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Throughout the year, Active Sussex will be offering and promoting a range of exciting CPD opportunities for Sussex schools. Keep an eye on this page to see what is happening in Sussex.
Experts from PE Scholar are back to support this year’s event that will focus on preparing for curriculum change.
As part of the team writing the new national curriculum for PE, Will and Liz from PE Scholar will:
Friday, October 9
The American Express Stadium, Falmer
£100
Active Sussex can deliver staff training sessions on the following topics:
Understanding and embedding physical literacy
This training introduces the concept, brings it to life on a personal level and offers the opportunity to reflect on your school’s provision and identify some potential changes to make pupils’ experience of being active more positive.
Active 60
This training highlights the importance of including physical activity throughout the school day for pupil health and wider school benefits such as behaviour, attendance and attainment. It also offers the opportunity to review what your school currently delivers before highlighting other opportunities to embed physical activity.
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: £Free to Sussex schools
Supporting schools in developing the quality and impact of their physical curriculum.
Delivering courses in:
Crichton can also support schools on an individual basis to develop a high quality physical curriculum.
Experts from PE Scholar are back to support this year’s event that will focus on preparing for curriculum change.
As part of the team writing the new national curriculum for PE, Will and Liz from PE Scholar will:
Friday, October 9
The American Express Stadium, Falmer
£100
Active Sussex can deliver staff training sessions on the following topics:
Understanding and embedding physical literacy
This training introduces the concept, brings it to life on a personal level and offers the opportunity to reflect on your school’s provision and identify some potential changes to make pupils’ experience of being active more positive.
Active 60
This training highlights the importance of including physical activity throughout the school day for pupil health and wider school benefits such as behaviour, attendance and attainment. It also offers the opportunity to review what your school currently delivers before highlighting other opportunities to embed physical activity.
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: £Free to Sussex schools
Supporting schools in developing the quality and impact of their physical curriculum.
Delivering courses in:
Crichton can also support schools on an individual basis to develop a high quality physical curriculum.
Created by Early Childhood, Physical Activity and Movement Play Specialist, Helen Battelley, this course will be instrumental for your future practice in PE and physical activity provision.
When? Anytime (this is an on-demand course)
Where? Online virtual delivery
Cost: £295
To continually develop and work on your physical being is proven to make people happier, healthier and more successful. This course has been created to enable you to design and implement a powerful physical curriculum in your primary school.
When? Anytime (this is an on-demand course)
Where? Online virtual delivery
Cost: £400
Created by Ryan Bradley, former international gymnast and founder and director of RB Gym & Sport, this course gives you the knowledge, skills and confidence to teach an enriched skill-based gymnastics curriculum.
When? Anytime (this is an on-demand course)
Where? Online virtual delivery
Cost: £300
Created by Early Childhood, Physical Activity and Movement Play Specialist, Helen Battelley, this course will be instrumental for your future practice in PE and physical activity provision.
When? Anytime (this is an on-demand course)
Where? Online virtual delivery
Cost: £295
To continually develop and work on your physical being is proven to make people happier, healthier and more successful. This course has been created to enable you to design and implement a powerful physical curriculum in your primary school.
When? Anytime (this is an on-demand course)
Where? Online virtual delivery
Cost: £400
Created by Ryan Bradley, former international gymnast and founder and director of RB Gym & Sport, this course gives you the knowledge, skills and confidence to teach an enriched skill-based gymnastics curriculum.
When? Anytime (this is an on-demand course)
Where? Online virtual delivery
Cost: £300
This course is designed to increase confidence in the delivery of engaging, inclusive, high-quality Physical Education lessons through the invasion game of football.
The online modules will offer some practical examples of implementing a progressive and holistic PE curriculum alongside some hints and tips on delivering High-Quality Teaching and Learning in PE lessons. This will be done through a variety of media, including expert knowledge from the England Football Learning PE Team as well as links to articles, videos and resources.
It is delivered entirely online and can be completed at your own pace, in your own time.
Date: Online, anytime
Cost: FREE
This e-learning course is designed for teachers who want to broaden their toolkit in the classroom with Physically Active Learning (PAL). The course can be completed in small steps that can be applied to the class-room right away.
There is also a separate course for trainee teachers.
Date: Online, anytime
Cost: FREE
This course is designed to increase confidence in the delivery of engaging, inclusive, high-quality Physical Education lessons through the invasion game of football.
The online modules will offer some practical examples of implementing a progressive and holistic PE curriculum alongside some hints and tips on delivering High-Quality Teaching and Learning in PE lessons. This will be done through a variety of media, including expert knowledge from the England Football Learning PE Team as well as links to articles, videos and resources.
It is delivered entirely online and can be completed at your own pace, in your own time.
Date: Online, anytime
Cost: FREE
This e-learning course is designed for teachers who want to broaden their toolkit in the classroom with Physically Active Learning (PAL). The course can be completed in small steps that can be applied to the class-room right away.
There is also a separate course for trainee teachers.
Date: Online, anytime
Cost: FREE
A prestigious award that will evidence the strength and quality of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) in your school.
It involves a unique self review and evaluation process that involves the completion of an application form as well as a school visit by one of afPE’s Consultation Team of highly qualified school improvement professionals.
The School Games Mark celebrates schools’ commitment to developing movement and sport within their school and community. It allows schools to assess their PE provision and create an action plan for improvement.
Applications are assessed against the set criteria once submitted. This determines whether the school qualifies for Bronze, Silver, or Gold. Local SGOs verify applications, and some applications will undergo external validation to ensure accuracy. A Platinum award is available for schools that achieve Gold consistently.
Giving recognition to high quality PE and School Sport provision in KS1.
Price: £95
A prestigious award that will evidence the strength and quality of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) in your school.
It involves a unique self review and evaluation process that involves the completion of an application form as well as a school visit by one of afPE’s Consultation Team of highly qualified school improvement professionals.
The School Games Mark celebrates schools’ commitment to developing movement and sport within their school and community. It allows schools to assess their PE provision and create an action plan for improvement.
Applications are assessed against the set criteria once submitted. This determines whether the school qualifies for Bronze, Silver, or Gold. Local SGOs verify applications, and some applications will undergo external validation to ensure accuracy. A Platinum award is available for schools that achieve Gold consistently.
Giving recognition to high quality PE and School Sport provision in KS1.
Price: £95
David works with Sussex schools to put PE, sport and physical activity at the heart of school life. He supports and promotes initiatives, programmes and local offers that develop PE, sport and physical activity provision within education. David also leads on Active Sussex's environmental sustainability work.
Email: dtaylor@activesussex.org