In this paper, we present initial findings from our workshops with teachers, exploring the ideas that were produced from the future-orientated co-creation activities that teachers engaged in as part of these. The research to be presented here is in its early stages but will draw on data collected during the two series of workshops conducted with PE teachers from across the UK. These workshops focused on: i) engage in discussions about PE curriculum and practice as across the home nations as a form of cross-border learning and ii) to use this learning to work together to begin to (re)imagine what PE could be in the future. The first workshop provided stimulus for the teachers to think about their own and others’ curricula and practice as well as presenting them with opportunities to discuss their thoughts with other PE teachers from across the home nations of the UK. Following this, participants completed a ‘take home’ task to encouraging them to consider and co-create with their departments what they see as the ‘ideal learner’ in PE. These creations coupled with the initial ideas from the first workshop, were the starting point for the second workshop whereby teachers were asked to consider their conversations to date and how these might encourage more innovative thinking around PE curriculum and practice. Indeed, it was intended that by exploring different curricula and practice, PE teachers might be able to see their own curriculum from a different perspective, perhaps asking different questions about what PE is and who it is for. The focus of this paper, therefore, will be to share and explore how teachers began to think (and think differently) about their own curriculum and practice as a result of the workshops and professional dialogue with other teachers from different home nations of the UK.

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