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Prevention Education is Health Literacy: How to SHAPE the Conversation

SHAPE America

October is Health Literacy Month, and the team at Ask, Listen, Learn is excited to collaborate with SHAPE America to share free resources to aid in starting conversations with your students about the importance of saying “NO” to underage drinking and empowering them in making informed, healthy choices. Please plan to join the Ask, Listen, Learn team and SHAPE America on Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 7 p.m. for a webinar — Prevention Education is Health Literacy — to celebrate Health Literacy Mo

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The Relentless School Nurse: What We Don’t Know about School Shooter Drills 

Relentless School Nurse

This past summer, I had an opportunity to co-author a perspectives piece with Dr. Mary Beth Miotto for the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The article, Empowered or Traumatized? A Call for Evidence-Informed Armed-Assailant Drills in U.S. Schools, reinforced the urgency for an evidence-based approach to school safety drills. NEJM invited us to continue the discussion through its podcast: Perspectives: Intention to Treat.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Just Joking – Always Take Threats of Violence Seriously

Relentless School Nurse

Sandy Hook Promise released a new PSA that will leave you stunned, but hopefully stunned into action. This is another wake-up call for school staff, be vigilant about threats of violence and always take them seriously! There is no such thing as “just joking.” 80% of school shooters tell someone about their plans. But too often, people think they’re “just joking.

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Toilet Tag – A Hilarious and Active Tag Game for Elementary PE Classes

Elementary P.E. Games

Looking for a new and exciting tag game to engage your elementary school students in PE class? Look no further than “Toilet Tag”! This game not only provides a fun and energetic experience but also helps develop important motor skills, endurance, agility, spatial awareness, and teamwork. With no equipment required, it’s easy to set up and play within your designated playing area.

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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The Greatest Superbowl of All time - Patriots vs Falcons: Superbowl LI

The Sporting

The Greatest Superbowl of All-time: The New England Patriots vs. The Atlanta Falcons - Superbowl 51 Sporting News, Athalon, USA Today and even Ticketmaster all agree that there is one definitive Greatest Super Bowl of All Time. It included the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, the only overtime quarter in Super Bowl history, a dynasty and the greatest quarterback and coach of all time.

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Five Engaging Culture-Building Activities

Gopher PE

Physical Education is a great place to get students moving, cooperating, and building communication skills. In this blog, we’ll explore 5 easy-to-learn activities that are great for building relationships and tuning the classroom culture. Exercises like ‘Jump the Spinner,’ where students learn while having fun with fitness, and ‘The Magic Number Team Activity,’ are a great way to foster inclusivity.

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Cancer Nurse Comes Full Circle to Care for Families

Stanford Childrens

At age 10, Hannah McCullough, BSN, got a glimpse of her dream job. It sparkled in the eyes of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford nurses who cared for her big brother, Matthew. It all started with the tragic news that her beloved brother had brain cancer. As a child, McCullough spent hours at his bedside at Packard Children’s. Her family lived through four years of struggle and pain, and despite it all, joy.

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Strategic Planning for Sports Clubs and Federations

The Sporting

Strategic Planning in sport: for federations, clubs and rights holders A good strategic plan should provide the sports club or Federation with a roadmap to help them achieve their goals and overall vision. It is a documented plan with key SMART objectives which help to focus not only the staff but the Federation or club’s resources in specific areas.

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and it's LIVE!! The PE Data Centre

The Everlearner

Dear colleagues, I wanted to take this week’s blog as an opportunity to share with you all that the PE Data Centre is now officially live and is available for all ExamSimulator customers. Whilst “The PE Data Centre” might not sound like the most invigorating of projects by name, I believe its impact could be very significant for PE teachers and students in the years to come.

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How Physical Education Plays a Core Role in Student Development

Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.

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Classroom Technology Rules For Physical Education

PLT4M

As technology becomes more prevalent in the classroom, physical education teachers must create classroom technology rules to ensure students use technology appropriately and safely. These rules can be tailored to the specific needs of each physical education class and school, but some general guidelines can help teachers create effective and beneficial classroom technology rules.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Mental Health Goes to School – A Teacher & A Psychiatrist Walk Into a Podcast!

Relentless School Nurse

What a treat! I was invited by podcast hosts, psychiatrist Dr. Candida Fink, and educator Jo-Ann Berry to have a conversation about school health and safety. Mental Health Goes to School is a new podcast with an important mission, to bridge the gap in understanding the connection between home, school, and the mental health of our students. Here is more about the goals of this new endeavor: A teacher and a psychiatrist talk to experts and with each other to bridge the gap between schools and me

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Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-imagined For Physical Education & Sports

Heartzones

Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-Imagined For Physical Education & Sport “Lifting any weight that increases resistance on your muscles is the key. My muscle doesn’t know the difference if I’m digging in the yard, carrying heavy shopping bags, or lifting a dumbbell.” ( Source & Study ) What is going on inside the body during strength exercises?

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Dealing with Injury as a Runner: How To Cope with a Running Injury

The Sporting

How to Mentally Deal with an Injury as a Runner Whether you’ve been running for one year, three years, or your entire lifetime, dealing with an injury sucks. That’s the cold hard truth, and most of us will experience it at least once in our running lifetime. While injury quite obviously affects us physically, i.e. not being able to run or being in pain, it also affects us psychologically, or mentally.

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3 HALLOWEEN FITNESS ACTIVITIES for the Gym, Classroom, or Home

Keeping Kids in Motion

There’s nothing that excites kids more than Halloween. The anticipation of parties, costumes, and candy is almost unbearable. Why not add some Halloween exercises to the mix? I present to you three Halloween challenges for the classroom, gym, or home. Each activity is a.

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AQA GCSE PE Components of Fitness Posters

PE Scholar

These 10 components of fitness posters have been created to clearly illustrate the definition, a sporting example, and ways to train and test the major

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The Relentless School Nurse: Student Mental Health Matters – A Toolkit for Schools from PBS Learning Media

Relentless School Nurse

Student Mental Health Matters: A Toolkit for Educators i s a valuable resource for school nurses and educators, addressing the mental well-being of students. This open-access toolkit from PBS Learning Media offers a collection of video-based resources, featuring expert insights, student perspectives, and practical strategies, all centered around critical mental health topics such as suicide prevention, stress and anxiety management, self-harm awareness, understanding adverse childhood experience

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Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program Questionnaire

Arizona Health and Physical Education

The CSPAP Policies and Practices Questionnaire (CSPAP-Q) is a needs-assessment designed to help schools self-evaluate how their physical activity policies and practices align with best practices in the field. The survey covers practices related to the 5 components of a CSPAP. Respondents answer simple “yes” or “no” questions and receive feedback in the form of scores and grades for each component.

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Arthur Friedenreich: More goals than Ronaldo, Pele and Messi?

The Sporting

Arthur Friedenreich: The Real Greatest Goalscorer in Football History? Football historian Peter Kenny Jones laces up for The Sporting Blog and heads straight towards the top of the pitch with a piece about a striker who is not often included in the ‘GOAT’ debates. But should be. Much has been made of late of the increasing ‘feud’ that has been ignited regarding all-time goalscorer records.

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YES - Sensory Pathways CAN Help Challenging Behavior!!

Fit and Fun Play

Addressing behavioral challenges in school often requires a comprehensive approach that considers a variety of child specific factors. Depending on the behavioral approach your team chooses to use, you can count on one constant! That constant is that we are all sensory beings.

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Trajectories of Physical Activity Among Adolescents in the Transition From Primary to Secondary School

PE Scholar

This study investigates latent trajectories of objectively measured physical activity in adolescents over 3 years from ages 13 to 15.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Courageous Well-Being for Nurses – Strategies for Renewal

Relentless School Nurse

This book, Courageous Well-Being for Nurses , sits on my bedside table and came just in time for the start of the new school year! I am enjoying reading the many stories shared by nurses who generously reveal their challenges and triumphs to reclaim their emotional well-being. I am sharing my enthusiastic endorsement of this important guide, chock full of science, actionable steps, real-life scenarios, and hundreds of resources and recommendations to promote the well-being of nurses across all s

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Play with Purpose: inquiry strategies to use with players to develop thinking or make thinking visible

Learning Through Sport

I mapped out the model I call Play with Purpose for developing player game sense as people were telling me that the model I was discussing filled a missing 'piece' of information for them about the Game Sense approach- when, why or how to use 'other' teaching styles in a game based approach (GBA). GBA's are models like TGfU, Tactical Games, Games Competency Approach, Game Sense approach, etc.

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Variations of Yoga: 5 Different Types of Yoga Explained

The Sporting

5 Yoga Variations: A Concise Guide to Different Types of Yoga Yoga is the talk of the town in the health and fitness world, and it has been considered an ancient and historical practice that combines the betterment of both the physical and the metaphysical or spiritual self. The art has been passed down through the generations, and many fitness enthusiasts have searched for ways to include the best practices in this art to extract long-lasting benefits.

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Updated Cosmic Tower Lesson

Montessori Physical Education

Founded by Sharon Duncan and located in Athens, Georgia, Waseca Biomes (pronounced Wa-She-Ka) has been making Montessori materials for the past twenty years. Using natural materials like cloth, paper, and wood, their materials are the gold standard for studying geography through biomes, as well as integrated language and cultural studies. While I was a classroom teacher in the 9-12 classroom, we used the biome materials extensively to supplement our geography and cultural studies.

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PEAK Contest – Win $5K in PE Equipment + Professional Development!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Physical Education & Activity for Kids! This fall, US GAMES & BSN SPORTS are teaming up to support healthy school programming in one deserving school district. It’s all about establishing successful physical education and activity for kids. And it starts with performing at your P.E.A.K. Enter or nominate a district now for a chance to WIN an all-day, professional development event for the entire P.E. staff PLUS $5,000 of US Games equipment-and jumpstart your students’ physica

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Stanford Children’s Uses Advanced Neonatology Care and a Minimally Invasive Procedure to Save a Preemie

Stanford Childrens

Meet the smallest baby to have been treated by our Preterm PDA Closure Program team Twenty-one-month-old Theia Dudorova toddles around her house, proud that she’s just discovered how to walk. She’s got eight teeth, with one more on the way, and loves to show them off with constant giggles and smiles. Her mother, Anastasiia Tarasova, is only too happy to try to keep up with her.

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10 Traits of a Team Player

RC Families

Does your child understand what it means to be a team player? Do they see the rewards? The value? Do they understand that being a team player means you not only succeed yourself, but help others succeed as well? Coaches and parents talk about the importance of being a team player, but what really does.

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Real Club de Valderrama Golf Course: An Iconic Name in Golf

The Sporting

A Profile of Valderrama, One of the Great European Golf Courses The Real Club Valderrama is one of the best-known golf clubs in the world. It is located in the resort of Sotogrande, San Roque in the Andalusia region of southern Spain, a few miles from Gibraltar, and has a single 18-hole course, along with a 9-hole par 3 course. Valderrama was constructed in 1974 as "Sotogrande New," to the designs of leading American golf course architect Robert Trent Jones.

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Australian MPs move to raise awareness of physical activity benefits

My Zone

Hosted by AusActive in partnership with Myzone, Fit for Office in Australia sees Federal MPs and their staff taking part in a friendly competition to inspire all Australians to be more physically active and spark the conversation about the importance of exercise.

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Sports Themed Games & Activities for PE & Recreation

S&S

Tired of the same old sports games? These five games provide a twist to classic sports that will keep kids active and engaged while having fun! Equipment Needed: Gator Skin Balls Bowling Pins Tennis Balls Ping Pong Balls Soccer Balls … Read More The post Sports Themed Games & Activities for PE & Recreation appeared first on S&S Blog.

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Stretching Routines For Flexibility

PLT4M

Stretching routines for flexibility are essential for keeping your body flexible, strong, and healthy. Regular stretching helps to improve your range of motion, reduce muscle tightness, and support injury prevention. Whether you’re looking to improve your flexibility for a specific sport or just to improve your overall health, there are a variety of stretching routines that can help you achieve your goals.

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Mastering Data-Driven Decisions in Pro Basketball

First Beat

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 4PM CEST | 3PM UK | 5PM FINLAND Join this webinar to learn how to use data to make smarter coaching decisions, including planning training weeks, recognizing trends in players, and tracking prospects across teams. Learn how to make informed coaching decisions using data, not guesswork. Join pro basketball coach Domenik Theodorou and host Christoph Rottensteiner to learn how data helps making coaching decisions on a daily and weekly basis.