| Playful PE in Early Years and Primary PE. Using movement to reinforce language development. |
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By Once Upon a PE Lesson IB, IGCSE, Inernational, KG, Physical Education.
Student centred, guided discovery, inquiry based.
1st Class.
BSc(Hons) Physical Education and Youth Sport PGCE Secondary Physical Education MA Education (Leading Sport in School)
My name is Rachel Ford, a qualified PE Teacher from Sheffield, England. I am currently teaching in a Bilingual School in Hangzhou, China. After graduating I took the leap to teach internationally, first in Malaysia and now in China. Since teaching internationally I have experienced two main difficulties; Teaching students who have English as a second or foreign language. Teaching Early Years PE. Through experience, collaboration and CPD I have learned many strategies to help me overcome theses problems. Since teaching in China my passion and enthusiasm towards Early Years PE especially, has grown. I teach across the whole school and love my job but Early Years PE is a favourite area of mine. As I have developed my Early Years PE programme I have concentrated on keeping PE fun and playful by teaching games through a story. Students love this! I love this! Not only are students fully engaged in the physical challenges you are presenting them with, but their imagination runs wild and inquiry learning takes over. Furthermore, by linking the story being told in the PE lesson to the story and / or theme being taught in the classroom I believe that PE lessons can be used to reinforce the learning of language. I hope this introduction explains the title ‘Once Upon a PE Lesson: Playful PE in the Early Years’.
