everything curriculum | September 2019


Nick Powell is a director of PE Partner, an organisation that works alongside schools and community organisations nationally to increase and improve people’s experiences of physical activity.


You can follow Nick on Twitter @PEpartner_uk


Many of the above PE tips (and lots more) form the basis of the curriculum and lesson plans found on the SPIRALPE™ platform. Find out more about the platform at ypo.co.uk/spiralpe


Make sure you have your ‘PE kit’ with you (and I don’t mean your tracksuit!)


You always make sure you have enough pens or rulers in your classrooms so why would you not have enough bean bags or marker disks in your PE cupboard? Having the right equipment and using it to help you manage how and where activities take place is a really good way to organise your PE lessons and reduce what can otherwise become chaos. Getting your set up right will allow you to focus on teaching the skills.


And if you have a school tablet, bring it into PE lessons with you and film the children in action. Showing it back to them is a great teaching tool, especially if you are able to slow the footage down or pause it at key points – you can discuss their technique and show them what you mean. You can let the children have a go too. They love coaching each other and this really develops their feedback and communication skills.


Keep them active!


The best way to keep kids active is to keep your PE lessons fresh – change the activity regularly so that everyone gets lots of opportunities to run, hit, catch, dodge…and avoid long lines and large teams. Why would you play 15 a side cricket when you can have six mini games with five people? Think how much more action and engagement the children get in a smaller game. When children get bored their behaviour often deteriorates, so challenge them – change partners, space, opponents and equipment – all things that will refocus their minds and keep them on task.


If you’re struggling to know where to start with PE lesson planning, SPIRALPE™ can help, it features complete lesson plans for reception to year 6, all on one handy online platform!


It’s about skills not sports


Don’t focus on a particular sport, focus instead on the skill you want the children to work on. Running is a skill, as are striking, catching and accuracy, but they can be taught in so many creative and engaging ways and all are transferable across so many sports and activities. Select the right sport or activity as a medium to teach the transferable skill you want to work on.


I hope you find these tips useful and that they help you and your pupils enjoy being active.


There are a lot of online resources and new technologies now available to help you deliver engaging and fulfilling activities which will help with your own organisation and review processes.


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