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STUDY: 'GREEN EXERCISE' BENEFITS HEALTH
Children who are exposed to scenes of nature while exercising are more likely to experience health-enhancing eff ects, says a Coventry University study published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Sports science academics in the university's Department of Applied Sciences and Health asked kids aged 9-10 years to complete a series of 15-minute moderate intensity cycling activities – one while viewing a video of a forest track synced to the exercise bike and another with no visual stimulus. The researchers found that after the 'green exercise' the children's post-activity blood pressure was signifi cantly lower than it was without the simulated forest environment, indicating that the nature scenes promoted positive health eff ects.
TEACHING STUDENTS TO STAY SAFE
Malaysia invests in international schools
With a renewed focus on the international schools market, the Malaysian government has off ered new initiatives for school development, as part of a recent review of the country’s economic transformation programme. These are set to include two joint enterprises, public private partnerships and foreign branch campuses, which have previously been adopted by Epsom College and Marlborough College Malaysia. Signifi cant tax incentives, including a fi ve-year 70 per cent income tax exemption, are also being off ered to schools and organisations that establish new
international schools in the country. As part of its aim to become a high-
income nation by 2020, the Malaysian government listed education as one of 12 national key areas of its economic transformation programme. The Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) said they were “focusing on nurturing the skills and competitiveness of the critical mass of the workforce and safeguarding the nation’s future by developing the minds, talents and capabilities of its next generation”. The government made the decision to expand Malaysia’s international schools
Dauntsey’s raise £8k for Romanian charity
With millions of students preparing to embark on work experience or their fi rst jobs in the coming weeks and months, schools are being urged to take advantage of special off ers on a British Safety Council qualifi cation that teaches 14-19-year-olds how to stay safe and healthy at work. Research shows that workers are more likely to be injured in accidents in the fi rst six months of a new job, and young people can be particularly at risk due to factors such as unfamiliarity with hazards, lack of physical capability and reluctance to raise concerns. The BSC’s Entry Level Award in Workplace Hazard Awareness builds students’ awareness of important health and safety issues and schools are being encouraged to take this up for 2014-15. For further information go to:
www.britsafe.org/qualifi cations
Twenty lower-sixth pupils from Dauntsey’s School are busy fundraising for their forthcoming trip to an orphanage in Romania. The annual trip to the town of Cernavoda takes place in July and is run in conjunction with Nightingales Children’s Project. The pupils will work with children and young adults with HIV Aids. Recently the group organised
a major fundraising event with pupils washing cars, selling cream teas and hosting a charity auction in the evening. Over the course of the day almost £8,000 was raised. This will fund a play scheme for the orphanage run by the pupils during their 10-day visit. The
“It's a life-changing trip for the pupils. Most of the children we meet have hugely complex emotional problems” Trip leader Kirsty Glynn
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