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Aquatics – applying training principles and SMART goals
Blue Diver by Pablo Fernandez CC BY SA NC Our Grade 8 students have choice over which unit they would like to complete in a 12-lesson block. We offer this as a way to delve more deeply into something that interests students. Teachers have used student polls to gather evidence about what we should offer, and we notice interest shifts but we have constraints on facilities and the need to assess students using the same Strand/Standards over the course of the year. The most recent unit offered included these four options: Dance, Gymnastics, Fitness and Aquatics with our assessment around Locomotor movements which each teacher interpreted slightly differently based on…
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SEPEP – introduction
Imperial Team for the Winter Olympics by Stefan CC BY April has come and with it the knowledge that our last PE units are about to begin. We made the decision to cut a unit this year as our PE spaces are always compromised in the last few weeks of school for assemblies, productions and the rest. Instead of trying to complete our last unit and write end-of-year reports, I have decided to give our Dept 2 weeks of buffer time. This is in reaction to the squeeze we all feel at the end of the year with stress of marking, feedback and report writing all along with the other…