The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Time to change the game? Re-imagining primary PE’. The practical conference workshops will have a particular focus on teaching and learning within the games curriculum strand, as well as addressing a number of other PE strands. Attention will also be given to potential future developments within primary PE, with time allocations and curricular developments considered. The focal point of the day will be the

address by Mr. Claude Scheuer Chairperson of the European Physical Education Association as well as presentation of the second annual IPPEA Primary Physical Education Teacher Award. Online applications are now open on our website and any professionals interested in teaching primary PE can come

along to the event. For further information including workshop descriptions and competitions, check out our website www.irishprimarype.com Select from the following fantastic workshops:

9:00am – 9:45am Registration, Tea, coffee and pastries 9:45am - 10am Welcome from IPPEA committee

10:00am - 11:10am

A Yoga for Children

with Autism Anya Kruger

(Yoga Teacher)

B Cooperative Games Caitríona Cosgrave & Liam Clohessy (IPPEA)

C Can We Play a Game

Teacher? Frances Murphy (St.

Patrick’s Campus, DCU)

D Playground Games

Ciara Blennerhassett & Grace Crowley (IPPEA)

E One Wall Handball

Darragh Daly & Deborah Foley

(GAA Handball)

11:20am - 12:30pm

A Yoga for Children

with Autism Anya Kruger

(Yoga Teacher)

B Cooperative Games Caitríona Cosgrave & Liam Clohessy (IPPEA)

C Can We Play a Game

Teacher? Frances Murphy (St.

Patrick’s Campus, DCU)

D Playground Games

Ciara Blennerhassett & Grace Crowley (IPPEA)

E One Wall Handball

Darragh Daly & Deborah Foley

(GAA Handball)

12:30pm – 1pm Lunch 1pm – 1:30pm AGM 1:30pm – 1:40pm IPPEA Award Presentation 1:40-1:55 EUPEA President Address

2pm - 3pm

A The Games Children

Play Jessica Manigone (UL) &

Missy Parker (IPPEA)

B Tennis for Health and

Wellbeing Oli O'Toole

(Tennis Ireland)

C Me Too!

Inclusive PE Mary Corry & Áine

Coogan (CARA)

D Teaching FMS

through Games Catherine Knight & Ciara

Delaney (PDST)

E GAA Fun and Run Pat Culhane, Charles

Harrison & Martin Fogarty (GAA)

3pm - 4pm

A The Games Children

Play Jessica Manigone (UL) &

Missy Parker (IPPEA)

B Tennis for Health and

Wellbeing Oli O'Toole

(Tennis Ireland)

C Me Too!

Inclusive PE Mary Corry & Áine

Coogan (CARA)

D Teaching FMS

through Games Catherine Knight & Ciara

Delaney (PDST)

E GAA Fun and Run Pat Culhane, Charles

Harrison & Martin Fogarty (GAA)

Please note… Please bring a change of clothes for all outdoor activities. Choose one workshop from each row 1,2,3,4 above.

Irish Primary PE Association Cumann Corpoideachais Bunscoile na hÉireann

Saturday 11th March – Croke Park CONFERENCE 2017

Tennis for Health and Wellbeing Presenter: Oli O'Toole (Tennis Ireland) The new Tennis for Health and Wellbeing Schools Programme has just been launched by Tennis Ireland, with free lesson plans for teachers with videos embedded to show how to deliver tennis in PE no matter what facilities you have - no nets, no problem! Each set of lesson plans comes with accompanying health and wellbeing factsheets and certificates. The workshop will focus on practical examples of lots of games from the lesson plans that will keep every student active for the entire PE session.

GAA Fun & Run and Online Primary PE Planner Presenters: Pat Culhane, Charles Harrison and Martin Fogarty (GAA) This practical workshop aims to introduce teachers to the new GAA Fun & Run game and Online Primary PE Planner. GAA Fun & Run is new non-contact and inclusive game. It is suitable for children of various abilities - including those with disabilities, those who may be socially deprived and those from ethnic minority groups - who often perceive themselves to be excluded from mainstream GAA activities. The GAA’s Online Primary PE Planner is a tool designed to help teachers plan, save and share their lessons by selecting from a variety of Gaelic games and related movement activities.

Playground games in your PE lesson Presenters: Ciara Blennerhassett and Grace Crowley (IPPEA committee members) This fun and practical workshop will provide you with a variety of ideas, games and activities around the theme of playground games. It is aimed at all class levels and it will look at teaching children to play playground games in PE lessons. Many of these games are also easily adaptable and usable at break times and we will share lots of ideas about how to do this.

Can we play a game teacher? Presenter: Frances Murphy (Physical Education Unit, Institute of Education, DCU, St Patrick’s Campus) How can I manage children playing games during PE class? Are they learning to play games well? How can I manage to cater for the wide range of abilities? This workshop will prompt you to think about how you teach games within PE classes and beyond underpinned by a ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (TGfU) approach. The emphasis will be on adapting this approach to help you manage the playing of games (any sport!) so that children improve not just their skills but also their tactical awareness. No particular games experience is required but it is important to dress suitably for outdoors and there will be some time to view video clips of this approach in practice.

Yoga for Children with Autism Presenter: Anya Kruger (Yoga Teacher for Children with Autism) Discover your inner child! This workshop is aimed at teachers of children with Autism and teachers of the younger age groups (4-8 years). Through rhythmic movement and yoga poses we explore how animals and dish washers move. We travel to exotic and familiar locations, have great fun watching how our bodies work, get excited and calm down. Every movement comes with a rhythm, song or sound and is practice tested. We finish in deep relaxation. The techniques introduced can help children with autism and other special learning needs to become more body aware, co-ordinated and self-regulated.

The Games Children Play Presenters: Missy Parker (IPPEA Committee member) and Jessica Manigone (UL) Remember the days of going outside with your friends and making up your own games to play? Games that were enjoyable for all of you? Games lessons are more meaningful to children when they are allowed to design their own games as children are able to problem-solve and create activities that meet their needs and interests. The purpose of this workshop is to provide basic guidelines that allow children to create their own games. This active session will focus on using psychomotor skills as the basis for game creation. Strategies for helping children develop the necessary structures, rules, boundaries, names, will be presented.

Co-operative Games Presenters: Caitriona Cosgrave (IPPEA committee member) and Liam Clohessy (IPPEA Chairperson) This workshop will explore co-operative games which can be used in a variety of PE lessons to engage and motivate pupils to work together in non-competitive contexts. Participants will undertake a range of activities using homemade equipment which can be easily replicated in the school setting. Participants will also get the opportunity to try out Kin-Ball, an exciting alternative game which challenges pupils to co-operate to manoeuvre a giant ball. This unique game is highly inclusive, active and supports pupils in their learning about the importance of team work. For a sneak preview of this fun game check out Kin-ball videos online.

Teaching FMS through Games Presenters: Ciara Delaney (IPPEA Committee member and PDST) and Catherine Knight (PDST) Fundamental Movement Skills are the basic building blocks of movement. These skills are not only the precursor to sports specific skills but are also an essential part of everyday life and recreational activity. In this fun and practical workshop, we explore a range of locomotor, stability and manipulative fundamental movement skills through a variety of activities that can be applied to any strand. These activities form part of the Move Well, Move Often Physical Literacy Resource Pack for Teachers currently being rolled out nationally by the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST).

One-Wall Handball for Schools Presenters: Darragh Daly and Deborah Foley (GAA Handball) This practical based work shop will provide participants with an introduction to Schools One-Wall Handball. Based on a 'Fundamental Handball' coaching manual for teachers, the session will teach a wide variety of mini games and drills to accommodate large class numbers, with minimal equipment. Fun and enjoyment is a key theme throughout the session, with games aimed at improving the fundamental movement skills of children through Handball. An indoor workshop, but all aspects of the session can be tailored for outdoor use, and modified for smaller spaces.

Me Too! Integrating a child with SEN in the PE class Presenters: Áine Coogan and Mary Corry (CARA Centre) This practical workshop will provide participants with useful ideas on how to include children with varying SEN in their PE classes through the use of the TREE concept. Áine is an experienced CARA tutor of Disability Inclusion Training, whilst Mary is currently developing an Inclusive PE in-service programme for Primary teachers with the Special Education Support Service (SESS). This workshop will have a particular focus on the Games strand of the PE curriculum and through the use of the Inclusion Spectrum, demonstrate how best to ensure ALL children in a class are included in game activities.

The LineUP

LIMITED AVAILABILITY - workshops will fill up fast! REGISTRATION CLOSES 5PM FRIDAY 10th MARCH 2017

IPPEA CONFERENCE 2017

CONFERENCE FEES Early Bird €40 by 31st January 2016

€50 from 1st February 2016, Student rate €20 Existing IPPEA members receive a €5 discount!

Fee includes one year’s IPPEA membership (valued at €10), light lunch, CPD Certificate and participant resource folder.

TO REGISTER AND PAY ONLINE Online registration, payment and workshop selection

may be completed through the online payment facility

on our website

www.irishprimarype.com

TO REGISTER AND PAY BY POST Please complete the registration form opposite or download a

form from the IPPEA website www.irishprimarype.com

Return completed registration forms and conference fees to

the address on the form. Cheques should be made payable to

IPPEA and all postal registrations will be confirmed by email.

Croke Park Conference Centre, DUBLIN, Saturday 11th March

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c/o Ciara Blennerhassett, Burrow NS, Howth Rd, Sutton, Dublin 13.

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