Brian Coates Limited

including Brian Coates & Associates - Physical Education Consultant

PUBLICATIONS

I provide Physical Education INSET to staff from schools, higher education, and nursery schools from all over the world. I have a wide selection of support services to choose from and all my services are of a very high quality and are extremely effective. For specific information about my publications, select an item from the list below.

 

If you wish to read a review of the Inspirational Physical Education CD-Roms (KS2 Gymnastics) published on the Schoolzone web site please click HERE.

You can also read a review of CD-Roms in 'The British Journal of Teaching P.E. (P.E.A.) Spring 2006'

Also watch out for the Teachers TV Resource Review due shortly.

Index of Mail Order Publications:


Inspirational Gymnastics - CD-Rom - Key Stage One

(5 - 8 years)
Price £60.00 (U.K. p&p £1.00 extra)

This CD-Rom contains 20 minutes of video images and 150 photographs of children performing a wide variety of activities and movements for each of the classes from Reception, Year One and Year Two.

You can show the video clips to the children or allow the children to look at the data bank of ideas themselves. The CD-Rom will also allow you to identify the learning you wish to take place and will support the learning objectives for the lesson. It is an ideal opportunity to use Assessment for Learning strategies within Physical Education.

All the activities are broken down into gymnastic themes and is supported by 18 printable units of work (medium term plans) as well as a range of Lesson Plans from Reception to Year 2. The CD-Rom will provide you with a library of video images that will enable you to address the National Curriculum and will match the QCA Scheme of Work for Physical Education. You will be able to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in gymnastic activities. The Video Images and Medium Term Plans are easily navigatable and provide you with ideas, activities and a framework for content in:

  • Travel,
  • Balance,
  • Jumping/landing,
  • Rolling/rotating,
  • Climbing/swinging,

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.

You can also see a variety of strategies for safe practice and handling of apparatus as well as ideas for the progressive use of apparatus.


Inspirational Gymnastics - CD-Rom - Key Stage Two

(8 - 12 years)
Price £80.00 (U.K. p&p £1.00 extra)

This double CD-Rom contains over 30 minutes of video images and 200 photographs of children performing a wide variety of activities and movements for each of the classes from Year Three to Year Six.

You can show the video clips to the children or allow the children to look at the data bank of ideas themselves. The CD-Rom will also allow you to identify the learning you wish to take place and will support the learning objectives for the lesson. It is an ideal opportunity to use Assessment for Learning strategies within Physical Education.

All the activities are broken down into gymnastic themes and is supported by 24 printable units of work (medium term plans) as well as a range of Lesson Plans from Year Three to Year Six. The CD-Rom will provide you with a library of video images that will enable you to address the National Curriculum and will match the QCA Scheme of Work for Physical Education. You will be able to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in gymnastic activities. The Video Images and Medium Term Plans are easily navigatable and provide you with ideas, activities and a framework for content in:

  • Travel,
  • Balance,
  • Jumping/landing,
  • Rolling/rotating,
  • Climbing/hanging/swinging,

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.

You can also see a variety of strategies for safe practice and handling of apparatus as well as ideas for the progressive use of apparatus.


Inspirational Dance - CD-Rom - Key Stage One

(5 - 8 years)
Price £60.00 (U.K. p&p £1.00 extra)

This CD-Rom contains Video images of children performing a wide variety of activities dances and movements from each of the classes from Reception, Year One and Year Two.

You can show the video clips to the children or allow the children to look at the data bank of ideas themselves. The CD-Rom will also allow you to identify the learning you wish to take place and will support the learning objectives for the lesson. It is an ideal opportunity to use Assessment for Learning strategies within Physical Education.

All the activities are broken down into gymnastic themes and is supported by 18 printable units of work (medium term plans) as well as a range of Lesson Plans from Reception to Year 2. The CD-Rom will provide you with a library of video images that will enable you to address the National Curriculum and will match the QCA Scheme of Work for Physical Education. You will be able to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in dance activities. The Video Images and Medium Term Plans are easily navigatable and provide you with ideas, activities and a framework for content in:

  • Toys,
  • Myself,
  • Plants & Animals,
  • Weather,
  • Barn/Country Dance,
  • Clothes,
  • Inventions,
  • Materials, etc.

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.

Inspirational Dance - CD-Rom - Key Stage Two

(8 - 12 years)
Price £75.00 (U.K. p&p £1.00 extra)

This CD-Rom contains Video images of children performing a wide variety of dances and movements from each of the classes from Year Three to Year Six.

You can show the video clips to the children or allow the children to look at the data bank of ideas themselves. The CD-Rom will also allow you to identify the learning you wish to take place and will support the learning objectives for the lesson. It is an ideal opportunity to use Assessment for Learning strategies within Physical Education.

All the activities are broken down into gymnastic themes and is supported by 24 printable units of work (medium term plans) as well as a range of Lesson Plans from Year 3 to Year 6. The CD-Rom will provide you with a library of video images that will enable you to address the National Curriculum and will match the QCA Scheme of Work for Physical Education. You will be able to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in dance activities. The Video Images and Medium Term Plans are easily navigatable and provide you with ideas, activities and a framework for content in:

  • Food and Farming
  • The Greeks
  • Habitats
  • Rivers
  • Barn/Country Dance,
  • The Rain forest
  • Victorians
  • The Tudors, etc.

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.

Inspirational Games - CD-Rom - Key Stage One

(5 - 8 years)
Price £60.00 (U.K. p&p £1.00 extra)

This CD-Rom contains Video images of children performing a wide variety of activities and games from each of the classes from Reception, Year One and Year Two.

You can show the video clips to the children or allow the children to look at the data bank of ideas themselves. The CD-Rom will also allow you to identify the learning you wish to take place and will support the learning objectives for the lesson. It is an ideal opportunity to use Assessment for Learning strategies within Physical Education.

All the activities are broken down into gymnastic themes and is supported by 18 printable units of work (medium term plans) as well as a range of Lesson Plans from Reception to Year 2. The CD-Rom will provide you with a library of video images that will enable you to address the National Curriculum and will match the QCA Scheme of Work for Physical Education. You will be able to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in games activities. The Video Images and Medium Term Plans are easily navigatable and provide you with ideas, activities and a framework for content in:

  • Ball skills,
  • Sending,
  • Receiving,
  • Creating games,

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.

Inspirational Games - CD-Rom - Key Stage Two

(8 - 12 years)
Price £75.00 (U.K. p&p £1.00 extra)

This CD-Rom contains Video images of children performing a wide variety of activities and games from each of the classes from Year Three to Year Six.

You can show the video clips to the children or allow the children to look at the data bank of ideas themselves. The CD-Rom will also allow you to identify the learning you wish to take place and will support the learning objectives for the lesson. It is an ideal opportunity to use Assessment for Learning strategies within Physical Education.

All the activities are broken down into gymnastic themes and is supported by 24 printable units of work (medium term plans) as well as a range of Lesson Plans from Year 3 to Year 6. The CD-Rom will provide you with a library of video images that will enable you to address the National Curriculum and will match the QCA Scheme of Work for Physical Education. You will be able to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in gymnastic activities. The Video Images and Medium Term Plans are easily navigatable and provide you with ideas, activities and a framework for content in:

  • Invasion
  • Net/Wall
  • Striking/Fielding
  • Games Understanding

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.

Improving Performance in Physical Education - Scheme of Work for Key Stage One

(5 - 8 years)
Price £20.00 (U.K. p&p £4.00 extra)

This comprehensive scheme presented in an A4 ring binder, making it a working document, consists of 54 units of work (medium term plans) from Reception to Year 2. It is an ideal vehicle for the delivery of the TOP programmes and enables you to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in each area of activity. You are provided with a framework that provides ideas for content in:

  • Gymnastics - Units include travel, balance, jumping/landing, rolling/rotating, climbing/swinging, etc.
  • Dance - Units link to topics such as Toys, Myself, Plants & Animals, Weather, Barn/Country Dance, Clothes, Inventions, Materials, etc.
  • Games - Units relate to ball skills, sending, receiving, creating games, etc.

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches and strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.


Improving Performance in Physical Education - Scheme of Work for Key Stage Two

(8 - 12 years)
Price £25.00 (U.K. p&p £4.00 extra)

This comprehensive scheme presented in an A4 ring binder, making it a working document, consists of over 100 units of work from Year 3 to Year 6. It is an ideal vehicle for the delivery of the TOP programmes and enables you to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in each area of activity. You are provided with a framework that provides ideas for content in:

  • Gymnastics - Balance, rolling/rotating, climbing/swinging, jumping/landing, etc.;
  • Dance - Relating to topics such as The Greeks, The Egyptians, The Body, Electricity,
  • The Rainforest, etc. ;
  • Games - Invasion, Net/Wall, Striking/Fielding, Games Understanding, etc ;
  • Athletic Activities - Running, Jumping, Throwing;
  • Outdoor and Adventurous Activities - Orientation, Co-operation, Problem Solving;
  • Swimming - Non swimmers, beginners, improvers, deep water swimmers;

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provides ideas for content;
  • allows for a range of teaching approaches/strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.


OFSTED REPORT

Congratulations to Mill Rythe Junior School in Hampshire for their OFSTED report (December 1997) which says:

'Longer term progress in physical education is helped by a comprehensive scheme of work which provides excellent support to all staff and guarantees clear progression in skills and standards.'

The benefits of co-ordinator support, school-based support, staff INSET and the implementation of the 'Improving Performance - Scheme of Work' has clearly paid dividends! (A full copy of the report is available from the school)


Improving Performance in Physical Education - Scheme of Work for Key Stage Three

(12 - 16 years)
Price £17.50 (U.K. p&p £4.00 extra)

This comprehensive scheme presented in an A4 ring binder, making it a working document, consists of over 60 units of work from Year 7 to Year 9. It enables you to identify continuity and progression across the Key Stage in each area of activity. You are provided with:

  • a yearly overview - ensuring curriculum balance;
  • aims and objectives;
  • progression of skills;
  • a lesson planning format;
  • assessment/recording sheets;

and set in a framework that provides ideas for content in:

  • Games - Invasion, Net/Wall, Striking/Fielding, etc; for: - Football, Netball, Hockey, Rugby, Basketball, Cricket, Rounders, Tennis, Volleyball.
  • Gymnastics - Balance, traveling, flight, etc;
  • Dance - Relating to topics such as Working Actions, Weather, Colour, The Media, Art/Artefacts, Machines, Communications, Rock 'n' Pop.
  • Athletic activities - Running, Jumping, Throwing;
  • Outdoor and adventurous activities - Orientation, Co-operation, Problem Solving;
  • Swimming - Non swimmers, beginners, improvers, deep water swimmers;
  • Health Related Physical Education - Stamina, Speed, Strength, etc.

The medium term framework and ideas for content link to the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum. The units of work also:

  • identify 'learning objectives' in terms of knowledge, skills, understanding and health related issues;
  • identify specific themes;
  • identify a series of progressive learning foci;
  • provide ideas for content;
  • allow for a range of teaching approaches/strategies
  • provides a framework for assessment.


Early Years Physical Education Guidelines

(3 - 5 years)
Price £15.00
(U.K. p&p £3.00 extra)

This book will provide you with:

  • a philosophy and rationale for your physical education policy
  • a framework enabling you to achieve a co-ordinated approach to the teaching of physical education linked to the Desirable Learning Outcomes and your whole school programme
  • a framework for planning a balanced and progressive programme
  • examples of short and medium term planning and ideas for assessment
  • ideas for content for gymnastic activities, dance, games, parachute and playground activities.

There is also has a very valuable section on the Outdoor Classroom.


Early Years Activity Ideas for Physical Education

(18 months - 5 years)
Price £12.50
(U.K. p&p £4.00 extra)

This book will provide you with ideas for your physical education lessons:

  • games
  • gymnastics
  • dance
  • outdoor classroom

It will complement and link with the above publication 'Early Years Physical Education Guidelines'


Parachute Games

Price £4.00 (U.K. p&p 50 p extra)

This book will provide you with ideas for your physical education lessons:

  • introductory games and activities
  • ideas for progression
  • links to other areas of the curriculum
  • co-operative games


Physical Education Curriculum Leader Handbook

Price £15.00 (U.K. p&p £3.00 extra)

This handbook provides you with a series of prompts and statements that may be used as a basis for formulating or updating your Physical Education Policy and Guidelines, it will also help you to organise the following aspects of your physical education curriculum, including:

  • the role and responsibilities of the Curriculum Leader;
  • content and examples of Policy & Safety Statements;
  • Curriculum Aims and Objectives;
  • Policy & Guidelines including SEN, Equal Opportunities, Differentiation, etc.;
  • strategies for assessment, recording, reporting;
  • considerations when resourcing the P.E. curriculum;
  • strategies for monitoring your P.E. curriculum;
  • conducting a curriculum audit;
  • creating an action plan;
  • how to organise your curriculum and structure your scheme of work


Physical Education Departmental Handbook

Price £17.50 (U.K. p&p £4.00 extra)

This handbook provides you with a series of prompts and statements that may be used as a basis for formulating or updating your Physical Education Policy and Guidelines, it will also help you to organise the following aspects of your physical education curriculum, including:

  • the role and responsibilities of the Head of Department;
  • content and examples of Policy & Safety Statements;
  • Curriculum Aims and Objectives;
  • Policy & Guidelines including SEN, Equal Opportunities, Differentiation, etc.;
  • the organisation of your curriculum and providing a structure for your scheme of work;
  • strategies for assessment, recording, reporting;
  • considerations when resourcing the P.E. curriculum;
  • strategies for monitoring your P.E. curriculum;
  • conducting a curriculum audit and an action plan;


Playground Activities and the Effective Use of the School Environment

Price £12.50 (U.K. p&p £4.00 extra)

This book addresses the organisation and management of the School Environment for the Senior Management team, lunch time supervisors and teaching staff. It considers the contents of a playground policy; its aims, objectives and guidelines and the implications for an Ofsted inspection.

It considers the co-ordinated environmental opportunities for the use of the school grounds from across the curriculum.

It addresses in detail the role of the lunch time supervisor and the promotion of positive behaviour by:

  • raising the pupils self esteem;
  • developing their social skills;
  • providing stimulating enjoyable activities;

It emphasize the need for a whole school approach that links to the activities from the schools' curriculum and the development of the whole child.

In particular it looks at the use of time, resources space and activities for the promotion of a happy, caring and co-operative school community.

The ideas in the book promote:

  • safe practice;
  • health;
  • positive behaviour;
  • learning;
  • independence.

It provides ideas for effective use of the playground using:

  • line markings;
  • co-operative activities;
  • skipping/singing games and rhymes;

together with ideas for:

  • wet play;
  • personal, social education.


You can order any of these publications using our on-line order form, or contact me using one of the methods below:

Brian Coates and Associates

Physical Education Consultant

22 Island Close

Hayling Island

Hampshire

England

PO11 0NJ

Tel: +44 (0)23 92 467057

e-mail: brian@briancoates.com