February, 2023

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

Reinventing the Game

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? As usual recently, my thoughts get built up mainly due to professional life impacting experiences that gets me reflecting on our profession.

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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

Each year, SHAPE America members vote for candidates to the SHAPE America Board of Directors, which is the organization’s governing body composed of 11 professional members.

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Race to 3 – The Sportsmanship Game

Keeping Kids in Motion

Sportsmanship is defined as conduct (such as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, n.d.).

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Mental Health Issues Affecting a Pupil’s Attendance: Guidance for Schools

Association for Physical Education

07/02/2023 Guidance on how to support school attendance where there is a pupil experiencing social, emotional or mental health issues.

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Three Innovations Shorten Heart Transplant Patient’s Wait Time

Stanford Childrens

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health heart team gives Ellie a new heart at just the right time It started as a simple persistent wet cough, something Eloise (Ellie) McCloskey’s mom, Aubrey, noticed before spring break of second grade, and it quickly escalated from there.

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The Relentless School Nurse: What if we are Getting Student’s Mental Health Crisis All Wrong?

Relentless School Nurse

I shot up in bed with this searing thought in my mind; what if we are getting this explosion of student behavioral and mental health challenges all wrong? What if the essence of their collective despair was what they see in the adult world?

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Helping Student Athletes Avoid Vaping

SHAPE America

Vaping nicotine can sideline young athletes. You can help keep them in the game. The Price of Vaping Nicotine Logan was a young athlete who started vaping. After a few months, she felt so bad she didn’t want to leave her house.

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SCOOTER KAYAK TAG – Scooters become KAYAKS eliminating PINCHED fingers!

Keeping Kids in Motion

We’ve all learned to accept that when the scooter boards are pulled out of the PE closet for action, they need to be accompanied by a bucket of ice and sandwhich bags. Pinched fingers are an inevitable part of scooter games. ELIMINATE PINCED. Physical Education

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Raising Fearless Children: 5 Ways to Nurture Bravery

RC Families

Raising fearless children, whether on the ball field or in the classroom, is a good goal for every parent. But what if your child struggles with fear? Fear of failure? Fear of risk? Fear of not being good enough? Where does this fear come from? It shows up in children without any warning and you.

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Primary PE and Sport Premium: Conditions of Grant 2022 to 2023 Update

Association for Physical Education

24/02/2023 Allocations for 2022 to 2023 and the terms and conditions that local authorities, maintained schools and academies must follow.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Five Years Beyond Parkland

Relentless School Nurse

“For decades, we’ve treated gun violence as a battle to be won rather than a problem to be solved.”

Schooling 111
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The 5 Greatest Serve and Volley Players of All-Time

The Sporting

The Best Serve and Volley Tennis Players Ever In a tennis galaxy far, far away- before the Millennium- there were scintillating matches between serve and volley players on one side of the net, and baseliners on the other.

Sports 104
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Everything you need to know to train like an NFL player

My Zone

At quarterback, running back, wide receiver, or any position across offence, defence, or special teams, fitness and endurance in the NFL has to be on point. Health and wellbeing

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Why do Some Kids Dislike PE?

Heartzones

Question: Why Some Kids Dislike Exercise? Answer: Answer by AI App ChatGPT Not all kids dislike Physical Education (PE), but some may express negative attitudes towards it for various reasons.

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The 10 Commandments of Healthy Communication

RC Families

Healthy communication is the lifeblood of the family. It is the glue that holds families together. It is the grease that keeps the family wheel running smoothly. Communication is the ability to share emotions, feelings, desires, and information. But not all communication is healthy communication.

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Scoping the Potential of Physical Education (PE) as a Core Subject: Challenges, Opportunities and Need for Support

Association for Physical Education

The post Scoping the Potential of Physical Education (PE) as a Core Subject: Challenges, Opportunities and Need for Support appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education | P.E. News & Events

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The Relentless School Nurse: Wendy Lamparelli Knew at Age Seven She Would be a Nurse – Here is Her Story

Relentless School Nurse

More wonderful stories from the field are filling my mailbox! Remember if you want to share your school nursing story, please email me at relentlessschoolnurse@gmail.com. I have a new one to share, this one is from Wendy Lamparelli, the lead nurse in her New Jersey school district.

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The 5 Greatest Female Tennis Players Ever

The Sporting

The Best Female Tennis Players of All-Time There have been many incredible female tennis players throughout the years and seven female tennis players have accumulated over ten Grand Slam singles wins. All of these greats have achieved big wins and had a huge impact on the world of tennis.

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4Ms of transformative PE curricula

Drowning in the Shallow

For Catherine Ennis, if PE is to educate students for a lifetime of physical activity, then it needs to provide not just an effective experience but an engaging one as well.

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Connecting the Dots to Eliminating Mental Blocks

AASP

<h3>What Is a Mental Block?</h3> </h3> <p>A mental block is a disconnect between the mind and body, or the conscious and unconscious mind. Mental blocks occur in various spaces within sport performance.

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Fitness Test 2.0: Measure, maintain and improve with Myzone

My Zone

Measure, maintain and improve fitness with the MZ-Fitness Test 2.0. Community

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Baby MJ Battles an Extremely Rare, Strange Heart Defect and Wins

Stanford Childrens

The Egan family of Portola Valley, California, has an inspiring motto. During dark days, it kept them focused on what was more important than anything else: their daughter MJ’s survival.

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The Relentless School Nurse: “Taking Action: 10 Top Priorities to Promote Health Equity and Well-Being in Nursing”

Relentless School Nurse

I don’t think I would have ever predicted adding writer to my list of descriptors when I began my nursing career more than thirty-eight years ago. The Relentless School Nurse grew out of a desire to describe the scope of school nursing practice.

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Know the game: A Guide to Kabaddi

The Sporting

A Beginners Guide to Kabaddi What you need to know about how the game of Kabaddi works, its history and role in culture, and its various formats You weren't aware?

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Talent ID in Youth Football

Player Development Project

Talent Identification is an essential component of youth football; in order to help players develop, we must identify both their potential and the environment(s) in which they can receive an appropriate variety of challenges.

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Is There a Link Between Magnesium Status and Healthy Cognition?

Designs for Health

Magnesium is essential for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the human body. It is a cofactor for enzymatic reactions associated with protein synthesis , metabolic health, and energy production. It is found in leafy greens , legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains.

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Beep Test: Every effort counts

My Zone

Understand true aerobic fitness with the globally acknowledged fitness test. Community

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Baby With Challenging Tetralogy of Fallot Grows Into Healthy Toddler

Stanford Childrens

If you watched 2-year-old Hayden Stevens throwing balls and climbing on the equipment at his favorite play place, you would never guess that he was born with a serious heart defect that demanded two surgeries and several procedures all before his first birthday. “He’s He’s extremely athletic.

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Plug & Play Fitness Collection (Grades 3-12)

Open Phys Ed

Plug & Play Fitness activities are among the most popular resources on the OPEN platform – with over 100,000 downloads and counting! This page brings all three Plug & Play modules together for quick and easy access across all grade levels.

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Esports - Love the game? Be a player

The Sporting

Esports : What does it take to become a Professional Esports Player We spoke to Ryan McVean , formerly of the British Esports Association about what it takes to be a professional gamer. Check out this link for a brief history of esports & Video games.

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Action for Healthy Kids Signs Cooperative Agreement with USDA Food and Nutrition Service to Implement Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative

PE for Parents

The post Action for Healthy Kids Signs Cooperative Agreement with USDA Food and Nutrition Service to Implement Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative appeared first on Action for Healthy Kids. Around AFHK Making Change Happen Meals & Nutrition News & Press Releases