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PE workshop May 2019 (1)

Teaching and Leading Primary Physical Education
The IPPEA are delighted to offer our exciting EPV approved Summer Course in Physical Education in two locations this year.

They will provide opportunities for teachers to enhance their knowledge, skills and confidence in teaching all strands of the PE curriculum.  Practical activities and familiarisation with key resources, applicable to all class levels will be presented relating to Athletics, Gymnastics, Dance, Games and Outdoor and Adventure.

Examples of how pupil learning can be promoted in the affective (teamwork, fair play), cognitive (understanding of concepts) and psychomotor (development and mastery of fundamental movement skills) domain will be evident in the workshops.  Recent developments and research in primary PE will be explored practically through innovative curriculum models such as sport education and teaching games for understanding.

The course will provide opportunities for you to develop your understanding of leadership in primary PE.   You will consider how you can contribute to quality PE provision across the wider school. The course may be of particular interest to those involved in whole school initiatives, such as the Active School Flag and Health Promoting Schools.

Galway Course: 19^th – 23^rd August 2019 in Scoil Chroi Iosa, Newcastle Road, Galway City

In partnership with Galway Education Centre – Book online at https://www.galwayec.ie/

Cork Course: 19^th – 23^rd August 2019 in Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh, Cobh, Co. Cork

In partnership with Cork Education Support Centre – Book online at https://www.cesc.ie/

Thank you to those of you who have kindly completed the questionnaire to date. We are delighted with your responses. If you have 15 minutes to spare we would be delighted with more responses. Please complete until you reach the SUBMIT button! Thank you

https://unilu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08QZDjMbHe1LWfz

Subject: Erasmus+ DIPPE Online Questionnaire 

Dear Primary Teacher of Physical Education,

Disentangling Inclusion in Primary Physical Education (DIPPE) is an Erasmus+ Project which aims to create an online toolkit for primary school teachers and primary student teachers to access information about inclusion and inclusive practice in Physical Education.

The project partners which include the IPPEA have prepared a questionnaire for teachers who teach Physical Education in primary schools. It will take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. The project focus is on the primary generalist teacher however where Physical Education is not taught by a generalist primary teacher, we are happy that specialists who are teaching Physical Education in primary schools complete the questionnaire.

We would be delighted if you would complete the questionnaire to help us develop the toolkit which will provide information about teaching strategies and resources to support the inclusion of all children in Physical Education lessons. The online questionnaire will shut down 30^th April 2019. Here is the hyperlink to complete the questionnaire https://unilu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08QZDjMbHe1LWfz             

We thank you for this valuable support to inform the project. Follow the DIPPE project work at:

  https://www.facebook.com/DIPPEproject/

https://twitter.com/DIPPE12

Thanking you

The IPPEA Committee

EUPEA, DCU and our partners below are delighted to share with you the news of the success of the application Disentangling Inclusion in Primary Physical Education (DIPPE) in the  Erasmus + KA201 March 2018 call. The project aims to create a central access point for generalist primary school teachers and student teachers to access information, teaching strategies and resources to support including all children in physical education lessons in mainstream primary schools via the development of an online ‘toolkit’. The project commenced in December 2018 and will run until 31 May 2021 (30 months). The partners are
1. University of Luxembourg Luxembourg
2. Dublin City University Ireland
3. European Physical Education Association (EUPEA) Switzerland
4. The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Netherlands
5. University of Trnava Slovakia
6. University of Edinburgh UK
7. University of Valladolid Spain
8. Institute of Technology Tralee Ireland (the first third level institution in the world to receive a UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Physical Education, Sport, Fitness and Recreation)
9. Associate Partner 1: European Primary Physical Education Network (EPPEN) (European initial teacher educators network)
10. Associate Partner 2: Irish Primary Physical Education Association Ireland (IPPEA) (primary generalist teachers association)
11. Associate Partner 3: Scottish Association of Teachers of Physical Education (SATPE) Scotland

Events are planned in each partner country, hosted by national partners, to disseminate the final ‘toolkit’. Our first task,is to call for will call for your assistance to share with us your work on inclusion in physical education by completing an online questionnaire in the spring.
We look forward to this Erasmus+ journey with the IPPEA, Susan Marron and Frances Murphy  in DCU and our other European partners.

International Federation for Adapted Physical Activity is an international scientific organisation of higher education scholars, practitioners and students dedicated to promoting Adapted Physical Activity. We are delighted to have them advertised this project on their website News  http://ifapa.net/page/3/