NCCA LCPE Promo Video
PEAI LCPE Resource Pack
| Topic 1 – Learning and improving skill and technique | Download | Google Drive (All Files) |
| Topic 2 – Physical and psychological demands of performance | Download |
| Topic 3 – Structures, Strategies, Roles and Conventions | Download | Google Drive (All Files) |
| Topic 4 – Planning for optimum performance | Download | Google Drive (All Files) |
| Topic 5 – Promoting Physical Activity | Download |
| Topic 6 – Ethics & Fair Play | Download |
| Topic 7 – Physical Activity & Inclusion | Download |
| Topic 8 – Technology, Media & Sport | Download |
| Topic 9 – Gender & Physical Activity | Download |
| Topic 10 – Business and Enterprise in Physical Activity and Sport | Download |
LCPE Resource from the NCCA and UL
These materials are designed to support teachers in teaching and assessing the learning outcomes of Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE). The ideas, examples, and resources provided are not prescriptive. Teachers will design many other ways of facilitating students’ achievement of the learning outcomes and how they demonstrate achievement of them.
Each of the ten LCPE topics are developed around a common template that includes:
- A table outlining the topic (what students learn about and what students should be able to do following the unit of learning).
- A table that provides examples of learning activities that might help students achieve each learning intention, a list of the learning intentions for the topic, and resources the teacher might find useful in designing and delivering teaching.
Click to download the Leaving Cert Physical Education Resource
PEAI New LCPE Learning Outcomes Webinar
The Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) specification has been updated for students beginning 5th Year from September 2026, with new Learning Outcomes relating to anatomy, physiology and the body’s response to physical activity.
In this PEAI webinar, Shane O’Rourke, Lecturer at MTU Tralee, provides practical guidance for PE teachers on what these new LCPE Learning Outcomes may involve, the level of content knowledge students require, and how this material can be taught through practical Physical Education.
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The webinar focuses primarily on two areas:
Strand 1, Learning Outcome 1.10 – The Body’s Response to Physical Activity and Physical Activity Participation
Shane explores the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and how students can investigate the body’s response to exercise. This includes heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, breathing rate, body temperature, recovery and practical methods of collecting and interpreting data.
Practical suggestions include collecting heart-rate data before, during and after exercise, comparing responses at different intensities, using wearables and heart-rate monitors, incorporating RPE, and getting students to interpret real exercise data and graphs.
Strand 2, Learning Outcome 2.9 – Muscular and Skeletal Systems in Movement
The second half of the webinar looks at the major bones and muscle groups, joint actions, agonist and antagonist muscle pairs, and planes and axes of movement.
Rather than teaching these concepts in isolation, Shane demonstrates how teachers can connect them directly to skills and movements students already perform. A reusable framework linking the joint, joint action, prime mover and plane of movement is suggested as one way of helping students analyse movements such as kicking, throwing, jumping and striking.
Topics covered include:
- Understanding the new LCPE Learning Outcomes for 2026 onwards
- Cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise
- Heart rate, stroke volume and cardiac output
- Resting, exercise and recovery heart rate
- Measuring heart rate with wearables, chest straps and manual methods
- Using RPE when technology isn’t available
- Heart-rate zones and exercise intensity
- Collecting and interpreting practical exercise data
- Major bones and muscle groups
- Joint actions and joint types
- Agonist and antagonist muscle pairs
- Planes and axes of movement
- Connecting anatomy to sporting skills
- Using resistance training to teach anatomy practically
- Sample LCPE questions and command verbs
- Ideas for formative assessment and exam preparation
- Practical ways to make anatomy and physiology more engaging for students
A central message throughout the webinar is to connect the theory to movement. These Learning Outcomes are not intended to become abstract biology lessons. Teachers can use activities, skills, fitness data and training that students are already completing to help them understand and apply the underlying anatomy and physiology.
Supporting Resources
The accompanying folder contains the webinar slides alongside additional resources, guidance and sample questions discussed during the presentation.
PEAI Nutrition Webinar May 2024 – “Thought for Food & Food for Thought”
This webinar aims to refresh teachers’ knowledge of the ‘Nutrition for Health and Performance’ to support their teaching of LCPE.
The webinar was delivered by Catherine Norton (RD, PhD), Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of Limerick, and PEAI Executive Committee member John Murphy (MSc, PhD) lecturer at SETU, Waterford.
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Gaeilge
| Sonraíocht don Chorpoideachas | Download |
| Treoirlínte maidir leis an Measúnú Feidhmíochta | Download |
| Treoirlínte maidir leis an Tionscadal Gníomhaíochta Coirp | Download |
| Corpoideachas Na HArdteiste – Snáithe 2 Topaic 5.1 | Download | Google Drive (All Files) |
| Corpoideachas Na HArdteiste – Snáithe 2 Topaic 6.1 & 6.2 | Download | Google Drive (All Files) |
Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education Podcast’
PEAI discusses Irish Post Primary PE on the ‘Playing with Research in Health & Physical Education’ Podcast
Our Vice President Dr Stephen Moore was a recent guest on the ‘Playing with Research in Health & Physical Education’ Podcast, where he discussed with Professor Risto Marttinen some of the recent changes that have taken place across Junior and Senior Cycle in Irish Post Primary PE. You can listen to the Podcast (Episode 96) via the links below.
Links:
Anchor.fm link: https://anchor.fm/PwRHPE
Apple Podcast Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-research-in-health-and-physical-education/id1434195823