Our Primary and Secondary PE & Sport leaders recently attended the FOBISIA PE Conference 2025, hosted by Marlborough College in Malaysia. The conference brought together almost 200 delegates from 90 schools across Southeast Asia, giving staff an opportunity share ideas, network, and explore the latest thinking in PE and Sport education. Patana staff were fortunate to hear from world-class keynote speakers. Olympic champion Adam Peaty OBE delivered an inspiring talk on “Greatness Starts with Mindset”, highlighting the mental resilience required to achieve at the highest level. Dr. Emma Ross shared her powerful message “Sport in Her Shoes”, offering new perspectives on supporting female athletes within a school setting, while Gilbert Enoka ONZM shared how to “Create and Maintain High-Performing Cultures”, drawing on his experiences working with teams such a the New Zealand All Blacks. As well as key note speakers staff had the opportunity to attend a range of workshops designed to enhance teaching practice, including “Exploration into Sensory Systems and Reflexes”, which looked at how physical literacy develops through movement, and “GCSE PE: Top Ten Tips to Beat the Opposition”, providing practical strategies for classroom success.

These experiences have given our PE leaders fresh insights to reflect upon and new ideas to consider when leading on PE and Sport provision at Patana.