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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. Middle and high school students take even fewer steps during a typical school day.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives.

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Lifetime Fitness Activities

PLT4M

Physical education plays a crucial role in shaping the health and fitness habits of individuals from an early age. Lifetime fitness activities are workouts, exercises, and sports that people can continue to enjoy and benefit from at any stage of their lives, regardless of their age or fitness level.

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More Than Just a Headcount: Using Attendance for a Greater Purpose

SHAPE America

Using attendance data, you can combine that with your planner and identify what students are reacting well too in your plan. Grade 6, moving on to Grade 7, well how did their attendance track year over year? Beyond just the year, we can group athletes by class type as well! What changed for that group in particular?

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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

Recent encounters very well meaning leaders in the profession suggest that the younger the age group, the more we need to just get about being efficient in daily school life and perhaps not worry too much regards ‘pedagogy’ and such. Also recently, the strangle hold of fitness testing looms large in my professional life.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Being Outside Does the Body Good Staying active can lead to increased motor development, skill building, and more physically healthy bodies — and being active outside in a natural setting can improve our overall wellness. Make new friends through movement. Make it a friendly competition. Spoiler alert! Create new and fun rules.

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How Schools Can Prioritize Teacher Wellness

FACTS Management

While there’s no magic cure for burnout, one of the best ways to combat it is to prioritize wellness. Making time for wellness is as important for teachers as grading tests or creating lesson plans – and it’s not only students’ mental health that needs to be a priority for schools. No matter how it’s expressed, the sentiment is true.