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Get a bespoke action plan for your school’s remaining PE and sport premium

Aspire-Ed

94,000 fewer children and young people were active in the 2020-2021 academic year compared to 2018-2019. The number of children with a probable mental health disorder has increased from one in nine in 2017 to one in six in 2021. And so, if there was ever a time to make sure you’re making the most of your PE and sport premium, it’s now. You’ve got until the end of this academic year to spend your premium in full, which includes any unspent funds rolled over as a result of the pa

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Seven Key Ingredients For Improving Student Motivation

Skillastics

Some educators use the words motivation and engagement interchangeably, but they’re very different. Motivation, from the Latin word motivus–meaning moving–is the force or thing that prompts you to act where engagement is a feeling of belonging, commitment, or purpose towards an organization or idea. To break it down even further, engagement is whether an individual feels like a contributing member of a team–that comes from the environment you create in your after school and club programs–where m

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The Myth of Quality Time

RC Families

Quality time versus quantity time–which is most impactful when it comes to your children? Quantity time for parents and kids refers to the amount of time a parent is physically present with their child. But even in the quantity of that time, the parent may be only physically present and not emotionally present. Quality time is. Read More.