PE & Sport: The Next ‘New Normal’
How post-quarantine PE and Extra-Curricular Sport might look, and why it’s not as bad as you think.
As we consider The Future of PE after Covid-19 and delve deeper into the crisis, we know PE will not return to ‘normal’ for some time, and distance learning or physical distancing (or both) may be in operation when we return to school.
Physical Education New Zealand has already issued guidelines in preparation for returning to school. Denmark and China are back at school. What can we learn from their experiences?
In a piece in the TES, Dan Worth uses the US Navy Seal phrase ‘Adapt and Overcome’ and this could well be a motto for Physical Education across the world as we plan for a return either before or after the summer break.
What Will Physical Education Lessons Look Like?
Think about the scenario above and relate this to PE: No sharing of equipment (physical touching with hands/head/bare feet) and 2m physical distancing between students.
What part of your current curriculum currently fits those parameters? Probably very little. PE, as we know, it is about to undergo a considerable shift.
New Opportunities
Much of our distance learning has been physical activity-based, with the view that we will return to…
