Partnership promotion
A STEP CLOSER TO
With childhood obesity becoming a serious health issue, Living Streets provides schools with a simple solution to help increase physical activity and form positive habits among pupils
W
alking to school doesn’t impact on the existing school day, and is a simple change that all
families can implement. Plus short, sharp daily activity is an effective brains alert and ready for learning. The national charity Living Streets
has a suite of easy-to-use classroom resources to encourage children to walk to school more regularly. In particular, WOW, the year-round walk-to-school challenge, helps schools implement simple measures to address inactivity and obesity neighbours by tackling congestion and pollution, and engage parents to adopt healthier lifestyles.
Parking the problem gates is a common problem with complaints from neighbouring residents over obstructed pavements and driveways, and concerns about health and safety. However, walking in reducing congestion, improving public safety and simultaneously form of physical activity.
A driver for change WOW is simple for schools to set up, easy for families to support and takes just a few minutes for teachers to log journeys and award badges each day. Use either monthly wallcharts or
the interactive Travel Tracker to track how many times pupils have walked, and reward those who walk to school at least once a week with a monthly collectible badge (designed by pupils in an annual competition). And free, monthly curriculum-
aligned learning resources and assembly presentations will help develop healthy life-long habits.
Are we there yet? Living Streets’ WOW programme has had a big impact on the 2,000 schools already taking part.
‘Walking to school is one of the healthiest ways for children to get active. Unhealthy lifestyles are causing a health crisis – staying active is an important part of the solution. Living Streets works with thousands of schools across the UK, helping children work towards their recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day.’ Joe Irvin, Living Streets CEO
Karen Browning, Eco Schools Coordinator, Percy Main Primary School, South Shields, said, ‘WOW is such a great way to ensure that we keep the next generation of people – who have a responsibility to care for our planet – happy, healthy and educated about the effects of climate change. It’s also a fantastic way
refreshed and ready to learn.’ Jade Moore, Reception Class
Teacher, Ewell Grove Infant and Nursery, Epsom, said, ‘Not only are children gaining from the exercise, but they are also much more knowledgeable about the the consequent reduction of cars around the school. We hope that will stay with them as they grow up.’
PE and sport premium Most schools with primary-age pupils receive the PE and Sport Premium to make sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport on offer. Public Health England recommends promotion of active travel as a means of increasing physical activity. The PE and Sport Premium is not restricted to sport and can be used to support a wide range of physical activities, including walk-to-school initiatives. With the PE and Sport Premium
set to double from September 2017, it’s the perfect time to invest in Living Streets’ walk to school initiatives and for your pupils to
from Living Streets’ resources – visit
livingstreets.org.uk/talk-to-me.
FundEd SUMMER 2017 13
MORE ACTIVE CHILDREN
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60
