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If your Year 11 Health and Movement Science students are choosing Collaborative Investigation topics that feel disconnected from the rest of the course, you are not alone.

The CI is compulsory. It is mandated at 20 hours of course time. So we need to make sure it actually supports student learning,...

If you’ve opened the new K-6 or 7-10 PDHPE syllabus and thought, “Where do I even start?” you are not alone.

Between curriculum reform, HMS changes, sport, wellbeing roles, reporting and everything else happening in schools, it is a lot.

This week on The PDHPE & CAFS Podcast, I was joined by our P...

If you’ve ever thought, “I’m just not sporty,” you are absolutely not alone.

So many NSW primary teachers feel confident teaching literacy, numeracy and classroom routines, then freeze when it comes to PE.

Not because they don’t care.

Because somewhere along the way, PE got tangled up with sport....

If you’ve ever stood in front of a class thinking…
“I don’t even like netball… how am I meant to teach it?”

You’re not alone.

So many NSW primary and PDHPE teachers feel this way.

And here’s the truth…

You don’t need to love netball to teach it well.
You just need the right starting point.

This w...

If you’re heading into Term 2 feeling that familiar pressure building… you’re not alone.

Reports. Assessments. Parent teacher nights.
And somewhere in the middle of it all, you’re trying to make sure your students actually learn.

This week on The PDHPE and CAFS Podcast, I shared something that might fe...

If you’ve ever stood in your PDHPE classroom and thought…

“Why haven’t they started?”
“They did this yesterday… what’s changed?”

You’re not alone.

This week on The PDHPE and CAFS Podcast, we unpack something that so many NSW PDHPE teachers are navigating right now. Supporting students with ADHD an...

If you’ve ever stared at the Health and Movement Science syllabus thinking…
“I understand the content… but how do I actually teach this?”

You’re not alone.

Biomechanics. Movement efficiency. Technology.
These are some of the most powerful concepts in Health and Movement Science.

They’re also some o...

If you are teaching Primary or PDHPE in NSW, you already know something isn’t quite right.

Our students are sitting more.
Moving less.
And struggling with basic movement skills that used to come naturally.

But what if the solution didn’t require rewriting your entire program?

What if it only took f...

If you’ve opened the new PDHPE K-6 syllabus and thought, “Where do I even start with Fundamental Movement Skills?”, you are not alone.

This week on The PDHPE and CAFS Podcast, I’m joined by Lyndelle, a primary PE RFF teacher, who breaks FMS down in a way that feels clear, structured and actually mana...

If you’ve ever marked a CAFS or Health and Movement Science response and thought, “They know the content… so why aren’t they scoring higher?” you’re not alone.

This week on The PDHPE and CAFS Podcast, I shared something I don’t talk about enough.

Twenty years in the HSC marking space.

Over 40,000 stude...

If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t know what to teach in PE,” you are not alone.

This week on The PDHPE and CAFS Podcast, I sat down with Ash from Rainbow Sky Creations to talk honestly about something many NSW primary teachers feel but rarely say out loud.

Teaching PDHPE can feel overwhelming.

Not...

If you’re a NSW primary teacher staring at the new K-6 Primary PDHPE Syllabus and thinking, where do I even begin, you’re not alone.

I’ve spoken to so many NSW primary teachers who are already teaching the new syllabus while still trying to unpack it. Planning and teaching at the same time. Jugglin...