News New guide for primary school leaders to create active schools


Nike has worked with partners including the Youth Sport Trust and British Heart Foundation to develop a new guide with tools, best practice and examples for primary school leaders to make their schools more active. The guide shows the benefits for children who are physically active, in terms of physical and mental health, behaviour, attendance and academic performance. Nike’s Active Schools Guide is based on research by Dr Richard Bailey of


the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), which shows active children do better at school. Dr Richard Bailey, International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), said:


‘The research is clear on this, when children move regularly in school,


physical and mental health, behaviour, attendance and academic performance improve. In the future, these children will have better economic prospects and improved physical health. Making sure all children get a chance to fulfil their potential starts with a physically active primary school.’ Mandy Ayres, Senior Director for Global Community Impact at Nike, said:


‘Numerous studies show that getting children more active can help improve mental and physical health, lead to better academic results, improved attention and better behaviour at school. ‘Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for school leaders to make their


schools more active, and experience the benefits. That’s why Nike developed the Active Schools guide in partnership with experts in the space and why we will be working with a number of pilot schools to help support them in being more active before, during and after each school day.’ Over the next 12 months, Nike will work with partners to put the guide


into practice through a pilot in London primary schools. This will include providing advice, support and an action plan on how to get children in these schools more active before, during and after school, and the benefits this can bring. Other partners involved in developing the Active Schools Guide include


Premier League, Lawn Tennis Association, Sustrans, Fit for Sport and NAHT. A full list of partners can be found in the Active Schools Guide.


Further resources are available here: uhttp://www.designedtomove.org/resources


Cleverstore adds to its range of award-winning educational apps


Students “Sea Vision” for their future


Seavision held an interactive maritime festival last week at Wyvern College in Hampshire to help celebrate, enthuse and educate the youth of today about the maritime industry and its fundamental role in lives. The educational initiative


aimed to spark an interest in shipping to help students overcome generational ‘sea- blindness’ and encourage them to think about a career at sea. Ewen Macdonald, Director of Seavision says, “Amongst young people


Clevertouch Plus, the market leading interactive touchscreen from Sahara, which launched a ‘first of its kind’ educational App store called Cleverstore at the end of 2014, has added a range of new educational apps to the store. Available on all Clevertouch Plus touchscreens, the Cleverstore now boasts over 50 apps from leading app developers including Dolphin (browser), StoryToys, MindMeister, Daydream Education and Allcancode Inc to name but a few, which support the national curriculum and have been specifically formatted for use with large interactive screens. Apps on the Cleverstore have been rigorously tested to ensure they are


appropriate for the classroom and they have been stripped of ads and in- app purchases, enabling teachers to download subject or key stage apps for free that will inject fun and interactivity into lessons. More apps are scheduled to drop into the store in the coming weeks including GCSE Revision Buddies and a significant number from Nuiteq, details of which will be released later in the year. Cleverstore apps are suitable for both primary and secondary age groups


and engaging pupils across a wide range of subjects and activities. uwww.clevertouch.co.uk/cleverstore


July 2015


there seems to be this ubiquitous lack of knowledge about shipping and in order to encourage them into the sector we need to engage them at an early age. We need to start educating them at school so that growing up they are aware of its importance. Generally most children will develop an interest in professions that they are familiar with or constantly surrounded by, so we need to try and do the same with the maritime industry.” During the week-long venture at Wyvern College, the curriculum


focused almost entirely on maritime related topics and STEM tasks to foster educational development so that students of today may consider the maritime opportunities of tomorrow. It aimed to address the current marine skills gap and provide insight into a range of different career paths and possibilities for students. Wyvern College’s Maritime Week involved 29 different maritime sector


companies and a number of SV and STEM Ambassadors to talk about their occupation and create activities to reflect the skills used in their workplace. These companies and organisations include the likes of Southampton Solent University, Mary Rose Museum, Marine Skills Centre and Lloyd’s Register to name a few. “We are hoping that this pilot venture be a beacon of proven success,


motivating young people into maritime jobs and encouraging the sector to stage similar engagements in other maritime hubs around the UK,” said Macdonald.


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