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The IPPEA advocates for the importance of primary physical education by consulting with national bodies, creating policy documents, writing articles, raising awareness and engaging in stakeholder consultations.

The primary school curriculum is currently being reviewed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. The IPPEA is engaging in this process to advocate for the importance of physical education within a redeveloped curriculum.  We encourage all members and teachers to also engage in this consultation in support of physical education.

In 2017 the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) engaged in a consultation on structure and time for a redeveloped primary curriculum.  The IPPEA engaged in this process and formulated a position in relation to the key elements pertaining to physical education. The 2017 summary and full submissions statements are available at the end of this page.

In 2020, based on the results of the initial consultation the NCCA released the Draft Primary Curriculum Framework.  The IPPEA were happy to see many of our initial suggestions and recommendations considered, notably a proposed increase in time allocation.  The draft primary curriculum framework was the subject of another round of consultation.  The IPPEA executive committee collaboratively created a submission.

Since then and following the publication of  the Draft Wellbeing Specification For all primary and specials schools (March 2024) the IPPEA submitted their response to the call for consultation.

Click on the links below to read a summary of our submission or to access the full submission:

IPPEA Response to the Draft Wellbeing Specifications June 2024

Summary of IPPEA Submission to NCCA

Full written_submission, Irish Primary PE Association October 2020

2017 Document Links

Irish Primary PE Association Position Statement on NCCA consultation in relation to redeveloped curriculum

EUPEA IPPEA Support letter for NCCA consultation (1)

Summary of IPPEA Position Statement on NCCA consultation in relation to redeveloped primary curriculum

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IPPEA Website EUPEA Board Meeting Notes Monaghan 16-19th March 2023

IPPEA EUPEA Board Meeting Summary Trnava 23 -24 June 2023

EUPEA Forum IPPEA Summary 16th-18th Nov 2023 Frankfurt

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The IPPEA Learning community on Inclusion will be launched at the conference 29th Feb 2020 in Limerick.

The IPPEA learning community on inclusion welcomes any interested IPPEA member teachers in both mainstream and special schools to join anytime.
The aims of the group are to:
1. develop a community of teachers with a shared interest in inclusion in physical education
2. share experiences on inclusion in physical education teaching
3. help other teachers who require assistance in inclusion in physical education lessons
4. share resources
5. build on inclusive strategies in physical education
Sharing platforms will include:
• One to one email exchanges
• Online platform meetings, e.g. Skype
• Face to face workshops
• IPPEA social media and newsletter postings to share practices
• Information on the IPPEA website sub tab
Claire Heffernan, a primary school teacher and Susan Marron, IPPEA committee member/DCU, will lead the learning community organisation
Please email ippeaprimarype@gmail.com if you require support from us.

See our members area to see who are IPPEA inclusion helper teachers are to advise us>

Videos to watch with transcriptions:

Marron, S. and Gallagher, S. (2021). The Inclusion Club: Video/Transcript: Episode 82: Inclusion in Physical Education: Discover, Invent, Describe and Feel. Retrieved 19th April 2021 from http://theinclusionclub.com/inclusion-in-physical-education-discover-invent-describe-and-feel/

Marron, S. and McBride, C. (2020). The Inclusion Club: Video/Transcript: Episode 77:  Inclusion in Physical Education: A Primary Teachers Actions.  Retrieved 24th September 2020 from https://theinclusionclub.com/episodes/

Marron, S. and Kelly, R. (2018). The Inclusion Club: Video/Transcript: Episode 75: Inclusion in physical education: Dancing with your eyes. Retrieved 24th September 2020 from http://theinclusionclub.com/inclusion-in-physical-education-dancing-with-your-eyes/

Intouch IPPEA Publications in Inclusion in Physical Education 2019-2020

Marron, S., & Murphy, F. (2019). Including all pupils in physical education. InTouch INTO, September(189), 43. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/07/InTouch_Sept2019_archive.pdf

Marron, S., & Murphy, F. (2019). Planning for inclusive PE. InTouch INTO, October(190), 53. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/09/InTouch_Oct2019_Archive.pdf

Marron, S., & Kelly, R. (2019). Including a child with autism in PE Lessons. InTouch INTO, November/December(191), 53. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/10/InTouch_Nov_Dec2019_Archive.pdf

Marron, S., & Cosgrave, C. (2020). Including children with movement skill challenges in the PE lesson. InTouch INTO, April(194), 47. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/07/InTouch_April_2020_Archive.pdf

Marron, S., & Gallagher, S. (2020). The inclusion of children with a visual impairment in PE. InTouch INTO, February(192), 55. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2020/02/Jan_Feb_InTouch_2020_Archive.pdf

Marron, S., & Moloney-O’Regan, S. J. (2020). Including a child who is hard of hearing in your PE lessons. InTouch INTO, March(193), 53.https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/11/March_CEC.pdf

Murphy, F., & McBride, C. (2020). Including a child who is a wheelchair user in the PE lesson. InTouch INTO, May(194), 40. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/07/InTouch_May_2020_Archive.pdf

Marron, S., & Murphy, F. (2020). Inclusion in PE: where to from here? InTouch INTO, June(195), 45. https://www.into.ie/media-centre/publications/intouch/

The IPPEA executive has developed a number of policy documents relating to quality PE in primary schools for principals and teachers to use as a reference point. The IPPEA encourages teachers to reflect and use these documents in relation to PE planning, teaching and assessment in primary schools. Click on the links below to find out more.

The draft primary curriculum framework is currently the subject of another round of consultation.  The IPPEA executive committee have collaboratively created a submission in relation to this consultation.  Read the full submission below:

Full Submission of the Irish Primary PE Association to the NCCA in relation to Draft Primary Curriculum Framework

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