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Safe Practice in Physical Education and School Sport (7th Edition, July 2008)

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Sport coaching guide for Health & Safety in sport with safe practice for PE & school sport teachers across the PESS curriculum
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  • Coaching guide for Health & Safety in sport with safe practice for PE & school sport teachers

    The essential reference for everyone in Physical Education and School Sport.

    The 2008 edition of Safe Practice in Physical Education and School Sport contains everything you need to know about safety in Physical Education and School Sport. (PESS)

    Supported by DCSF and other national agencies, the book offers advice across the complete PESS curriculum to help teachers protect their pupils and themselves from potential risks.

    Part 1 of the book will help you plot your way through the maze of risk assessment and health and safety

    Part 2 will answer your queries on activities including athletics, dance, gymnastics, trampolining and outdoor & adventurous training

    What's inside?

    • a FREE CD-ROM containing ready made forms, including risk assessment, parental consent forms and a code of conduct for pupils on educational visits
    • interesting real-life cases that make complex legislative issues easier to understand and retain
    • many new topical chapters, including Personal Protection, Religious and Cultural issues and Transporting Pupils

    Three ways to get the most out of Safe Pactice in Physical Education and School Sport

    • Find extensive answers about what is considered to be best practice
    • Adopt the resource as your health and safety policy by embedding the models into everyday practice
    • Discover how to involve pupils in their own safety when participating in PESS
  • Author: The association for Physical Education, Peter Whitlam and Glen Beaumont
  • ISBN: 978-1-905540-54-9.
  • Length: 374 pages with free CD-ROM
  • Copyright Year: 2008

  • Introduction
    Glossary of Terms
    Abbreviations

    Part 1: General

    1: General and Common Principles
    2: Physical Education and the Law
    3: Risk Management
    4: Competence to Teach Physical Education and School Sport
    5: Management of the Curriculum
    6: Extended Services and the Implications for PESS
    7: Insurance Issues
    8: Accident Procedures and First-aid Management
    9: Safeguarding Children and Young People
    10: Individual and Special Needs
    11: Religious and Cultural Issues
    12: Equipment in Physical Education
    13: Personal Protection
    14: Clothing and Personal Effects
    15: Buildings and Facilities
    16: Transporting Pupils
    17: Crisis Management
    18: Managing Sports Events, Sports Tours and Other Off-site PESS Activities

    Part 2: Specific Guidance

    19: Athletic Activities
    20: Combat Activities
    21: Dance Activities, Movement and Creative Development
    22: Games Activities
    23: Gymnastics and Trampolining Activities
    24: Health-related Exercise
    25: Outdoor Education and Adventurous Activities

    Part A: Land-based Activities

    Part B: Water Activities

    Part C: Emerging Activities

    26: Aquatic Activities
    Part A: Swimming, Water Safety and Related Sports

    Part B: Diving

    Part C: Lifesaving

    Part D: Personal Survival Skills

    Part E: Swimming in Open Water

    Part F: Hydrotherapy Pools

    27: Play in the School Environment
    Appendices (also included on the CD-ROM)

  • "This is a most welcome update to a much used and seriously valued text. The new edition has brought a whole new set of insights and examples of safe practice into the foreground of professional practice. It is an essential reference for anyone associated with physical education and sport and is testimony to the Association's inspirational leadership in the subject."

  • -- Malcolm R Armstrong, Head of School of Sport and exercise Science, University of Worcester

  • "The Safe Practice in Physical Education and School Sport manual is an excellent and essential source of advice and guidance, giving clear and up to date information on required standards, good practice and current legislation. It is extensively used and referred to by schools and advisers in Warwickshire County Council ensuring that PE and sport can be planned, delivered and managed effectively and safely."

  • -- Sally Brandrick, Health and Safety Officer, Warwickshire County Council


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  • About afPE:

    The Association for Physical Education (afPE) is a subject association devoted to maintaining high standards and safe practice in all aspects and at all levels of physical education and school sport and, uniquely, is a licensed provider for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the subject. The new association was launched in March 2006 (both baalpe and PEA UK dissolved in order to form afPE) and provides quality-assured membership services, employment support and resources. For more information and for details on how to become a member, visit www.afpe.org.uk.

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