"High Activity, Inclusive Physical Education" with Conrad Ackerman and Whizpa.com

My guest on the podcast this week is Conrad Ackerman. Conrad grew up in South Africa and attended the Pinetown Boys High excelling at Football and Chess. 

 He studied for a Bachelor of Education degree majoring in Sport Science for Educators at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal . After teaching in South Africa for two years Conrad moved to Hong Kong .

 Conrad is currently Head of Physical Education and extra-curricular activities co-ordinator at the prestigious Wycombe Abbey School in Hong Kong.

Conrad inspires his students, to undertake lifetime movement, to develop physical literacy and motor competency and to integrate physical education into their daily lives.

This episode is released in collaboration with Whizpa.com, one of Hong Kong's leading education platforms helping connect families with educators and activity providers and their latest issue of their ebook #20.

Timings
3:36 I am a Physical Education teacher........
4:15 The story of how I came to  Hong Kong ........
6:50 Botswana is exotic .......
7:31 South Africa has some of the happiest people......
8:15 I am a PE teacher at Wycombe Abbey School.......
10:33 I help children experience a broad spectrum of various forms of movement ......
14:29 I have been inspired by many teachers around the world.......
15:48 Joining a community and networking has improved my role as a PE Teacher.....
19:45 A typical PE lesson.... A wide variety of activities and games...... I like children to understand the why. It's fun ..... a slow progression to organised sport......Having fun - playing a game.
21:48 Fun warm ups.... I don't like running laps.... children love tag games.... I keep it fresh every week.... Learning how to evade.....Always a way to get back in.
23:28 We learn games like hand soccer...... the joy, the fun, the excitement.....
25:23 In the lessons I like a high rate of activity.... get involvement in all components...
27:35 We Think, Pair, Share..... think cognitively......
28:55 Ryan Ellis from UK has a great podcast. ....taking a helicopter view.... After the lesson .....what can be improved.
32:23 I worked in a couple of international schools - we need to inspire the pupils and we need to inspire ourselves .....Its our passion to change the narrative.....
35:19 The starfish story .....
36:39 I use images ..... someone performing the required movement. I have started to create my own video ....
38:25 Its totally inclusive .....
39:58 I am a parent myself and I'm not perfect... A parent should be a role model.... find something you enjoy and take part.
40:53 Daughters need  female role models. Especially mums....
42:54  15m in the sunshine.......spending time outside.... having rough and tumble.... a little element of danger......
46:38 Challenges....... are always there, I like to come with solutions.
47:25 PE is not so engaging at a distance ..... We started doing pre-school wake up activities....
51:51 For online PE we use props....
56:05 I wake up at 4:30am ... I love lifting weights.....love the mornings......I do intermittent fasting..... then back home for a shower....
1:02:00 Quote Consistency Over Time

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LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/in/conrad-ackerman-0151a793/

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