Irish Primary Physical Education Association

October 2009 Newsletter (packed with tips, ideas and some interesting articles ) - Click HERE

Conference 2009: Workshop Resources

Annual Conference
Our 6th Annual Conference took place this year in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 on Saturday March 28th.

Conference Workshop Resources:

Advanced Athletics (John O'Donnell). Click HERE

Stations in Athletics (John O'Donnell). Click HERE

Games with the Frisbee (Tony Sweeney). Click HERE

Walking with Physical & Sensory Challenges (Susan Marron). Click HERE

Activities and Games for the development of ball-handling and ball-game skills (John Murphy). Click HERE

Salsa for Kids (Carmel Smith). Click HERE

Movement Programmes for children with motor difficulties (Michael Quealy). Click HERE

Encouraging children to be active at break time (Susan Marron & Anne Cawley). Click HERE


Professor Margaret Talbot OBE, PhD, FRSA was the keynote speaker at the Conference.Margaret’s current role is Chief Executive of the Association for Physical Education (UK), which is the single representative organisation for physical education in the UK. Its role is to provide an effective voice for physical education with government and its agencies; continuous professional development and other opportunities for its members. Previously, Margaret was CEO of the Central Council of Physical recreation, the umbrella body for national governing bodies of sport. Prior to that appointment Margaret was Carnegie Professor and Head of Sport at Leeds Metropolitan University. She was vice chair of the Government’s Physical Education Working group on the National Curriculum (England and Wales) and national convenor for “SPEEDNET”, the Sport and Physical Education Network, bringing together all the UK national organisation for physical and sport education. Recently Margaret was elected President of the International association of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) for the term 2009-2013.

Membership Application Form 2009
The Irish Primary PE Association (established 2003) is a subject association committed to the support and promotion of PE in the primary school delivered within an integrated primary school curriculum.
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