Hampshire PE Conference 2026

This workshop will be a practical workshop for an alternative game to rounders (primary focus). Victoria works at the University of Winchester as a teacher educator.

This session introduces you to Pickleball – one of the fastest growing paddle sports. It is a highly accessible activity, that can be played with students of all ages. The session will introduce you to some of the rules, as well as practically exploring activities that can be applied within your PE lessons.

Goalball is a highly effective inclusive sport that develops teamwork, communication, listening skills and spatial awareness. The sport challenges perceptions of disability and supports positive attitudes towards difference. Goalball is also easy to adapt for mainstream schools, requiring minimal equipment and flexible use of space. This makes it practical for everyday PE lessons and enables teachers to embed genuine inclusion into their curriculum rather than treating it as a specialist add-on.

Rachel is the Resource Provision Manager in a mainstream primary school, supporting children with vision impairment (VI), who also works for the local authority’s Specialist Teacher Advisory Service. She is passionate about inclusive physical education and has successfully introduced goalball into the PE curriculum for Year 5 and 6 pupils.

Participants will deepen their understanding of how to adapt and refine their teaching to meet the diverse needs of all young people. Through discussion, exploration of resources, and mapping out opportunities within Ordinarily Available Provision (OAP), they will develop practical approaches to inclusive practice—ensuring that learners, including those with additional needs, are effectively supported within everyday classroom provision.

Marie Mullins is a specialist advisor for SEND in Hampshire schools and has a wealth of knowledge of working in SEND settings, as well a passion for movement and physical education.

As the Education Consultant for Athletic Skills Model UK, Julie will offer a brief introduction to the philosophy and research informed practice of ASM and share the essential Fundamental 10 movement skills. We will then explore ideas through practical activities where your creativity and adaptability will be brought to life and begin to consider how you might consider the value of versatility within your own practice.

This workshop will be led by Dr Vicky Randall, an appointed National Curriculum Drafter for Physical Education for the 2028 National Curriculum. The session will identify the main areas for change within the proposed National Curriculum and explore the draft proposals in more detail. Time will also be allocated for questions and discussion about the opportunities the new curriculum may bring for Physical Education in Hampshire schools.

If you are looking to develop your own OAA within your PE curriculum, or wanting to get the most out of provider-led OAA, then this interactive discussion-based workshop is for you. Over the course of the workshop, examples of good practise will be explored and shared alongside key resources. We will discuss key questions to ask providers when contacting them, or if you are leading OAA yourself, we'll explore where opportunities are for developing activity options that go beyond orienteering (although this still has an important place!) This workshop will be facilitated by Jo Hayes, Hampshire Senior PE Advisor and Ben Brittain-Dodd, Educational Visits Advisors, both who have a passion for well-run OAA and helping schools expand their offers to students.

Sport in Mind, the UK’s leading mental health sports charity, will introduce how movement, physical activity and sport can positively support mental health and wellbeing. This workshop will explore the impact of our work, the importance of inclusive physical activity, and the services and support we provide within schools and the wider community. Delegates will also experience a practical taster of some of our educational activities and resources designed to support young people’s mental health through movement.

Executive Function skills play a crucial role in children's ability to engage, participate and thrive in school. Yet when these skills are weaker, children can experience repeated struggles with learning, behaviour, relationships and independence, often leading to frustration, disengagement and a reduced sense of belonging.

This interactive workshop will help participants deepen their understanding of Executive Function and explore how difficulties in these skills are often the hidden factor behind many of the challenges seen in classrooms. Through practical activities and discussion, we will consider how Executive Function differences may manifest within Physical Education and how a shared, whole-class understanding, alongside collaborative, strengths-based approaches, can help us work with children to identify adaptations, strategies and supports that increase capability and engagement in learning.

Participants will leave with greater insight into how understanding Executive Function can help create environments where children feel understood, valued and capable – experiences that are fundamental to a strong sense of belonging.

This Teacher CPD session will go through how to deliver Hockey in your Primary school to meet the needs of your students, spaces and equipment available. We will also share lesson plans and activities for you to take away. Delivering the session will be one of our dedicated Teacher Training tutors from England Hockey who has a wealth of experience of delivering Hockey in a primary school setting.

PLEASE NOTE: This session will run over both workshop option blocks and therefore will be your only choice if you select it.

This interactive session will show you how to create high-quality teaching resources that enhance learning for all students, including those with SEND, which in turn will support adaptive teaching, reduce teacher workload, and promote greater accessibility within PE. It will also demonstrate ways AI can be harnessed to strengthen student voice-empowering pupils to contribute to curriculum design, reflect on their learning, and engage more actively in shaping their PE experience.

You are encouraged to bring a devise to this session to be able to engage with some of the resources in real-time. Carla is an experienced Head of Department who has delivered similar workshops at national conferences.

Katie is part of the PE Team at Great Oaks, who are the Lead Inclusion School for Hampshire. This workshop will be tailored for providing ideas for adapting your PE lessons for SEN students. It will include ideas and strategies, as well as providing the opportunity for a discussion to discuss challenges, as well as share ideas with colleagues.

Explore how to weave skipping into your primary PE curriculum to develop physical skills and boost aerobic activity, while simultaneously establishing a vibrant, student-led skipping culture during lunchtimes and break periods. Skipping can be learnt as an individual skill, using equipment, with a partner or as part of a team. Given the variety of application, a fun and inclusive learning environment can be achieved facilitating opportunities for collaboration and nurturing problem-solving skills.

The workshop will be theoretical, making links with the National Curriculum and sharing ideas for delivery. Skipping is a low-cost activity but can have a high impact on physical activity levels. It can be taught discretely as the focus of a set of progressive lessons or integrated into other topics. Playground leaders can also be easily introduced empowering pupils to independently sustain skipping zones at lunchtimes. Planning and resources will be shared to aid further implementation.

Delegates will ideally participate in skipping activities practically to help recognise best practice and develop subject knowledge, therefore comfortable clothing and trainers are recommended. Practical delivery will be weather dependant, either outside or indoors but adapted to a learning space typical of a school setting.

Nick works at The University of Winchester, as well as an SGO in Hampshire.

How can PE and movement become a powerful vehicle for helping young people feel safe, connected, and ready to learn?

This interactive workshop will explore how schools across the Hampshire RISE Up programme are using movement, relationships, and trauma-informed practice to strengthen belonging, improve engagement, and support emotional wellbeing.

Co-delivered alongside educators from Hampshire schools currently involved in the RISE Up programme, the session will combine practical examples from schools with evidence-informed theory and light movement activities that delegates can immediately adapt within their own setting.

The workshop will showcase practical strategies linked to the RISE Up framework (Repeaters, Inclusive Teams, Stress Busters, and Energisers), alongside approaches connected to physical literacy, emotional regulation, inclusion, and psychologically safe environments.

Delegates will leave with practical ideas to support engagement, belonging, and wellbeing in PE and beyond, whilst also hearing authentic reflections from schools implementing the work within their own contexts.

Neil Moggan is the founder of Future Action and creator of the RISE Up programme, which has now supported over 300 schools worldwide. A former Director of Sport, Health & RSHE and author of 'Time to RISE Up – Supporting Students’ Mental Health in Schools', Neil specialises in trauma-informed PE, movement for mental wellbeing, and creating psychologically safe environments where young people can flourish.

This practical, hands-on course explores what Ordinarily Available Provision (OAP) looks like within Physical Education and how inclusive practice can be embedded across all areas of PE. Through discussion, shared resources, and collaborative mapping of OAP opportunities within lessons, participants will build a clear understanding of how to deliver inclusive provision in practice. They will develop the confidence and skills to adapt, adjust, and scaffold their teaching so that all young people—including those with additional needs—can access, engage in, and succeed within high-quality PE lessons.

Marie Mullins is a specialist advisor for SEND in Hampshire schools and has a wealth of knowledge of working in SEND settings, as well a passion for movement and physical education.

As the Education Consultant for Athletic Skills Model UK, Julie will offer a brief introduction to the philosophy and research informed practice of ASM and share the essential Fundamental 10 movement skills. We will then explore ideas through practical activities where your creativity and adaptability will be brought to life and begin to consider how you might consider the value of versatility within your own practice.

This workshop will be led by Dr Vicky Randall, an appointed National Curriculum Drafter for Physical Education for the 2028 National Curriculum. The session will identify the main areas for change within the proposed National Curriculum and explore the draft proposals in more detail. Time will also be allocated for questions and discussion about the opportunities the new curriculum may bring for Physical Education in Hampshire schools.

This workshop explores OAA as part of the PE National Curriculum, going beyond just orienteering (although this has an important place!) Delegates will participate in examples of good practice, including ideas of how to progress knowledge and skills. There will also be discussions on provider-led OAA, and key questions to ask them. This workshop will be facilitated by Jo Hayes, Hampshire Senior PE Advisor and Ben Brittain-Dodd, Educational Visits Advisors, both of whom have a passion for well-run OAA and helping schools expand their offers to students.

This workshop will be run by Becky Magee, Hampshire Senior PE Advisor, who has a wealth of experience working in both mainstream and SEND schools, and has a passion for enabling all pupils to feel included and encouraged to be active. In this workshop participants will learn about how to make their active playtimes Inclusive and enjoyable for all pupils. The session will focus on teaching Games and Activities which will support pupils with SENDs to be active. We will think about what these pupils may need to enable them to access playtime games more effectively and also what some barriers might be. Participants will be given access to resources which they can take back to their schools and ideas that they can implement straight away.

The recent curriculum review identified Dance as an area that was not always taught well in schools, if at all! This session identifies the key principles of Dance, and explores how these can be embedded to deliver high quality lessons as part of the PE National Curriculum.

Charlotte is a Senior PE Advisor for Hampshire schools.

Executive Function skills play a crucial role in children's ability to engage, participate and thrive in school. Yet when these skills are weaker, children can experience repeated struggles with learning, behaviour, relationships and independence, often leading to frustration, disengagement and a reduced sense of belonging.

This interactive workshop will help participants deepen their understanding of Executive Function and explore how difficulties in these skills are often the hidden factor behind many of the challenges seen in classrooms. Through practical activities and discussion, we will consider how Executive Function differences may manifest within Physical Education and how a shared, whole-class understanding, alongside collaborative, strengths-based approaches, can help us work with children to identify adaptations, strategies and supports that increase capability and engagement in learning.

Participants will leave with greater insight into how understanding Executive Function can help create environments where children feel understood, valued and capable – experiences that are fundamental to a strong sense of belonging.

This focuses on the vital role physical development plays in children’s overall learning and wellbeing during the early years. The course helps practitioners understand how movement supports cognitive, social, and emotional development, while building confidence in planning purposeful activities linked to the EYFS framework. It emphasises physical literacy through fundamental movement skills such as balance, coordination, and spatial awareness, alongside the neuroscience and research underpinning child development and lifelong health. Through interactive learning, practical demonstrations, and evidence-based approaches, the programme supports sustainable, high-quality physical activity provision within early years settings. Feedback from practitioners highlights the programme as an eye-opening and highly valuable initiative, revealing significant movement development needs in children and reinforcing the importance of early intervention, play, and active learning.

Vanessa is a PE consultant specialising in Early Years.