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PE Insights Podcast - PE Scholar
Welcome to the PE Insights Podcast, brought to you by the fantastic team at PE Scholar.
Conversations about Physical Education with Nathan Walker | @NWalkerPE
A podcast for those dedicated to physical education - join the conversation. #PEInsightsPod 🙌🏼🎙️✨
Sponsored by Sports Directory, the leading supplier of PE and sports equipment to schools.
If you are interested in coming on the podcast, message @NWalkerPE or @PEScholar on Twitter/X.
Conversations about Physical Education with Nathan Walker | @NWalkerPE
A podcast for those dedicated to physical education - join the conversation. #PEInsightsPod 🙌🏼🎙️✨
Sponsored by Sports Directory, the leading supplier of PE and sports equipment to schools.
If you are interested in coming on the podcast, message @NWalkerPE or @PEScholar on Twitter/X.
Episodes
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Mar 1, 2024 • 42min
Episode 22 - Jordan Wintle - Meaningful experiences in PE through lifestyle sports - a perspective on praxis
Hello, welcome to another PE Insights Podcast episode. Today, I talk to Jordan Wintle (Associate Head of the School of Education and Science at the University of Gloucester). In this conversation, Jordan unpacks his research surrounding lifestyle sports through the lens of meaningful physical education. A remarkably informative and inspiring episode. One note to be missed!

Feb 2, 2024 • 42min
Episode 21 - Kate Reynolds - Trauma-informed practice in action: changing rooms, uniform, RISE Up = IMPACT.
In this fantastic episode, I speak with Kate Reynolds (Subject Leader for Physical Education and Whole School Enrichment Coordinator at The Belvedere Academy GDST). Kate shares her passion for physical education and the tremendous impact she is having on PE and wellbeing experiences at her school. There is so much to take away from this conversation! Hope you enjoy it.

Jan 12, 2024 • 42min
Episode 20 - Tommy Bell - Challenging the status quo.
Welcome back! Episode 20 is a conversation with Director of Sport, Tommy Bell. Tommy is an experienced PE teacher, HOD, and Director of Sport, with international experience in Qatar and Thailand and leadership of PE & Sport in British independent schools. Listen as he discusses the importance of PE teachers challenging the status quo.

Jan 5, 2024 • 49min
Episode 19 - Jon Campbell - A holistic view of PE & wellbeing and the Curriculum for Wales
Happy New Year! I hope 2024 is a positive and successful year for you. Welcome back to previous listeners and a warm welcome if this is your first episode.Join me as I chat with Jon Campbell (PE teacher, Head of PE, and PE Scholar consultant). We discuss his PE Insights and Jon sheds a light on the Curriculum for Wales reform and his vision for meaningful physical education.

Dec 22, 2023 • 38min
Episode 18 - Neil Moggan (Future Action) - Trauma-Informed Physical Education & RISE Up.
Join me as I chat with Neil Moggan about PE and trauma-informed practice. Neil is passionate about transforming young people’s life chances and has 14 years’ experience leading Physical Education departments. Since lockdown Neil has helped over 100 schools across the world implement his ‘RISE Up’ early intervention mental wellbeing programme through his company Future Action. Neil is a trauma informed practitioner and has created & road tested the ‘Recover’ roadmap to guide PE departments how to implement trauma informed PE to transform relationships, wellbeing, engagement, behaviour & progress in the short term, and children’s life chances in the long term.Neil is currently writing a book in collaboration with Scholarly on the decline of children’s mental health over the last 15 years and what schools can do to support young people.Follow this link for more: https://www.futureaction.net/taster-resourcesBuy me a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/peinsightspod

Dec 15, 2023 • 59min
Episode 17 - Alec Masson & Will Grove - Movement at the heart of a PE Curriculum
Join me as I chat with two incredibly passionate and knowledgeable PE teachers, Alec Masson & Will Grove. In this episode, they discuss their insight on PE and introduce us to their future PE curriculum project. Lots to take away from this one! Enjoy.

Dec 13, 2023 • 40min
Episode 16 - Sam Moinet - Checking in with your mental health and wellbeing
Sam Moinet qualified as a History teacher but now he is the founder of Student Breakthrough & the Educators Coaching Academy. His aim now is to revolutionise mental health support in schools. Listen to Sam talk about the importance of checking in with your mental health and wellbeing, whilst exploring the importance of movement.

Dec 8, 2023 • 47min
Episode 15 - Dr Shane Pill - Mosston & Ashworth's Spectrum of Teaching Styles
Today's episode is a conversation with the incredibly knowledgeable Dr Shane Pill (Associate Professor in PE and Sport Coaching at Flinders University in Adelaide). We discuss everything PE and Shane shines a light on Mosston & Ashworth's Spectrum of Teaching Style. Hope you enjoy! #PEInsightsPodcast

Dec 1, 2023 • 39min
Episode 14 - Tristan Muller-Forster - A Principal’s Perspective
Welcome back! Today’s episode is a conversation with Tristan Muller-Forster. Tristan is the Principal of Tavistock College in Devon, part of the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust. Tristan is a qualified PE teacher whose journey has led him to his current position of Principal of a large secondary school in the South West. I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I did… PE Insights from a Principal’s perspective.

Nov 29, 2023 • 50min
Episode 13 - Dr Liz Durden-Myers - Physical Literacy and the 'Combination Lock'.
In this conversation, Nathan Walker and Dr Liz Durden-Myers discuss Physical Literacy and Physical Education. Liz is the founder of PE Scholar and PGCE PE Programme Lead at the University of Gloucestershire and Bath Spa University. Liz was supervised and inspired by Dr Margaret Whitehead, her PhD and academic journey to date has explored physical literacy and she continues to be an ambassador for the importance of positive relationships with movement.


