Strasbourg du 8 au 10 juillet 2015 Kalliopi Trouli University of Crete Petite enfance / Early childhood Grandir avec le sport Active children Strasbourg du 8 au 10 juillet 2015 Roisin Lochrin-Hopkins South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Petite enfance / Early childhood Grandir avec le sport Active children The Inspiration What is the Connections Project? A multi agency partnership project - created to develop and provide a resource to support staff in the delivery of quality learning experiences in physical education for pupils aged 3-6 years old. The resource was developed in partnership with a team of physical educational experts from The University of Glasgow and comprises of 42 lesson cards, a music CD, a resource overview DVD and a teachers manual. Project Implementation 2012 August 2012: Partners signed up to the project lead by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture. 2.August 2012: Partnership funding secured for pilot project - 30, August 2012: Writing and Research teams established. 4.October 2013: Pilot project launched in 7 South Lanarkshire Primary schools. 5.June 2014: Pilot project teacher evaluations completed. 6.June 2014: Pilot project research finding published. 7.January 2015: Connections resource officially launched and implemented in all South Lanarkshire Primary Schools. 8.January 2015: In-service training delivered to teachers. 9.Resource pack is available to purchase for 30 Euros. Key Features of the Resource There are several innovative and imaginative key features incorporated into the design of the resource: 1. Links to Curriculum for Excellence with experiences & outcomes; suggested learning intentions, related success criteria and cross curricular learning. 2.Photographs clarifying tasks. 3.Speech bubbles stressing key points. 4.Statements on mental, emotional, social & physical development - including colour coding of areas of development. 5.Heart symbols to indicate activities with scope for sustained activity to raise the heart rate. The cards are written in a style which allows the least confident teacher to use them as a script if desired, thus ensuring delivery of a constructivist, active lesson with learning as the clear focus. Resource Sections Learning Through Exploration Learning Through Stories and Rhymes Learning Through Activities Project Outcomes The Connections project serves as an excellent example of positive collaborative partnership working. The robust pilot phase of the project enabled the project team to evaluate and make appropriate adjustments to the resource, ensuring when it was launched in January 2015 it achieved its primary objective which was to: Create an innovative and imaginative resource designed to support staff in delivering purposeful, challenging and enjoyable learning experiences for pupils. Teachers Evaluation At the conclusion of the pilot project teachers were asked to complete a short evaluation questionnaire. This questionnaire recorded teachers experiences and the impact using the resource had on their confidence and delivery of physical education. Feedback from teachers was very positive with a number noting an increase in confidence whilst delivering physical education. Teachers Evaluation Evaluation comments from teachers included: The ease and simplicity of the cards, makes it an exceptional piece of work. The resource is teacher lead but allows children to explore, demonstrate their skills and learn from each other. The lesson cards provide clear instructions, learning intention, success criteria allows teachers to confidently deliver activity suited to the needs of the child. Resource allows delivery of quality learning experiences children respond enthusiastically and have demonstrated they transfer these skills to other learning. University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Project Research During the pilot project UWS carried out a series of data collection measures. Research Aim: To assess if participating in the resource lead to an improvement in the health status of the pupils, such as improving cardio respiratory fitness and sensory motor skills along with fundamental movement skills. A series of physiological and fitness measures were taken at the start and end of the pilot project. These measures examined whether pupils experienced health benefits whilst taking part in Connections Physical Education lessons University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Project Research Results Findings from the primary 1 cohort indicated that positive improvements were experienced in waist circumference, handgrip strength and cardio respiratory fitness. This is an important finding and suggests that the pilot intervention may indeed provide improvements to weight status, as well as enhancing key fundamental movement skills. The significant enhancements evidenced in cardio respiratory fitness are especially encouraging given its well established benefits upon health. Next Steps Continue to roll out in-service teacher training to ensure all South Lanarkshire primary school teachers are provided with the opportunity to receive appropriate training to allow them to confidentially deliver the resource. Extend the scope of the initial project research lead by the University of the West of Scotland to include additional South Lanarkshire Primary Schools. To continue to promote the resource to Local Authorities across Scotland. Questions? Strasbourg du 8 au 10 juillet 2015 Lienke Le Bras Delphine Kerbellec Usep Petite enfance / Early childhood Grandir avec le sport Active children C'est quoi l'usep ??? Union Sportive de l'Enseignement du Premier degr Secteur sportif scolaire de Citoyennet Plaisir de pratiquer Lacit Solidarit Pratique physique et sportive multi-activits licencis rencontres sportives Un espace associatif vcu dans associations dcole Mouvement sportif Mouvement Sportif Mouvement Associatif Mouvement Pdagogique La rencontre maternelle usep, c'est quoi ??? Rencontres maternelles usep Un projet de l'enseignant Implication des diffrents acteurs de la rencontre Rencontres maternelles usep Engagement de lenfant Crer les conditions de la rencontre Rencontres maternelles usep UNE RENCONTRE USEP Strasbourg du 8 au 10 juillet 2015