Physical education

Wow.

And so I got to, uh, in my seventh form year, and I thought, "I want to do a Bachelor of Physical Education." It was the...

And, and Otago was the only place I could do that.

And I actually went, "If I don't get into phys ed school, I'm not going to go to university at all." So now I look back-

which is really interesting.

So, you know, back in our day, we'd always see like little Johnny, right? With a broken arm, he'd have a cast on, right? Oh, Johnny broke his arm again, skateboarding down the hill and then fell headfirst into a ditch, right? Or I remember in seventh grade, my PE teacher used to put like buckets of water on the snow on this massive hill and just let us like rip down this hill in the middle of the day on our sleds into again, another ditch, And of course, you know, so-and-so would break their arm or break their leg.

And it was just sort of part of being a kid.

But now we're seeing like tendinopathies that we typically see in middle-aged women that are going through menopause.

So just so your listeners understand, training age is defined by the number of years an individual has been exposed to structured strength and conditioning.

So if they're 12 or 13 or 14, there's a good chance they've never had any strength and conditioning.

There's a good chance they've not had physical education in their elementary school delivered by a PE specialist, right? They have the classroom teacher, you know, going in the gym and giving them a ball and telling everyone to run around.

And the girls are usually standing in the corner talking because they don't want to play, you know, whatever's going on.

Um, I, well, that was the thing.

I started studying PE as a ma- as a-

I thought you'd say that

... secondary teacher, but then I only did that for one year and changed to primary school.

It was, it was a bit more prestigious.

But I took a break after my first year and worked as an integration aide to a kid with a disability in a, in a school, and he was in grade six, and that was my confirmation that, yeah, no, primary school's for me.

So then when I got into the teaching space, it was all, it was very PE heavy, but it was with that, um, the primary degree.

Um, nice.

But, yeah, I think, you know, fashionable pants or a jacket or, you know, those sort of clothes, yes.

And when you arrive... early, because you've arrived early, don't complain when, in fact, you've been told you might have a grade three, that you would be having a grade three class, but things have changed and you don't know why, nor do you have to, and you've got PE.

So don't complain.

Yeah, it's a good point, I think, Billie, because as a CRT, you've come in to provide assistance.

I think you've got to approach with a positive attitude and a really pleasant demeanour and be ready to tackle the day.

Because the first impression is so, so important.

And if you tell them how you don't like PE and you had a dreadful time getting it, that's the first impression you leave.

So you have to do what Sue says.

I'm not missing anything.

What do you teach? P.E., he said.

Yeah, but P.E. where they just roll the ball out? Physical education.

Why do you have to go to the parent-teacher conference? Like the math teacher should.

The P.E. teacher?

Damn.

People want to talk to me.

People want to talk about the Bears with me.

Now let's get moving.

Well, hello there, PE teacher friends.

Welcome back to another episode of Crazy Fun PE with Mrs. T, the

podcast where we share simple ideas, creative PE games, and all kinds of crazy fun ways to make elementary PE the best class ever.

I'm your host, Mrs. T, and today we are talking about one of those fundamental movement skills that every elementary PE teacher teaches about this time during the school year, underhand throwing.

One of my favorite units to teach, actually.

Now, I don't know about you, but I love a good PE game that's easy to set up, doesn't require a ton of fancy equipment, and of course, keeps my students moving and laughing and smiling and just having a total blast.

And that is exactly what I have for you today.

Hi I'm Gabby.

I'm a professional triathlete and also an elementary PE teacher at an online school.

elementary PE teacher on like sorry forget triathlon can you explain how that works

I get asked that all the time um very creatively I have to be very creative so we have live classes um and I teach PE so we're we're focusing on fundamental skills um like early development skills And so I have to do a lot of thinking outside of the box so that we can all participate safely so parents aren't mad at me for breaking things.

So we'll do a lot with balloons, sock balls, paper balls.

I've done striking with paddles using paper plates and balloons.

We do dance, we do yoga, we do fitness, we talk nutrition and mental health and overall health so I love my job it's great.

To be honest I feel like you're giving kids a much more well-rounded experience of physical education than what I certainly had just because you have to be creative like you can't just chuck them outside and be like go and play run around the field a few times.

I'm not missing anything.

What do you teach? P.E., he said.

Yeah, but P.E. where they just roll the ball out? Physical education.

Why do you have to go to the parent-teacher conference? Like the math teacher should.

The P.E. teacher?

Damn.

People want to talk to me.

People want to talk about the Bears with me.