Physical Education Knowledgeable Others (PEKO)
Physical Education and Sports Teacher Academy (PESTA) introduced PEKO in 2022 to harness the strengths and expertise of the PE fraternity to enhance teachers’ professional learning experiences. This is to promote Teacher Ownership and Teacher Leadership in their professional learning. PE teachers and other stakeholders who are knowledgeable in the various areas are appointed as PEKOs to share their expertise and experience with others.
The expertise areas include:
Curriculum Leadership,
Pedagogical Leadership,
Learning Areas,
Physical Activities,
SFEd (e.g., IBL, DI, AL, e-Pedagogy, SEN and CCE), and Sports and Outdoor Education.
In this feature, we are proud to showcase two outstanding PEKOs passionate about PE and actively sharing their expertise on Outdoor Education (OE) with others through many professional learning platforms. They are truly exemplary role models and a source of inspiration for us!
Getting to Know our PEKOs
Mr Abdul Halim Mohamed Anwar, Senior Teacher (PE), Greendale Secondary School
Halim loves the outdoors! Step into his OE lessons and you will see students enjoying learning. He explores the use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning of OE, such as using drones, 360 photography and videography, augmented reality and virtual reality. Besides bringing students outdoors, he believes in providing a variety of other experiences to enhance students’ learning.
As a PEKO, he is a well sought-after mentor in the fraternity. He has conducted many sharing with other schools on OE lesson design and implementation. He also partnered with PESTA in co-designing several learning resources for teachers. If you are a follower on PESTA Facebook, you will often see his posts, sharing interesting ideas on how to make lessons more fun and engaging. Check out his innovative ideas on outdoor cooking and authentic hands-on shelter-building experience.
Mr Kassidy Bin Kamis, HOD PE/ CCA & OE,
Hougang Primary School
Kassidy is a familiar face to our PE fraternity, known for his passion for PE and OE. He has led his team in designing a customised OE programme in his school, catering to the different needs and abilities of the students. His team of teachers has also reached out to the community by organising an annual Sport Climbing Championship for Primary Schools since 2012. This championship is well-received with 68 participating schools and 438 competitors taking part this year.
As a PEKO, Kassidy generously shares his knowledge and experiences with others. In the recent PEKO engagement with primary schools, He shared his school’s signature OE programme and organised a learning journey to his school. Participants were enriched by his sharing in the areas of OE, PE and CCA.
Kassidy is a regular presenter and/or an Associate Trainer for numerous professional learning platforms organised by PESTA. Recently, Kassidy also shared about his experiences as a HOD in PESTA’s new leadership series. You can check out his sharing here.
Please visit the PESTA website to find out more about Halim, Kassidy and other PEKOs, and how you can engage them for your school’s professional learning in PE. Stay tuned for more PEKOs to be featured in the next newsletter.
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