Hey Reader! I hope you're doing great! I know that a lot of PE teachers across North America are slowly (or quickly) making their way back to their schools this week. While I still don't have access to my gym (it's fine, everything is fine), I am getting ready so that I can hit the ground running once our building opens up. In this week's newsletter, I thought I could walk you through some of the systems that I have built for my gym so that I can a) get the most out of every lesson and b)...
about 18 hours ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader! My physical education program includes activities that might seem a little odd at first glance. Mountain biking, skateboarding, fire building, hunting... there's no lack of risk in any given week. As a reminder, I teach Primary (a.k.a Kindergarten) to Grade Two. If you have any experience with these grades, you probably already know that tears come with the territory. Every bump comes with a deluge of tears, and each scrape is perceived as life-threatening (at least initially)....
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader! Happy Summer! Well, happy summer to those of you in the northern hemisphere. It's wild to think that another school year has come to an end. This past year was especially meaningful to me as I finally reached a goal I have been working on since my family and I moved to Nova Scotia: 🎯 Land a permanent, full-time teaching job at my kids' public school. I'm finally back to teaching full-time and I could not be more excited about it! Getting to be Mr. Joey at our local public school...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! I hope you had a great week and are either a) feeling ready for this snowpocalypse or b) completely unaffected by it! I've got so much going on in my teaching that I'm excited about: My primary/grade one students are working on their control skills (i.e. manipulative skills) and making good progress with their throwing and catching! My grade two students are CRUSHING IT in their skateboarding unit! My grade four students are getting more and more familiar with animal tracking...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader! I hope you had a great weekend and are feeling energized for another week in the gym. This week, I've been reflecting on something that comes up constantly in my K-2 classes: how kids handle winning and losing. No matter how well a game is going, it only takes one meltdown over the final score to derail the entire lesson. The truth is, we're not just teaching games: we're teaching kids how to define success for themselves. And until we help them reframe what winning actually...
7 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend and are feeling excited about another week of teaching, testing, and (hopefully) laughing. This week, I did something that I haven't done in a minute: I published an episode of The #PhysEd Show podcast! My goal is to get back into publishing monthly episodes of my podcast this year. To kick things off, I decided to share some of the classroom management systems that I've created, implemented, and iterated in my teaching. Let's dive in....
7 months ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader! Happy New Year! I hope that you've been well and are feeling ready for the back half of the 2025-2026 school year! It's been a minute since I have sent a newsletter out, and that is something that I am intentionally changing in 2026. While I've enjoyed sharing experiences, reflections, games, and ideas from my teaching over on #PhysEdU, I miss talking about my journey as a PE teacher in a more public space. With social media no longer part of my world, this newsletter feels like...
8 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! I hope you're enjoying your summer! It's been a minute since I've reached out, but I'm starting to get ready for the upcoming school year and am PUMPED for what's to come. This year, I'll be headed back to Kings County Academy (a.k.a. KCA the local P-8 public school where I live) for my third year. I'll still be teaching P-2 physical education and am taking on a new challenge this year: Core French! I'm not going to get into my adventures in FSL here, but I DO want to talk about...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! I don't know how things have been where you are, but we are having ourselves a winter here in Nova Scotia. Snowstorms, freezing temps, icy streets and roadways... this winter has been everything that growing up in Canada promised it would be. Listen, I'm not going to pretend that I love the additions of scraping ice off my windshield, shoving my kids into their snowsuits, and shovelling the driveway daily. However, I appreciate that this kind of weather brings opportunities that...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read