This post was originally shared on Ophea's blog. View the original post here. Rewards can be an effective way to encourage positive student behaviour in the classroom and around the school. When enforcing or revisiting desired behaviours, small rewards can often help students establish the activity and encourage maintenance of the new behaviour, with self-motivation … Continue reading 5 Sweet Classroom Rewards that Aren’t Food
Tag: health and physical education
Physical & emotional safety is a precondition for learning in H&PE
Students learn best in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe. In health and physical education, we often think of the need to keep our students physically safe. We have them checking to ensure their shoes are laced, hair is tied, and jewellery is removed. There is physically an inherent risk, and we want … Continue reading Physical & emotional safety is a precondition for learning in H&PE
A Physical Literacy Uprising: Banff 2015
Next week I'll be heading to Banff with hundreds of other #PEgeeks for the PHE Canada National Conference in Banff Alberta. The spectacular Canadian Rocky Mountains, glacier-fed lakes, and wildlife at its wildest and hundreds of folks dedicated to the promotion of healthy, active living, what's not to love! I will be leading three workshops … Continue reading A Physical Literacy Uprising: Banff 2015
Catching Heather Chronicles 