Teacher Resources

These resources are to help you deliver engaging, purposeful and safe sessions with a focus on effective pedagogy.

These resources will:

  • Complement and support you in building and designing your curriculum /activity offer
  • Provide a bank of ideas and appropriate skills and activities for you and your learners
  • Enable you to choose, use and apply them within your sessions

These resources are not:

  • Prescriptive sessions
  • Lesson plans to pick up and deliver in a particular order.
  • Schemes of work
  • Professional learning

Developing

Tailor opportunities to a child’s stage of development and motivation

Storybooks

Books to stimulate learning, focusing on physical development and creative movement.

Child-centred Learning

Meet a child’s needs, abilities, and interests, fostering ownership through coaching conversations.

Hierarchy

Sets out which skills learners should be introduced to first and which skills underpin other skills, ensuring a strong foundation before advancing.

Theme cards

Holistic learning through creative movement, dance, and game-making, helping students develop skills in an engaging way.

Applying

Activity Cards to develop and apply skills across various activities, enhancing physical abilities and integral skills.

STEP

Using STEP helps create inclusive lessons by adjusting Space, Task, Equipment, and People to meet all learners’ needs.

RECIPE

Use the process Recap, Explore, Create, Intervene, Perform, and Evaluate to build confidence and skills.

Which Skills...Which Activities

This card identifies which skills could be developed through which activities, perfect for planning.

SMILES

A guide for safe, inclusive, and fun sessions, focusing on Participation, Involvement, Learning, Enjoyment, and Success.

Last updated on 26/03/2025