Why PE?
School Sports Psychology
- PE encourages interaction and collaboration. This can be through self-confidence, empathy and understanding by encouraging children to work together and support each other.
- PE encourages children to be creative. This can be through solving problems and planning for the future, whilst also learning to communicate and manage risk and conflict.
- PE encourages cognitive development. This can be through decision-making, problem solving and organising.
- PE encourages social awareness. This can be through communication, sharing and understanding.
- PE fosters emotional development. This can be through helping children develop confidence self-awareness and motivation.
“Better support for schools and teachers is needed to harness the full spectrum of learning potential PE provides. A starting point is to broaden understanding about the role PE can play in schools”
“The learning intentions of PE in this post-lockdown era should be constructed to develop the life and learning skills that children have missed out on during their social isolation. In order to successfully counter the learning losses during lockdown we need to think differently about the place of PE in schools and the value it can provide to the children”
David Grecic, Director of the Institute of Coaching and Performance, Andrew Sprake, Lecturer in Physical Education, Robin Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Coaching and Performance. University of Central Lancashire.
