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Brian Coates

Physical Education Consultant

Welcome to my Web Pages. The following pages contain details of my publications, courses, services, as well as activity ideas for all ages within each area of activity in Physical Education.

As a Physical Education Consultant I am able to support the development of Physical Education within your school, university, college or nursery.  My expertise of INSET covers all aspects of Physical Education and in particular, my Schemes of Work 'Improving Performance in Physical Education' have been purchased extensively throughout England and abroad. These now link to the 'Inspirational Physical Education' CD-Roms (see below).

Services Available

Below is a brief summary of the services and publications Brian Coates & Associates can offer. To find out more information about any service, please follow the links provided below or in the menu to the left.

Physical Education In-Service Training

• Improving Classroom Practice
• Practical Workshops - Areas of Activity:
  • Dance, Games, Gymnastic Activities
  • Athletics, Swimming, Outdoor Activities
• Curriculum Planning
• Monitor, Review and Action Planning

Key Stage 3/4 Physical Education Support (including ICT support)

• See - Support Options
• See - Publications list
• See - Courses

Publications

• Schemes of Work for Key Stage 1
• Schemes of Work for Key Stage 2
• Schemes of Work for Key Stage 3
• Early Years Physical Education Guidelines
• Early Years Activity Ideas for Physical Education
• Parachute Games Ideas
• P. E. Curriculum Leader Handbook
• Physical Education Departmental Handbook (KS3/4)
• Playground Activities and the Effective Use of the School Environment

Education Consultancy (Middle Management)

• Whole School, Departmental, Curriculum Review
• Classroom Practice
• Curriculum Planning
• Quality of Teaching
• Teaching Styles/Differentiation Strategies

Courses

• Curriculum Management & Organisation
• P. E. for the Early Years & Key Stage 1
• Key Stage 2 - Physical Education
• Risk Assessment & Safe Practice in Physical Education
• The Teaching of Gymnastic Activities
• The Teaching of Dance Activities
• The Teaching of Games Activities
• The Teaching of Athletic Activities
• The Teaching of Outdoor Activities
• The Teaching of Swimming Activities

Key Stage 3/4 Courses

• Managing Change within the Physical Education Department
• Risk Assessment in Physical Education
• Raising Attainment in Physical Education
• Developing Physical Education Curriculum Policy and Guidelines
• A Level Physical Education Revision Course
• Assessment, Recording and Reporting in Physical Education
• Management, Organisation and Policy at Key Stages 3/4

Resource Audit

• Recommended purchases
• Advice on storage and range of suitable equipment

Lunch-time Supervisor Training (LSA)

• Playground Games
• Use of Line Markings
• Effective Use of the Environment
• Issues for Organisation & Management
• Personal Social/Wet Play Activities 

Examples of evaluation comments received following my support

	"It was a brilliant day, informative, relevant and great fun. A real inspiration."   "Excellent day - very enjoyable, I would thoroughly recommend you to other schools" - Hollybrook Infant School, Southampton		"Excellent modelling of gymnastics lessons.......... The feedback session was very valuable as we were able to ask questions about, not only what we had seen but other issues i.e. planning, health and safety." - The Montem Infant School, Slough
	"Extremely useful and beneficial. Being able to watch you with the pupils has motivated me for my teaching in the future."   "Non threatening. Support rather than criticisms! Encourages others to look at good practice."   "The content of the course was very relevant, differentiated and can be made applicable to children with severe learning difficulties" - Ridgeway House Special School		"I enjoyed the day - especially the dance. I feel a lot more enthusiastic about P.E. than I did. Thank You".   "Excellent- Well planned day. Lots of good ideas and many fears put to rest" - Monument Hill Primary School, Woking
	"Able to see good practice in action, rather than given ideas on paper"   "Both informative and entertaining - I feel more confident/competent" - Devonshire Infants, Portsmouth

Costs

	Teacher day		£400 (per day)
	School based support (working with 3 classes during the am or pm)		£200 (per half day)
	Co-ordinator support		£400 (per day)
	Resource Audit		£200 (per half day)
	Lunch Time Supervisor Support		£400 (per day)
	Network Groups: TWILIGHT (min 7 people)		£25 per person
	Network Groups: DAY (min 8 people)		£60 per person
	Additional Costs - Travel and Accommodation where necessary

Profile - Brian Coates - Physical Education Consultant

Education:

• Attended school in Bristol
• Alsager College of Education, Cheshire
• B. Ed(Hons) West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, Chichester
• M. A. (Ed.) University of Southampton

Teaching Posts:

• Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, Yorkshire
• Haymill Secondary School, Slough, Berkshire
• The Hayling School, Hayling Island, Hampshire

Advisory:

• Advisory Teacher/Teacher Consultant, Birmingham LEA
• Ofsted Team Member
• TOPS Scheme Trainer for Games, Gymnastics, Athletics, Special Needs
• Associate Lecturer - University of Southampton

Throughout my career I have taught a wide range of sporting activities, with extensive sporting qualifications, coaching to county standard. I am still actively involved in veteran competitions and have personal experience of competing in both athletics and swimming at County level and senior club level in rugby.

Brian Coates Limited

DVD Video Prospectus

CD-Rom - LATEST RELEASES

Inspirational Physical Education Series - A set of 6 CD-Roms full of video clips, photographs, medium term planning sheets and lesson plans. The only resources of its kind! They are:

Inspirational Gymnastics for Key Stage One

Inspirational Gymnastics for Key Stage Two

Inspirational Dance for Key Stage One

Inspirational Dance for Key Stage Two

Inspirational Games for Key Stage One

Inspirational Games for Key Stage Two

The CD-Rom - Studies in Physical Education - Study and Revision Guide for GCSE Physical Education is proving to be a very popular resource for schools. Pupils are able to use it for independent study. The whole class can work on it at the same time with a networked licenced copy.

The Studies in Physical Education and the set of Inspirational Physical Education CD-Roms are available for purchase using eLearning Credits. To find out more about these products by visiting the 'Publications' page.