PE in the Outdoors - Ski Trip

As you may, or may not be aware, a number of students will be embarking on a ski trip in March (24th - 29th) of this year. The trip will be to Andorra; a beautiful area with around 303km of ski terrain. Some of you may have skid before, and some of you may not have ever even seen a chairlift. If you befit the later description you may need to pay attention to what I'm about to tell you. In order to have the most fun possible, there is first a few things that you have to bring along with you so that you can be safe and warm while learning to ski.

Here you will find all the items necessary to be safe, warm and comfortable while on a ski trip. Remember, these are only suggestions, therefore you won´t need everything I list here, but it will all help.

The Healthy Approach: Part 2 - Exercise

Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. And the benefits of exercise are yours for the taking, regardless of your age, gender or physical ability. Need more convincing to exercise? Check out these six ways exercise can improve your life.

The Healthy Approach: Part 1 - Eating Habits

To start students on the right track in their journey to becoming better athletes and healthier individuals, there will be a short series of posts relevant to health and everything that is relevant to it. The first post in this series pertains to eating habits.


Students´ should aim;


1.To be able to identify the components of a balanced diet

2.To understand how our diet provides energy for sport
3.To understand why diet is important for sport
4.To be able to identify what we should eat for specific sports

Why do PE in English? I'm Spanish!

Physical Education (PE) - a foundation for many students' understanding of the human body, and how it can be manipulated to perform the basic actions necessary to participate in a wide variety of sports. Why would one choose to participate in physical eduction through English?

PE is a perfect example of how the bilingual initiative can achieve success without interrupting or negatively effecting the learning of students. By hearing and speaking the language while participating in a variety of sporting activities, conditioning and skill acquisition lessons, students will indirectly learn English, and within a context that is undoubtedly relevant to their adolescent lives. Learning basic phrases, sentences and vocabulary within the context of sport will benefit them greatly when interacting with native English speakers in a sporting context, and will add a depth of character that many students cannot claim.

The combination of intellectual and physical stimulation means they are learning and increasing their physical conditioning AT THE SAME TIME! What's not to love about that?