Stories in PE: Teaching Concepts, Character and Movement Through Storytelling
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Leadership
Hanoi 2026
What if your next PE lesson became an Avatar mission, a Jurassic World adventure, or a journey alongside Moana?
In this interactive session, discover how storytelling can transform primary Physical Education into an unforgettable learning experience. By drawing on popular culture, books, films, and the stories children already love, you will learn how to create immersive “story worlds” that inspire movement while developing conceptual understanding, character, and wellbeing.
Together, we will explore how stories can become the foundation for purposeful movement, meaningful reflection, and inquiry. Rather than simply adding a fun theme to a lesson, you will discover a practical framework for using narrative to teach concepts such as identity, relationships, challenge, and responsibility through engaging PE experiences.
Leave with fresh ideas, ready-to-use lesson inspiration, and a simple approach that will help you design story-driven PE experiences where every lesson has a purpose, every challenge has meaning, and every child has the chance to be the hero of their own story.
Conference Edition:
Hanoi 2026
Hanoi 2026
Job Role Applicability:
- Early Years
- Primary Years
Tags:
- Adventure Learning
- Curriculum Planning
- Fundamental Motor Skills
- Game Sense
- Gymnastics
- Health & Wellness
- IB
- Movement
- Physical Literacy
- Positive Education
- SEN in PE
Type of Session:
Presentation
Presentation
Most applicable to educators working in the following areas:
- Lower Elementary [Age 4 - 6]
- Upper Elementary [Age 8 - 10]
