Physical Education: The Essential Toolkit for Primary Teachers - Softcover

Gerald Griggs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905637136 ISBN 13: 9781905637133

Publisher: Educational Printing Services Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

This is an easy to use, practical guide for Primary practitioners who are required to teach Physical Education as part of the National Curriculum. The book offers essential advice and guidance. The Essential Toolkit is in two parts. Part one addresses key areas to consider when teaching this subject and part two specifically addresses the teaching of the National Curriculum for PE and provides well tried and trusted lesson ideas for each of the main areas, Games, Dance, Gymnastics, Athletics and Outdoor and Adventurous Activities and Swimming. Suitable for ages 5 - 11 year olds.

About this title

From the Author:

`Physical Education - The Essential Toolkit for Primary
School Teachers' is an easy to use, practical guide for primary practioners
who are required to teach Physical Education as part of the National
Curriculum. The book offers essential advice and guidance and is an
invaluable resource that can be `dipped into' when looking for an effective
practical way to teach an activity in any of the six areas of the National
Curriculum for Physical Education.

The book is essentially in two parts. Part one addresses key areas to
consider when teaching Physical Education but embeds them within a user
friendly and practical structure of points to consider - before the
lesson, at the start of the lesson, during the main part of the lesson, at
the end of the lesson and after the lesson.

The second part specifically addresses the teaching of the National
Curriculum for Physical Education and provides well tried and trusted
illustrated lesson ideas for each of the main areas of Games. Dance,
Gymnastics, Athletics and Outdoor and Adventurous Activities and Swimming,

5 Key Points

* An easy to use, practical guide that contains many well tried and tested
ideas

* The two part structure enables the reader to quickly locate key advice or
to find a useful activity idea

* All six activity areas of the National Curriculum are covered

* Progressive activity ideas are provided to meet the needs of pupils
across the primary age range

* All activity ideas are linked to the QCA Schemes of Work for PE upon
which primary schools base their planning

About the Author:

Gerald Griggs is Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and
Sports Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He teaches both
theoretical and practical aspects of Physical Education and writes
regularly for academic publications. Prior to taking up his current role,
he spent a number of years teaching in primary schools in both Suffolk and
West Sussex before working with trainee teachers at Newman College of
Higher Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Educational Printing Services Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1905637136
• ISBN 13: 9781905637133
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 150