SPIRALPE

  PE…Teaches Skills for Life Coherence and progression within the PE learning journey should be carefully considered to ensure that the physical skills are developed alongside the necessary knowledge so that children can know more and do more. Getting this right from the offset is essential for not only building the foundations for children to improve, but for them to take ownership of their own development journey too. Clearly communicating learning objectives (detailing the skills and knowledge) whilst fostering a collaborative learning environment, has the potential to unlock a platform for developing a whole wealth of other skills such as communication, problem solving and empathy alongside physical fitness. We are now seeing more and more of our education and sports specialists actively planning for and delivering PE in such a way that it purposefully teaches skills that are not just taught, develope d and built upon as part of the PE lesson, but skills that are transfer...

Working Together to Improve our Health This week, Dr Clare Hambling (NHS clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity) has highlighted the importance of working together to tackle the issues that contribute to obesity with a shared vision of helping people remain as healthy as possible. Whilst positive figures are published in this week’s news article showing that obesity rates in England have started to stabilise for the first time in 20 years, ( https://dentistry.co.uk/2024/09/25/obesity-rates-in-england-stabilise-for-first-time-in-20-years/ )  there is still so much to be done to ensure we are all effectively supporting those who are overweight, at risk of becoming overweight and promoting an overall healthy, active lifestyle for everyone. In recent years, incentives such as the sugar tax, PE premium and Olympic funding have been introduced and the trend is now moving in the right direction, but there is still so much to be done. In primary schools we are in a hugely influenti...