What is a Bleep test?


A BLEEP TEST measures your child’s general fitness. This involves running a measured distance before a ‘bleep’ sounds. This is repeated until such time as they fail to complete the run before the bleep.


Improve mood and concentration


There has been a general decline in the average fitness of children for many years. Eating a healthy diet and being physically active can improve your child’s mood and concentration, and help them to perform better at school.


With obesity rates climbing, this can have serious implications later in life; for instance Type 2 diabetes, kidney and heart disease.


Analysis of Bleep Test Data 2011-2012 (%) Year


7 8 9


10 11


Poor Girls


42 28 40 24 43


Poor Boys


54 47 36 29 29


Average Girls


35 51 39 56 45


Average Boys


33 34 56 55 47


Good Girls


21 20 19 19 12


Analysis of Bleep Test Data 2011-2012 Whole School (%)


Year 7 8 9


10 11


Poor


42 28 40 24 43


Average


54 47 36 29 29


Good


35 51 39 56 45


Excellent


33 34 56 55 47


Good Boys


12 15 5 8 7


Excellent Girls


2 1 2 1 0


Excellent Boys


1 4 3 8


17 Girls show limited progress


The chart below shows that a worrying number of children are scored poor in Year 7; and while there is noticeable improvement over the years for boys, the girls show little progress during this time. Everyone needs to urge their child to participate in the excellent range of sports available at Villiers, see back page for further details on our range of PE clubs.


Move more, eat less


While we do our best, it is the duty of all parents to ensure they adopt a healthier lifestyle. Remember the simple advice – Move more, eat less!


For excellent advice on keeping your kids healthy, go to Parentsforhealth.org.


Year 9 EAL students kick started into Science


DURING National Science Week in March our Year 9X EAL students were given two dictionaries (pictured) with the compliments of ‘Kick Start Award’, sponsored by the British Science Association.


These will augment the project ‘Teaching English through Science’ which we intend to continue into next year.


William Edwards – National Science Week Coordinator


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