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Problem solving before instruction – a potential desirable difficulty in PE

Drowning in the Shallow

If Physical Education is the school subject that prioritises the learning about, in and through movement, then PE Teachers need to understand what learning is and isn’t. A helpful clarification is the distinction made between performance and learning.

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The Relentless School Nurse: School Nurses, Vaccines, and the Challenge to Public Health

Relentless School Nurse

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s vaccine research, conducted in fall 2024, provides valuable insights into effective vaccine communication strategies for schools. However, the recent appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services in February 2025 has significantly altered the landscape of vaccine policy and public health messaging in the United States.

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Creativity and Healing With Art and Music Therapy

Stanford Childrens

During Child Life and Creative Arts month, were spotlighting the expansion of our Creative Arts Therapy program and the way that music therapy and art therapy enhance the well-being of patients and families The Creative Arts Therapy Team Since 2017, Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanfords music and art therapists have been helping children express their feelings about being in the hospital and encouraging them along their health care journey.

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Managing Load in Football Using Internal and External Data

First Beat

How can physiological data help optimize training, enhance player performance, and manage injury risk in womens football? Join special guest speaker Lead Sports Scientist at Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Catarina Bajanca , as she shares how Benficas womens team integrates internal and external load monitoring to refine training strategies and improve decision-making.

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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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Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report

PE Scholar

March 2025 The last review of the national curriculum was launched in 2011, more than a decade ago.

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Parenting Dilemma: When Nothing Works

RC Families

A parenting dilemma was recently brought to my attention and the bottom line was that the parents had tried everything to correct a teen’s behavior and nothing worked. As I talked with them, we went down the list of options: Have you thought about this? Have you tried this? What consequences do and do not.

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How-To-Guide: Return to Play After Injury

First Beat

Ensure safe progression in training load and intensity for injured players, using Firstbeat Sports insights to rebuild fitness and replicate in-game demands.

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PE Insights Episode 49 Vinny Halsall: PE = Play, Explore and the Power of Three!

PE Scholar

Inspiring the Next Generation of PE Teachers This PE Insights episode features a conversation between host, Nathan Walker, and guest, Vinnie Halsall, a

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Extended writing examples for your GCSE PE Course - Part 1 AQA GCSE PE

The Everlearner

For this weeks post, I am simply going to provide a whole load of teaching and learning resources (for free) that relate to extended writing. The resources contain extended writing frames, model answers and guidance on how to use them.

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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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Seasonal Hiring Success: 5 Must-Know Strategies for Faster Onboarding & Better Performance

FACTS Management

Hiring seasonal staff? Set them up for success with these five essential onboarding strategies for the hospitality and retail industries. Learn how to train faster, boost performance, and keep employees engaged with FACTS Learning Platform.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Agree to Agree

Relentless School Nurse

The Ad Council uses the power of storytelling as a catalyst for social change: The Ad Councils mission is to convene the best storytellers to educate, unite and upliftby opening hearts, inspiring action and accelerating change. We wont stop until we live in a society where every single person can thrive. – Ad Council “Agree to Agree” the The Ad Council’s latest initiative, marks a significant step forward in addressing the escalating crisis of gun violence impacting Amer

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Wheelchair Rugby Student Worksheets

PE Scholar

Prepare for the intense action of Wheelchair Rugby, a dynamic team sport designed for athletes with physical disabilities.

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Safer Skills, Happier Athletes – Dr. Ian Crider’s Gymnastics Roadmap

Complete Performance

If youve ever felt like pushing harder is the only way to improve in gymnastics, this episode is for you. I sat down with Dr. Ian Crider, also known as the gymnastics doc, to talk about a better wayone that leads to safer skills, fewer The post Safer Skills, Happier Athletes – Dr. Ian Criders Gymnastics Roadmap appeared first on Complete Performance Coaching.

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Seasonal Hiring Success: 5 Must-Know Strategies for Faster Onboarding & Better Performance

FACTS Management

Hiring seasonal staff? Set them up for success with these five essential onboarding strategies for the hospitality and retail industries. Learn how to train faster, boost performance, and keep employees engaged with FACTS Learning Platform.

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How Healthy Eating at School Improves Grades

Magnus Health

We all know the phrase you are what you eat and it couldnt be truer when it comes to the brain. What you ingest directly correlates with how you think, remember, and focus that day. Remember this the next time you drink a cup of coffee instead of eating breakfast! Nutrition is especially important for brains that are still growing and learning to ensure that kids and teens stay focused and alert.

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Neurodiversity series Part One: What is neurodiversity and why is it important that PE teachers understand it?

PE Scholar

Introduction Physical Education (PE) is a crucial component of holistic development, promoting not only physical health but also social, emotional, and

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Baby Born With Half a Heart Inspires Mom to Change Her Life

Stanford Childrens

Stanford Childrens congenital heart surgeons save newborn with serious single ventricle heart defect Julie Chisum is a strong, independent young woman who struggled to find direction in life. That is, until her son Ryann was born. He has changed my whole life completely, she says. At 21 weeks along in her pregnancy, Julie received some hard news: Your baby has a heart problem.

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10 Things I Know About Being an Elite Athlete

Changing the Game Project

(This blog is contributed by our great friend Mackenzie (St. Onge) Morse. Mac was a collegiate hockey player and rugby player at Dartmouth, our intern at our first Way of Champions Coaching Conference, and then spent 4 years with the US Ski and Snowboard Team in an athlete support role. Today she is the Athlete Outreach and Engagement Manager for the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, helping athletes before, during and in the difficult transition time at the end of their athletic careers.

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Breaking Down Bias: How Healthcare Providers Can Improve LGBTQ+ Patient Care

Teen Health Mississippi

This blog post is part of a series recognizing National LGBTQ+ Health Awareness Week on March 17-21, 2025. THMS believes everybody deserves a healthy body, and we offer professional development and training in support of providers to accomplish this. Healthcare providers enter their field with a shared mission: to help, heal, and support every person who walks through their doors.

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5 Ways to Celebrate March Madness in PE!

Gopher Sport

March Madness isn’t just for basketball fansits a perfect opportunity to bring competition, teamwork, and excitement into PE class! Whether your students love hoops or just enjoy a fun challenge, these five creative ideas will help your students get more invested in the tournament and provide more fun at your school! 1. Run a 3-on-3 March Madness Tournament Bring the excitement of the NCAA tournament right into your PE class with a 3-on-3 basketball bracket-style tournament!

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Complementary Performance Goals to Achieve Primary Outcomes

MSU

By Nicholas Mortensen, PhD, CSCS Setting short- and long-term performance goals is a foundation for coaches, athletes, and teams throughout the year. It is a way to measure progress through regular evaluations and adjust training and tactics as needed. But sometimes, no matter how hard an individual tries, progress toward a goal may slow down or even remain stable, and this, for some people, can be seen as a failure, which can affect physical and mental performance with training and competitions

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Play Hard, Be a Good Sport, Have Fun: Coaching Strategies to Keep Kids in Sports

AASP

Millions of young athletes enthusiastically participate in sport throughout their youth. One-third, however, drop out of sport each year (Breunner, 2012) and over half quit by the age of 13 (Sage & Eitzen, 2016). The positive and negative effects of youth sport that exist range from prosocial behavior and better academic performance to aggression and athlete burnout.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Trump’s Political Theater Sets Stage to Dismantle the US Department of Education

Relentless School Nurse

On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE). The signing event, held in the East Room of the White House, was a staged spectacle in front of students. Trump asked them, “Should I proceed with this?” before signing the order. The disturbing visual was dystopian: children were used as props to announce a policy that would profoundly undermine their education and well-being.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Erasing the Evidence – The Removal of the Surgeon General’s Gun Violence Advisory

Relentless School Nurse

The first-ever Surgeon Generals Advisory on Firearm Violencean evidence-based, life-saving document has been removed from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. This was not just a document; it was a call to action, a public health roadmap designed to address one of the most pressing crises of our time. Now, it’s vanished, erased from the very platform where it should have stood as a vital roadmap for action and guidance.

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