'The show where your feelings are the topic of the day”, in ‘KS1/2 PSHE’. For the children of Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School and Our Lady of Grace Junior School, the classroom becomes the television studio from which they present facts, strategies, advice and scenarios about emotional issues that other KS2 children will recognise. The aim is to inform and stimulate further discussion and work around the SEAL topics of ‘New Beginnings’, ‘Getting on and Falling Out’, and ‘Going for Goals’. The video can be viewed as a whole or in segments.

Learn about three lively group activities for KS1 and KS2 Physical Education.

A KS3/4 video on how diet changes when following a fitness regime. Stefan Gates, the children’s TV presenter and food expert, meets a young triathlete to find out about the relationship between diet and fitness. A triathlon is a punishing combination of cycling, running and swimming and Matt Sharp has to train at least thirty hours a week, whatever the weather, to stay on top. Stefan is amazed by the amount Matt eats in a day but Matt?s diet is scientifically worked out to provide not only the necessary protein, calcium, fibre and vitamins to keep his body in peak condition but also the carbohydrate needed to provide the energy for so much intense exercise The video is a useful illustration for Key Stage 2, 3 or 4 science of the effect of different foods on the body and how the amount of food we need to stay healthy can vary considerably depending on lifestyle.

A dance education specialist demonstrates how warm-ups for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 lessons can be easy even for wary teachers, in this CPD resource. Alison Swann, a CPD specialist from The Place has taught dance in education at schools across London. She shows a teacher and a dance coordinator how to have fun, with simple warm-ups that even the most frightened teacher can do with or without music. Alison and the teachers address common fears and talk about the difference between a PE and dance warm-up, as well as the health and safety implications of warming-up properly.

Examine cyberbullying with a KS3/4 ICT classroom resource. Cyber bullying is examined through interviews and case studies, in this lesson starter for secondary PSHE lessons. The video clearly sets out what cyber bullying is and how it can affect people and contains interviews with experts, along with a case study of a girl who was bullied outside school.

Reception teacher Sharon Badger is an enthusiast for PE now but, as someone who embraced physical activity later in life, she fully understands the dread of PE for some pupils and primary teachers. For the last seven weeks Sharon has been integrating Fundamental Movement Skills into the curriculum, in PE, maths and English and right across the school day. She shares her experiences with trainee teachers who are nervous of teaching PE. Can the structured skill-breakdown of the FMS method help them overcome their fear of teaching PE?

Improving gym lessons at KS2

In ‘Inspirations’, Dianne Elithorn at Lowercroft Primary is mad about yoga and, since qualifying to teach it to children, has introduced it throughout the school. She believes it's a non-judgemental, non-competitive exercise that all pupils can do to aid posture, co-ordination and balance, strengthen muscles, release anxiety and help relaxation. Yoga offers a constructive outlet for anger and aggression. It improves concentration and self-esteem, and can help pupils come to terms with emotional difficulties, all of which aid learning.

A World War II evacuee’s suitcase and its contents are the stimulus for an unusual KS2 (Year 5) dance lesson. This lesson starter can be used for cross-curricular teaching, to complement History, and be used in PE, in dance and movement. The suitcase inspires a discussion about journeys: • On what sort of journey would you travel with this suitcase? • What kind of person might travel with this suitcase? • How might they be feeling when they are carrying the suitcase? Flash cards with action words ‘Reach’, ‘Jump’, ‘Roll’ and ‘Turn’ can help the children develop travelling sequences, both alone and in pairs. The teacher can encourage them to use dynamics (fast and slow) to vary the quality of the movement. Duets can be developed by asking the children to include two moments of physical contact with their partner and to begin reflecting on the theme of evacuees – finding an emotional quality to the travelling sequence.

In this video, we see a secondary pupil being harassed through text messages and email. 20% of young people have personally experienced some sort of bullying or threat via email, chatroom or text. This video encourages classroom discussion on what to do in this situation.

How to get students moving during sleepy afternoons.

Self and Peer Assessments are the cornerstone of Assessment for Learning; an unusual but very appropriate application is in Dance. Barking Academy and Specialist Sports College in East London has AFL as part of its development plan. The PE department takes this very seriously, integrating video playback technology into many activities. We see Dance specialist Alex Lowe work on a warm-up routine with boys, who then review their performance on video and repeat the work. They comment on the value of the exercise in understanding their own performance and correcting it. Alex comments on some dangers of Peer Assessment and the need to prepare pupils beforehand. They then move on to rehearse a longer sequence based on the political ballet 'Swan Song?' More systematic, written Self and Peer Assessment work helps them develop an understanding of their own bodies and movements as well as developing their critical skills as an audience.

In ‘Action! Teacher Video’, teachers at Broadway Junior School in Gateshead, have been using dance across the curriculum to engage learners of all abilities. Teacher, Chris Horn, explores sentence structure with his class. They combine words in extended sentences and express these as short dance sequences that they have devised themselves. Educational Consultant, Adrienne Jones, is joined by Chris, fellow teacher, Andrea Noble and headteacher Margarita Acklam to consider the issues raised by the video and discuss the benefits to pupils' learning.

With childhood obesity hitting worryingly high levels, this ‘School Matters’ video looks at what schools could and should be doing. Discover arguments for and against involving schools in the process of identifying obese children and see the results of a new law in Arkansas which obliges staff to inform the parents of overweight children. Two schools, Pinehoe Primary, Exeter and Waldringfield Primary, Suffolk, use fun activities and resources to help children learn where food comes from and the importance of a heathy lifestyle.

Troubled Minds is a series of four short animated films, narrated by young people who have been real-life sufferers from a range of psychological illnesses and syndromes. In this programme, a young woman describes how she took to physically harming herself in order to seek relief and distraction in physical pain from the emotional pain she was suffering.

Troubled Minds is a series of four short animated films, narrated by young people who have been real-life sufferers from a range of psychological illnesses and syndromes. In this programme, a young woman describes how she took to physically harming herself in order to seek relief and distraction in physical pain from the emotional pain she was suffering.

How one headteacher improved vitality and stamina in her school. Julie Bradley became headteacher of St Leonard’s Primary School, near Burnley, in 2000. She immediately noticed that her pupils seemed to lack vitality and stamina and, together with her staff, set about improving things. As a devoted fan of Burnley FC, she knew that physical education and sport could help her pupils find a new focus. Now the timetable has been re-jigged so that every moment of the school day is used, with a rhythm of energetic and quiet times. Regular breaks for classroom aerobics and mental gymnastics help keep pupils alert and focused on their work, and the school puts PE high on the agenda. Provision of food and drink has also been addressed, with water bottles standard for all pupils and healthy eating at breakfast time, snack time and lunch time. All the hard work is now paying off in the children’s improved energy and self-esteem, not to mention a shared passion for Burnley FC.