NO KIDS LEFT ON THE SIDE LINE!

In a P.e class there is plenty of opportunities for the stars to show off their sporting ability. I’m sure that you can identify these children from your P.e classes at school or maybe you were one of these students? Unfortunately some P.e teachers take these students under their wing allowing for favoritism to occur and the not so talented students to fall behind and therefore ‘Stand on the sideline’.

Reasons why children may not participate:

• Undeveloped skills• Over competitive

environment• Lack of social skills• Fear of failure• Feeling self-conscious• Mixed gender classes

• Students being bullied• Disabled • Overweight

Importance of child participation in pe:

-Promotes life long healthy attitudes-Increases confidence, self-esteem, self control and social skills-Improves co-ordination -Helps reduce stress-Helps maintain weight-Promotes good health-Develop life skills and activities-Decreases the risks of health issues-Improves muscular strength, flexibility and endurance-Help develop and achieve personal goals

Strategies to get students involved:

Talented athlete classes

Talented athlete classes:

INSPIER

Modified games:

Fun Activities:

Images:Wheel chair (ITV tyne Tees)

Happy girls team (Gary Prior)

Broken leg (Malakga) Healthy family (lifestyle family fitness)

All boys class (Corbis images)

Girls pe class (Surrey Mirror)

Talented athlete (athletics Australia)

Paralympics 2012 (Amanda Meade)

Olympic skiing (Getty images)

Great Brittan athletes (Dr James Lefanu)

Wheel chair basketball (Simon Darcy)

Blind soccer (Frederic J. Brown)

Girl having fun (Leigh Zaleski)

Reference list:University of Wollongong (2010) Teachers' perceptions of the effects of

single-sex and coeducational classroom settings on the participation and performance of students in practical physical education (PDF) retrieved from: http://ro.uow.edu.au

Alderman, B (2006) Enhancing motivation in physical education (PDF) retrieved from: http://www.thenewpe.com/mngt-motiv/Lecturemats/Topic%2011-Motivation%20in%20PE/motivation%20articles/enhancing%20motivation%20in%20PE-JOPERD.pdf

Australian sports commission (2013) participation in sport (webpage) retrieved from: http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/disability/resources/factsheets2/adapting_and_modifying_for_people_with_disability_-_part_one