For the past four to five years I have followed Andy Vasily like a hawk; what I mean by this is that I have found his work inspiring and valuable. Andy is an extraordinary educator who has so much time and passion guiding and helping fellow teachers.

Andy is an international presenter, who values the intentional way in which PE teaches can lead. Take the time to listen to Andy’s TedX talk and podcast. I am sure you will enjoy our chat in today’s episode as much as I did recording it.

Twitter  @andyvasily

TedX talk

Podcast – ‘Run your life’

Website 

‘Dreams can inspire you; goals can change your life’. This week I chat with Annie Waterton about her upcoming educational trip to Antarctica. Annie has self-funded her trip to Antarctica on the 28^th of Feb until the 12^th of March this year to learn more about climate change. As well as explaining this amazing journey, Annie has also created a list of FREE sustainability teaching resources, games and lesson plans. Follow the link and be inspired.

If you would like to contact Annie before she departs on this amazing journey, you can email her at – waterstonlianne@gmail.com

YouTube Yoga clip 

YouTube Ice Ice Baby fitness dance 

FREE Force Dash class activity 

As teachers and educators we are always putting our students first, don’t get me wrong this is amazing. We are so invested in our student’s happiness and future that we often forget to look after our number one asset. That of course is ourselves.

Today’s episode is full of little tips, tricks and simple ideas to invest in your own wellbeing. At the end of the day if we are healthy, happy and full of energy this will flow into everything we do inside and outside of the classroom. I hope you can take one or two important tips to action from today’s podcast episode.

Download the FREE 15 days of fitness games giveaway by clicking HERE and signing up down the bottom right hand corner of the page.

Send me an email at dale@energetic.education if you have any other tips I can add to this list, and I will feature you in another podcast mid year 2018.

With the new school year just about to get underway for Australian and New Zealand teachers, I thought it would be the perfect time to give you our top ten icebreaker activities. In this episode I share my five go to activities that I use with all groups I teach. This includes students, teachers, adult sports clubs you name it these five are amazing. I have also spoken to five expect teachers from around the globe who share their top icebreaker activities.

Starting your day with some form of fun engaging activity creates a classroom climate for learning and challenging students to participate and take risks. Below are ten activities with links to watch demonstration videos.

If you would like to add to this list please email me at dale@energetic.education I will include these in a new podcast midway through the year. Thank you and have a wonderful day.

1. PSR Cheer Squad
2. PSR Train
3. Evolution 
4. Gotcha 
5. Around the world global adventure – Click HERE to watch me use this on stage at Connected PE 2017 or click HERE to get the PDF script
6. Tracey Lockwood’s – Pass and pursuit
7. Nige Otto’s – Spaghetti building
8. Luke Kenelley’s – Talking spider
9. Ryan Fahey – Ice feet
10. Mark Collard – 1,2,3

If you would like a free copy of our top Icebreaker eBook simply visit our website www.breakappz.com  On the opening page you can access the eBook for FREE. Or if you have a smart phone or tablet you must get our top selling app ClassBreak. Simply search ClassBreak as one word on iTunes or the Google Play store to download this amazing teaching resource.

If you are looking for new ways to enrich your daily life, today’s guest is certainly one person you will enjoy listening and learning about. Kara Fortier is the creator of the amazing website the Play Grounding.

Kara will share her philosophy on the power of play, and what it means to live a play inspired life. If you would like to check out more about Kara, you can do so through her amazing podcast and website at this link – www.playgrounding.com

Resilience, gratitude and mindfulness are three very important areas of your life that you can take control of. In today’s episode I catch up with Hugh Van Cuylenberg who is the founder of ‘The Resilience Project’.

If you are not familiar with Hugh’s work I would recommend watching the YouTube clip of Hugh in action, the link is below in the show notes.

Hugh is on a mission to help educate as many students, teachers and adults on ways to have more gratitude and resilience in life. Hugh travels the globe presenting to schools, sports teams and high profile corporations on how to focus on mindfulness in our everyday lives.  After listening to today’s episode the one huge take away you can do, is simply download the Resilience Project’s new app. I have been using this app for a couple of weeks now and it is truly amazing. Don’t just take my word for it, the app is FREE, so click on this link and start practising gratitude, resilience and mindfulness today.

Download the amazing new Resilience Project app for free click HERE

Gratitude clip of Hugh in action on YouTube click HERE

Visit The Resilience Project website to book a workshop or speaking engagement click HERE

Follow Hugh on twitter @resiliencep

Teaching students with various learning abilities involves creativity, time and a desire to understand how a student learns best.  A classroom may be filled with students of the same age, but their learning abilities will most likely vary over a broad spectrum.

Today’s guest Luke Kenelley is a super star teacher with a passion to help as many children as possible. Luke will talk to us about his teaching journey and how he has risen to a position of leadership at a very young age.

Luke’s passion and energy is infectious and it is simply a podcast interview that you cannot afford to miss.

Today I will be sharing Ryan Fahey’s knowledge and inspirational teaching journey with you. Ryan exudes passion and enthusiasm, he started his teaching journey in a small country town, now teaching at an international school in Abu Dhabi.

We have all experienced that feeling of been uncomfortable when we are faced with new situations. You will learn, as I did, this feeling means you are growing and growth equals new energy. Ryan will share his philosophy and amazing stories that teachers from around the world will identify with and learn from. Ryan will talk about his upcoming book, his top tips for teachers and one of the most exciting ice breaker activities going around. If you have a spare 30 minutes and want to be inspired, then this episode with Ryan Fahey is for you.

You can follow Ryan on twitter @wellnessrf

Check out some of his amazing articles on Medium click HERE

As the saying goes ‘being motivated helps you lead a healthy, happy and better life’. Happiness and health can mean a lot of different things to different people. Today I speak with Ash and Rob from Movementality, their mission is to assist people in maintaining the two H’s.

Movementality combines two energies as the name suggests. We discuss Ash and Rob’s journey through life and why they created Movementality.  They also introduce me to a floor pilates routine specifically for children. Perfect for use in the classroom to reduce stress, anxiety and increase concentration.

Ash and Rob have also designed a short workout for adults. Catering for parents and teachers who are time poor and neglect their most important asset, themselves. These videos are included on our website in the podcast show notes.

To find out more about Ash and Rob and the amazing impact they are having through Movementality, you can check out their website at https://www.movementality.com.au/

Earlier this year I caught up for a coffee with today’s guests Tim and James from Free Agency, during the meeting we discussed a number of different issues. Towards the end of the meeting Tim and James touched on a book which they highly recommended. The book is called the Go Giver, through its simplicity and engaging content it will change your thought processes in the way you think, feel and treat people in everyday life. The Go Giver in one word is awesome; I highly recommend this book for all adults and teenagers

With all that said, I thought it would only be fitting to interview Tim and James regarding the views they both have on the book and what they have taken away from the Go Giver.  Listen in as both Tim, James and I talk through the messages, the impact and reflection this little book has had on both our lives.