programs yesterday and I got to finish the evening off with my friend, Coach Jack.

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Cooking success for Linmere!

Delamere Academy

The burgers were absolutely delicious!

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New Integration Between Firstbeat and Kama.Sport to Optimize Athlete Performance

First Beat

Firstbeat is delighted to announce its recent API integration partnership with Kama.Sport, a software and data science company that enables managers and their technical staff to digitally integrate their methodology and leverage data at their disposal to achieve their goals and improve performance. The integration with Kama.Sport means that Firstbeat Sports’ load and recovery data is now even more accessible as the system is used within the whole team, creating a more seamless user experience fo

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The Worst Rules in Formula 1

The Sporting

Some of the worst rules in F1 history! F1 boasts an array of weird and wacky rules that have backfired spectacularly and made a mockery of the sport and its governing body. Interestingly, all of these rules are from the 21st century This suggests that F1 became worried about accusations of being a ‘boring’ sport under more intense modern day scrutiny - perhaps with a greater American-style sporting influence - and attempted something new to compensate… One Type of Wet Weather Tyre Only Nowadays,

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Action for Healthy Kids Hosts First National Conference

PE for Parents

The post Action for Healthy Kids Hosts First National Conference appeared first on Action for Healthy Kids.

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The Fundamentals of Coaching Football

Player Development Project

Coaching football is a complex activity, requiring a wide array of different skills. But there are several simple measures that all coaches — new and experienced — can take in order to improve. Below, PDP Co-Founder Dave Wright examines some of the most important aspects of football coaching, and offers practical advice for coaches seeking to improve the way they work with their players.

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Football Skills: Passing Student Worksheet

PE Scholar

This student worksheet on passing provides 5 student tasks that encourage learners to coach, discuss, practice, design and reflect.

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The Fastest Cars in F1 History - Top speeds throughout the decades

The Sporting

Formula 1’s quickest cars throughout the decades! There have been 73 championship-winning cars in Formula 1’s rich history, but some stand above the rest for design, innovation and raw speed. But which ones hit top speed in their respective decades? Here are the fastest F1 cars that have hit graced circuits across the world since 1950, through to the present day.

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