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Physical education (PE) staff play an important role in the health and well-being of children and young people. However, they can also be at risk of burnout and stress.
The Department for Education recently proposed a new plan to deliver high-quality PE and sport for all pupils. This should allow more support for teachers and students regarding their physical education.
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Pupils often arrive at secondary school relatively well-prepared for what’s ahead of them – they’ll have their comically oversized bag, their brand-new pencil case, a timetable and a map of the school. But how well prepared for secondary PE lessons are they? In this article, we explore strategies that you may use to support pupils in the transition from primary to secondary PE lessons.
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PE teaching jobs are often the most difficult for a potential recruit to secure, often due to low staff turnover combined with a high number of newly trained teachers. In this article, we explore what a head of PE might be looking for when they are recruiting for a new member of staff.
Our first piece of advice is to scrutinise the advert and try to work out what it is that the school is looking for. Some schools might well be looking for a PE teacher to be a specialist in a certain sport or teaching area, but all schools will require PE staff to be able to deliver a wide range of sporting activities.
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What do you want from your PE lessons? If engagement and full participation are two core components then read on! Below are some lessons suggestions/ Schemes of Work which will help to achieve these objectives:
