Tim Morgan

About Active E

At the heart of Physical Education is the aim to educate students so that they will prioritize physical activity in their adult lives.

Adults prioritize PA in their lives by playing and being active, volunteering as coaches and administrators, making decisions as workers eg. transport to and from, providing suitable facilities/systems as employers, making decisions on a governance level about the use of land and city planning

So how do our Physical Education lessons help foster the attitudes, thought processes and skills required for adults to want to prioritize PA?
A programme that is full of games, sports and skills will help foster in some students the confidence and skills required to choose lifelong physical activity.

However this does not mean that all or even most students are more likely to choose PA throughout life. What about the students for whom PE reinforces their lack of coordination and inability to cope in competitive sport based settings? What will they do as adults? Current health trends suggest the reality.

Over the years of running workshops, conferences and distance learning I've noticed that many teachers just want to be told what to do. It is only after some time being guided that they feel confident in their understanding of the subject that they can be creative about what is delivered.

The Active E programme is a guided approach, supported by online meetings (or staff meetings) where teachers are told what to do in the next 2 or 3 weeks. There is no requirement to do everything but it is necessary to do a bit of each module in order to "do the verbs" of each the objectives.

What does the Active E programme look like?
Charts, photos, games, huddles, groups of children "playing" independently and a flow on into recreation times
80% active , 20% reflection and thinking