PhysEd Teachers I am feeling festive and creative. I am looking to see if we can as a network of educators create a Xmas video using Feliz Navidad as our song. Here is the thought and plan: 1. Listen to the song 2. Decide to go SOLO or as a TEAM 3. Dress up or stay in your PE clothes 4. Mime the song or sing it live (keeping in time with this youtube clip) 5. Record this in a video and share to this open GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER 6. I will then take snippets of your video and put together as a main PhysEd Xmas video. 7. Due by 15th December and will be published on 17th December, We work toget ..read more

​   Here I am 10 days post APPEC Hong Kong and still pinch myself about what transpired in three days. For everyone reading this blog that goes to conferences you know that feeling of being on cloud nine and not wanting to come down off this. Emotions were running hot across the weekend and the anticipation of both connecting with Twitter Hero's as well as the new-found level of growth knowledge were overwhelming. In this blog post I know that I may not do justice to the overall feeling I took away about APPEC HK but I am hoping that I may convince you to at least put it on your agenda for yo ..read more

CLICK HERE to download the Gamification eBook for the ESPE Conferences Today I woke up so excited. In fact jumping out of my pants excited. I don't think I have been this excited since lining up with my good mates Azza Gardiner and Nathan Weaver to get into Disneyland this past March. You see for the past couple of months I have been working really hard to find the 'inner-lining' of my Physical Education Classes. I love teaching FMS and I love connect students with Games Sense modules but I felt that I was also letting them down even with high-quality learning experiences. I needed more from ..read more

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Canberra was the landing place for the Achper International Physical Education Conference kicking of 2017 with a little of a week before teachers returned to school. 320 of Australia's finest educators as well as a sprinkling of overseas guests was enough to create an enormous atmosphere in our countries Capital City. I was here this year for the first time as a guest of Cricket Australia as part of their Schools Ambassador Program where I was given the opportunity to present on behalf of CA to energetic teachers ready to confirm confidence and build a data bank of fresh ideas to give growth ..read more

What is your name? Christina Polatajko What is your Twitter Handle? @cpola17 ​ What is your website if you have one? www.missphysicaleducation.com Which University did you attend? I couldn't get into uni after year 12, as I didn't know what I wanted to do and also I didn't have a good enough VCE score. I studied at TAFE for Two years (Sports Development) then I got into Victoria University Bachelor of Education (Majoring in PE and ICT). I studied for four years. What is your current school and role? Newbury Primary School- Health and PE/ICT Coordinator  How long have you been teaching Phy ..read more

Hong Kong #PhysEd Wonderings   As I prepare to head north in two weeks to visit Hong Kong for the very first-time feelings of excitement and anxiety are starting to set in. This blog post unpacks my emotions for the first time in preparation for the APPEC 2017 conference.   Two years ago I saw many of my idols in the PhysEd word converge upon Hong Kong for an amazing conference and workshops. Rich learning and connections saw conversations grow from twitter characters to mateship. I can’t believe that in 2017 I am very fortunate to be an invited guest of 21st Century Learning to help drive th ..read more

The Perfect Balance is a post that I have wanted to write for a long time. However with change this year I have struggled with balance and did not feel honest in myself to write this. In recent days though I have had a chance to look back at the career I have carved for myself and then peaked into the future to see what is ahead and a proud feeling came over me. Everyday I aspire to be the very best that I can and I am amazed at the content that appears on  Twitter on a daily basis. There is my work program right there. If I never had an individual idea then I think I would be OK as the ..read more