EUPEA FORUM 2018
Seminar: How can I raise the status of Physical Education
Rose-Marie Repond held the presentation on Advocating PE
EUPEA FORUM 2018
Seminar: How can I raise the status of Physical Education
Dr. Claude Scheuer held the presentation on Relevant support references for advocacy Physical Education
Getting Schools on the Move
What if every child could #BeActive in school with sport and play? What if every school took one day to celebrate sport in Europe? Could it help students to ‘kick-off’ a lifetime of health? We say YES !
What are the news about the PE in Europe?
What is the situation of Physical Education in Europe?At the Board meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, EUPEA organized a seminar to present the state of Physical Education in several European countries.
ERASMUS PLUS PROJECT ABOUT PE
EUPEA has been involved in several projects relating to Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport. In each, EUPEA tries to defend the importance of PE and to increase the physical activity of young people. Different methods are used to achieve the aims through links with schools, sport associations and Cities.
Regional Updates
Final year student primary teachers from three Universities were invited to attend the annual student teacher IPPEA workshop on 22 October 2018. This year Maynooth University hosted the event organised by Tony Sweeney and Susan Marron, IPPEA committee. Elaine Harris, The Yoga Shed, presented a workshop which explored yoga in the primary school, with a particular focus on the inclusion of children with special educational needs All attendees were given a year's membership of the IPPEA www.irishprimarype.com
Irish Primary PE Association Conference 2019The Irish Primary PE Association annual conference will take place in The Watershed Sports Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland on March 9th, 2019. For further information follow @IrishPrimaryPE or look up www.irishprimarype.com over the coming weeks.
The Czech PE Teacher Association (Česká společnost učitelů TV – ČSUTV) was officially registered in September 2018. Official web available on https://www.csutv.cz/. The first president is associate professor Jana Vašíčková from Palacky University. The association has started to fulfil its tasks. Embark of new members recruitment and communication with partners. ČSUTV has become a partner of the National Report on Physical Activity of children and youth in the Czech Republic (2018). The report conducted by the researches from Palacky University in Olomouc will be published soon. International conferences and meetings planed for the first half of 2019: - First announcement for the 4th symposium CEREPS in Prague, the Czech Republic was communicated. The term – 30.6. – 3.7. 2019. The organizer - Prof. Dr. Ludmila Fialová, Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Prague. - International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) organizes an international conference. Term 4.-7. 6 2019 in Prague. See an on-line invitation: https://ftk.upol.cz/en/video-gallery/
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EUPEA is a non-profit and Non-Governmental professional Organisation of national PE Associations
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EUPEA promotes PE and School Sport in Europe by working with appropriate Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations and individual experts and professionals
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Membership is open to any legitimate national PE Association in a European country
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More than 30 national Physical Education associations in Europe are member of Eupea
Vision
Promote and defend Physical Education as an important educational area within the school system and the training of young People.
Objectives
Organisation of symposia on the importance of PE
Investigate the situation of PE in the different member countries
Urging the ministers of education to pay more attention to PE in the school curriculum, at a regular basis
Urging the different countries to inform each other on the state of the PE
Mission
defend the presence of Physical Education within the curriculum through a continuously adjusted and actualized Argumentation
raise the presence of Physical Education, expressed in a number of hours, to minimum 1 hour a day, through promotion campaigns
Defend the position of Physical Education in all countries of Europe
Enforce the argumentation by exchanging experiences, knowledge, scientific research, observatories, etc.