Merry Christmas from PE Planning!

Published on 23th December, 2022

No doubt you will, like most schools, have finished for Christmas last week. But we just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who has used our PE lesson plans this year… And Merry Christmas from PE Planning! 2022 has been a much-welcomed return to normality for the UK, and for the world. […]

merry christmas from pe planning

No doubt you will, like most schools, have finished for Christmas last week. But we just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who has used our PE lesson plans this year… And Merry Christmas from PE Planning!

2022 has been a much-welcomed return to normality for the UK, and for the world. Well, the closest we’ve been to anything like ‘normal’ in over two years! Schools have still faced some challenges, however, and we hope that by providing an easier way to deliver great PE lessons, our team and our website has gone some way to help you.

The best PE resources of 2022

Alongside our PE lesson plans, PE Planning has provided you with free guidance, ideas and resources through 2022. Please allow us to take you through what we think are the best PE resources posted on this blog through the year!

School events calendar

Our blog post about the school events calendar has been one of our most popular blog posts this year. As well as giving some pointers on pulling together the best, most suitable events to celebrate with your class, its also included some particularly-useful events. For example, World Book Day and the World Cup were listed, with reasons why your class may want to celebrate these events.

How to Plan Year 1 PE lessons with no equipment

A topic that does comes up from time to time – how can we deliver fun, worthwhile PE lessons when there’s no equipment? Our answer – easy! And in our blog post, we list our Top 5 Year 1 PE Games that can be delivered with no equipment. Given that Ofsted publications have suggested that children best develop their fundamental movement skills between 3 and 8 years old… It’s vital that you have our lesson ideas in our back pocket – should you ever need them!

7 Ball Games for the Classroom

Ball games? In the classroom? That’s right! Children don’t need to be outside to enjoy ball games at school. We pulled together 7 fun ball games that can easily be adapted for the classroom to keep your children active and engaged in PE, whilst still developing skills such as hand/eye coordination.

Merry Christmas from PE Planning

Don’t forget you can download our PE lesson plans here. Whether you’re a PE Planning subscriber or not, we’re always happy to help. Therefore, please do send us a message if you need PE help in 2023. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!