Overview of our Cluster Day 2023/24 Professional Learning Day
Our professional learning day focused the themes, fundamental movement skills, water safety and planning units of learning in the context of the Junior Cycle Physical Education specification, introduced in schools for first year students in September 2023.
Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.
Material from Cluster Day 2023/24 Professional Learning Day
Support Material:
Physical Education, health and physical activity, the bigger picture, explained by Professor Catherine Woods, University of Limerick
Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) and Junior Cycle Physical Education
Sharing practice about ways to identify and progress FMS at Junior Cycle
Video 1: Gary and Claire share practice and advice from the classroom about how they help their students to identify and progress their fundamental movement skills as they move through the Junior Cycle education system in Ireland
Video 2: Students describe how learning happens for them in a PE lesson at Junior Cycle in Ireland, that focus’s on identifying and progressing FMS
FMS Analysis
Activity and analysis sheets to support FMS skill identification and progression
Water Safety
Sharing practice to explore water safety education that can support our Junior Cycle students on being safe in, on and around water in their community and beyond
Video 1: Supporting water safety learning at Junior Cycle in Ireland, through the provision of a swimming programme, David, John and Karen share the planning, logistics and leadership involved.
Video 2: Aron takes his first year Physical Education class through a land-based water safety lesson that aligns with Learning Outcome 2.9 ‘Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of personal survival and water safety considerations’ from the Junior Cycle PE specification.
Ring Buoy Water Safety Activity
Basic water safety non-contact rescue activities
Google Slides with Activity Focus Questions
