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#ThisIsPE
Tue 28 Apr 2020#ThisIsPE
If you’re looking for ways to educate and entertain the kids during lockdown, we’ve got something for you!
Yorkshire Sport Foundation have brought together teachers from across the country to provide activities and games you can replicate at home, using things you can find around the house. They have fun at the heart of them all, so not only will it keep the kids entertained, but it will continue their development in crucial areas such as coordination, balance and building strength.
It’s endorsed by the Government Department for Education, and is supported by leading national organisations, the Association for Physical Education, and the Youth Sport Trust.
Each video lasts around two minutes, and will introduce an activity, with tips for how to progress it depending on the age and development of your child. Some of the videos have ways
you can put what children have learnt into a game, plus ways of how to make that game easier or harder.
You may think that PE is all about star jumps, cross country runs in the cold, or the school football team. Physical education is actually about providing your child with the fundamental skills they need as they develop throughout primary school. And it’s fun! Families across the country have been getting involved in #ThisIsPE in the last few weeks, so why don’t you?
Check out all the videos here, or take a look on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for #ThisIsPE.The campaign, that was designed and created in Yorkshire to support teachers, parents and carers to teach physical education has received national recognition from the Department for Education.
The #ThisIsPE campaign, led by Yorkshire Sport Foundation, uses specialist teachers of PE from across the county to film two-minute videos with activities that can be replicated at home, all linked to the primary PE curriculum.
Supported by the Association for Physical Education, North Yorkshire Sport and the Youth Sport Trust, the resource has been listed as one of four ‘high-quality resources’ in physical education, alongside those produced by the NHS, BBC and Disney. The resources, which cover multiple subjects, hope to support both teachers and parents adapting to the current coronavirus restrictions that has seen many schools closed.
A new video is added at 1pm on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the Yorkshire Sport Foundation Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, and are hosted on the charity’s YouTube channel. PE specialists from across the country are set to be involved in the weeks to come as the campaign evolves.
Alex Ogden, lead for PE and School Sport, has led the development of the campaign, and is excited by the early response.
“We noticed that there were a lot of physical activity and exercise initiatives out there -which absolutely have their place - but nothing that really counted as physical education.
“PE is more than just exercise, and the skills it teaches in terms of coordination, balance and strength are crucial to a child’s development. We want to make the activities easy to replicate at home, so the videos include things you can find around the home rather than sports equipment.
“We also know that children are far more engaged when something is fun, so all the activities have that at their core, and we hope parents in particular find them useful to both educate and entertain.”
Sue Wilkinson MBE, afPE CEO added: "In these unprecedented and challenging times, we know that physically activity is important. However, PE offers children and young people so much more than fitness activities.
"The PE activities commissioned by Yorkshire Sport Foundation are relevant, age-related and safe to undertake in the home environment. They will also help to develop character, determination, decision-making and communication skills, to name but a few.
"We are delighted to be a part of this initiative to support everyone who is wanting to engage in physical education to support children’s development and emotional and social well being. The focus on fun is also important as teachers will tell you that when children ‘want’ to learn they do so much better when they just ‘have’ to!"
For more information on the #ThisIsPE campaign, including the YouTube playlist, visit www.yorkshiresport.org/ThisIsPEPlease share your photos/videos of you taking part in #ThisIsPE on our Twitter page!
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Home Learning and Covid-19 Update
Mon 20 Apr 2020Dear Parents and Carers,
Hope yourselves and your loved ones are all well and keeping safe at home.
Under usual circumstances, today should have ideally marked the onset of our summer term. There seems to be a tremendous amount of media hype speculating when schools might reopen. I just wanted to assure you that no decision has been made at this point. You will be the first to know when a definite plan of return has been established.I would also like to take this
opportunity to thank you all again for the wonderful efforts and sacrifices you are making to ensure that your children are learning effectively from home. As a mother of two daughters, I am under no illusion that this is not an easy task. Just running a household and ensuring that your children are happy and anxious-free is difficult enough during this extremely worrying climate.
There are two excellent home learning resources which have been released today. The first example is brought to you via www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize, where you can access a series of 20 minute lessons: for all ages, brought to you by experts, teachers and celebrities; straight from your television or any other device. An excellent way to enhance the work already set by our own teachers at Marshfield Primary School.
Another excellent online classroom resource developed by teachers with support from the government is accessible via www.thenational.academy/ . Parents can access 180 lessons a week for every year group from Reception through to year 10, through a new online platform. The enterprise which has been set up by teachers and is funded by the Department of Education, will provide video lessons for children, with each lesson coming with a corresponding quiz and worksheet.
According to the Ambition Institute, each lesson will last one hour and the portal will provide the equivalent of three hours of lessons a day for primary children and four hours for secondary students.Announcing the plans yesterday, Gavin Williamson said: ‘Tomorrow many children should be going to school for the first time after a two week break. But these are not normal times and we’re asking you to stay at home. Thank you for all the sacrifices that you’ve had to make.’
These resources should really lighten the load for parents and carers. They will also enhance the excellent learning you have already created with your children inspired by Marshfield staff using Twitter and individual class pages.
We are open this week and every other week from hereon (intermittently) with St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School as a ‘Feeder School’ for key workers’ children and other vulnerable groups. It is bizarre opening our doors for (often) less than 20 children and all staff and I are desperate to open as usual with our ‘all systems go’ approach to learning and teaching. I guess recent times have taught us more than anything that we should value our usual way of life.
Looking forward to welcoming you all back into school as soon as safely possible.
Look after yourselves and we are only a phone call away if you need anything.
Kind Regards,
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Update and Thank You
Fri 03 Apr 2020Dear Parents and Carers,
To begin I wanted to use this opportunity to personally thank you for the excellent support you have been giving to your children to learn successfully at home. I have been overwhelmed by the excellent production of work submitted into school via email and Twitter. It is such a joy for myself and all teachers to see the children’s smiley faces excitedly engrossed in learning alongside their families.
Thank you also to those parents who continue to support the nation as essential key workers. We are under no illusion that our lives are under constant protection as you endeavour to keep the British public: safe, healthy and happy during such an incredibly difficult time.
During this unprecedented period of uncertainly, I also wanted to share some fabulous news. Marshfield Primary School has been shortlisted for a Pearson National Teaching Award, in the category titled ‘Best School UK’ for making a difference. You can access further information here:-
https://www.teachingawards.com/2020/04/announcement/
https://www.teachingawards.com/2020-shortlist/
Such lovely news and ‘potentially’ something to look forward to when normal life has been resumed. Wonderful recognition again, clearly testifying the commitment, dedication and the highest expectation and belief shared by all staff, governors, parents, carers and the local community.
Over the last few weeks Marshfield has embraced the opportunity to become one of two BD5 Hub Schools, welcoming key workers’ children from All Saints Church of England Primary School and St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School. It has been a pleasure working collaboratively with neighbouring schools and watching staff and children from different learning environments grow and succeed together as a united feeder school.
For the next two weeks, St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School will be returning the compliment and looking after our children who are in receipt of an EHCP plan, have a social worker or whose parents are key workers.
Contact information. St Matthew's C of E Primary School & Nursery. Ivy House Road West Bowling Bradford BD5 8FG.
email: office@stmatthewsce.bradford.sch.uk
Telephone: 01274 731693. For general enquiries please ask to speak to Cara Dyer (School Business Manager).
For those parents and carers who are in receipt of free school meals, you should have received a text from a company called Wonde today explaining how to access vouchers from a nominated supermarket of your choice.
As Marshfield Primary School will be closed for the next two weeks, please could you contact Cara Dyer on the number above. She has kindly set up the associated voucher system for both schools and will talk you through the process in detail if you are having difficulty.
Marshfield will open again for key workers’ children on Monday 20th April.Look after yourselves and stay safe,
Victoria Hartford