Mr Chilton

HOF PE | PGCE Alumni @lborouniversity |

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Happiness!! If you do something that makes you happy, it makes you want to do it more often. The others should follow as result of happiness👏🏻

[will swaithes @WillSwaithes]

If PE could deliver ONE of the following to all children, which would you choose?

@PEScholar @ukPEchat @WannaTeachPE @YouthSportTrust @afPE_PE @Sport_England @FOBISIA1 @SATPE1 @SATPE_Primary @PHASEglobal @SHAPE_America @EUPEA_tweet @ImSporticus @pilly66 @PENZ_TeAoKori

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Recommendations on trips down south (London or close to) to take BTEC sport students on? #edupe @WannaTeachPE @NWalkerPE @MrCampbell_PE

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Added girls football to the curriculum last year and there was very little engagement with extra-curricular. Fast forward a year and we had 16 girls at club tonight with fixtures lined up!

Really starting to see the impact of giving equal opportunities⚽️ #edupe

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

@MrAhmedPE Good luck👍🏻

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

#NPQ #edupe #teach

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

@Damian_PE10 @gcsepe2017 Amazing, could I get a copy please?

[email protected]

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Anyone from this years cohort still looking for jobs? Great opportunity if you could share please @karlbrennan7 @DrAshCasey

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

An exciting opportunity has opened up in my department. Would you like to work with a great team, excellent facilities and many opportunities for progression. Apply below:

https://t.co/RPIXoblhCu

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

@MissSaunders_ Correct kit - limited success if not in kit. Clear expectations regarding playing space / equipment. Clear success criteria and demonstration of what success looks likes.

[will swaithes @WillSwaithes]

New PE guidance for schools strengthens equal access to sport - https://t.co/1hVUI33781 https://t.co/yoRRLiIGul

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

An amazing day at the @YouthSportTrust conference. It was full of insight, inspiration, collaboration and developments. Can’t wait for what lies ahead! #YSTConference #changemakers

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Does anyone do Dance as a sport for GCSE PE (AQA)?

I have a few questions if someone can help! #AQAGCSE #GCSEPE #edupe

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Very interesting takeaways, looks like a must read🤔

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Great day at the @YouthSportTrust advocacy event. Collaborating with so many inspiring educators about all things PESSPA.

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Can’t thank @MrCampbell_PE enough for his work helping me transform assessment in my faculty. His expertise has created me a great tool for tracking progress and reducing workload by creating pre-populated reports. His work can be found also on @PEScholar 👏🏻👏🏻

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Excited to be attending the @YouthSportTrust PE catalyst advocacy network event tomorrow. Will be great to talk all things PE and School Sport🏃🏻‍♂️⚽️🎾🏓

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

A very interesting read and certainly not the results I was expecting🤔

[David Scales @MrDavidScales]

This is a fascinating analysis showing the correlation between attendance and progress between KS2 and KS4. The post pandemic issues with attendance warrant serious additional intervention.

The impact of absence on Progress 8 - FFT Education Datalab https://t.co/Er7bw6aEI0

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

We are moving to BTEC L2 / L3 sports award for next year. Any others that teach it all the way through KS4/5 that would be happy to answer some questions?

Also in need of an introduction booklet that we could share with upcoming KS5 students at open evening please?
#edupe

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Looking for an AQA GCSE PE tracker, please if you have one could you share it with me!
@The_EverLearner @peclassroom

#edupe

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

Resilience is non-existent in so many pupils these days. There needs to be a huge focus in schools how this can be instilled in all pupils and the benefits of it.

[Mr Chilton @JLChiltonPE]

@WillSwaithes @PEScholar @ukPEchat @WannaTeachPE Both groups line up outside, students lead into changing rooms and must be changed and registered in 10 mins