Physical Activity
Children and young people should aim for an average of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity a day
Physical Activity – 30 minutes per day IDEAS!
How to help your children be physically active throughout the school day and beyond:
Merton School Sports Partnership YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNb44cEWypExRYI26MiVgw
Short session to help children burn off energy and refocus their attention
- Youth Sport Trust – https://www.youthsporttrust.org/resources/physical-challenges-for-kids
- Teach Active – https://www.teachactive.org/
- Change4Life – https://www.nhs.uk/change4life
- Daily Mile – https://thedailymile.co.uk/
- BBC Super Movers – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
- BBC Moodboosters – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/moodboosters
- Action for Healthy Kids Resources – http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/tools-for-schools/1252-brain-breaks-instant-recess-and-energizers
- Go Noodle – https://www.gonoodle.com/
- Cosmic Yoga – https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/videos
- Jumpstart Johnny – https://www.jumpstartjonny.co.uk/
- Walkabouts – https://getwalkabouts.com/
Active Classrooms
Lessons to include movement to reduce sitting time and increase engagement of pupils
- Training for teaching staff
- Programmes/schemes of work – https://mertonssp.org.uk/pe-schemes-of-work/
- Primary Stars FA – https://plprimarystars.com/
- Active Literacy/Maths – https://www.teachactive.org/
Extra curricular Clubs
- Change for Life – https://www.yourschoolgames.com/app/resources/
- Playground leaders – Lunch time supervisor training
- How do you know all children access extra-curricular activities to keep them active – managing registers and allocating clubs fairly?
- Playground markings
- Rotation of MUGA use
- Promote community clubs – https://mertonssp.org.uk/club-links/
Active travel
- Encourage active travel
- Walk to school week
- Scoot to school
- Targets for children to be active when travelling
- Bikeability Training – https://www.bikeability.org.uk/get-cycling/cycle-training-for-schools/
- STARS – https://stars.tfl.gov.uk/
Active Family time
- Send active homework to engage parents and siblings
- Family challenges across the whole school
- TOPYA App – https://topya.com/
National Healthy Schools Programme (NHSP) Support materials
Physical Activity (NHSP): Booklet A
Physical Activity (NHSP): Booklet B
Physical activity criteria map
Public Health England: ‘What works’ Briefing