afPE Member Webinar – How to Move & Learn: an evidence based guide to embedding physically active le

To continue to support our members and the PESSPA sector, the Association for Physical Education is scheduling regular webinars covering a wide range of diverse and topical subject areas. These will be specifically available for afPE members, although some will be open to the public.

The next members’ webinar that we have scheduled is ‘How to Move & Learn: an evidence based guide to embedding physically active learning in your school’:

• Title: How to Move & Learn: an evidence based guide to embedding physically active learning in your school
• Date & Time: Tuesday 10th May 2022 from 16:30 to 17:30 with the opportunity for questions
• Delivered by: Bryn Llewellyn and Ian Holmes
• Description: Schools are incredibly busy places with relentless pressures to increase standards. Meanwhile, the health and wellbeing of school children is on the decline:
  ~ Physical activity levels amongst primary-aged children are falling from as early as 7
  ~ Only 10% of children achieve the daily recommendations for physical activity
  ~ Increasing numbers of children are leaving school classified as obese or overweight.

  Traditional approaches towards improving health outcomes for children focus heavily upon Sport & PE during segmented periods of the school day. But does this engage all children in becoming more active? Or does it merely maintain the levels of those that are active already?

  Research has found that Physically Active Learning (PAL) can:
  ~ Improve classroom behaviour and activity engagement
  ~ Significantly reduce sedentary periods of time
  ~ Offer aggregated improvement in academic performance over time
  Leaders will learn:
  ~ How to integrate PAL approaches into teaching and learning across their school
  ~ Fresh perspectives on how to maximise the impact of the Primary PE & sport premium funding to impact ALL children’s physical activity levels EVERY DAY
  Teachers will explore:
  ~ Approaches and strategies to integrate physical activity within the classroom environment and beyond
  ~ New ways to enable children to decrease sedentary time and move more, while fully engaging with their learning

To book into this webinar, click HERE. The webinar will be free to access for afPE members.

A recording of the webinar and presentation slides/handouts will be uploaded to the members’ area of the afPE website following the broadcast. If you’re a member, login to the afPE website to access the full archive of previous webinars.