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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…
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Concept based learning – Invasion Games
Lego Spellen by Dirk Houbrechts CC BY NC For those who know me, you will know that I have recently moved from UNIS Hanoi to Yokohama Int’l School. This has been a big change for myself (and my family) and I am working in a new PE department and have taken on the Head of Department role. I am relishing the opportunity to put many of our good practice down in writing so that it is clear to others that our PE dept sees some fundamental truths as important and that this manifests itself in our classes, everyday. Now I am also part of the #PEPLC community, organising a…
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SprintTimer – T&F Day Review
Bad Position by Kennymatic licensed by CC BY I am following on from my last post reviewing some apps that I trialled on my recent Track and Field days. You can read back about the ideas here and the first app here. SprintTimer SprintTimer is a very nifty app created by Sten Kaiser. It allows you to take photo finish images at the end of your sprint or relay events with high quality images to share with your school community. I should have had more of a play of this app prior to using it on the day. It isn’t complicated, but there are multiple settings you can choose from…