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Physical Activity Web Links

Change4Life

Disney-themed physical activity campaign targeted at pupils aged five to 11 (KS1 and KS2). A range of resources are available to help Headteachers, PE leads and teachers to get pupils moving throughout the school day and to encourage further activity at home.

 

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Top tips for embedding physical activity in your whole school

Modeshift STARS

Modeshift STARS is the national schools awards scheme that has been established to recognise schools that have demonstrated excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable travel.

The scheme encourages schools across the country to join in a major effort to increase levels of sustainable and active travel in order to improve the health and well-being of children and young people.

WOW - the year round walk to school challenge

WOW is a pupil led initiative where children self-report how they get to school every day using the interactive WOW Travel Tracker. If they travel sustainably (walk, cycle or scoot) once a week for a month, they get rewarded with a badge.

cycle yorkshire

Website that has a range of links, resources and information about getting more people cycling, including children and young people, as part of the legacy of the Tour de France. Downloads include the education pack of curriculum lesson plans and their plans for getting more children cycling including greater training and access to a ‘Bike Library’.

http://cycle.yorkshire.com/

 

 BC go ride

Teach cycling in the PE curriculum: British Cycling Go Ride for Schools programme

Go-Ride school clubs are all about getting more young people into cycling. These clubs provide high quality coaching activities, delivered in a traffic-free environment.

Teachers completing the workshop will be provided with Go-Ride Gears Coaching Workbooks, which outline various activities and skills tests relevant to the age and ability of the group in question. The workbook series consists of 7 distinct levels or gears. Each Go-Ride Gears activity can be adjusted to make it easier or harder, depending on the age and ability of the participants. As such, schools will be able to choose from over one hundred different coaching activities for school cycling clubs.

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/go-ride/article/goridest-Go-Ride-for-Schools

Training courses posted here: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/coaching/article/coast_Activity-Coach-Award-For-Teachers_timetable 

PE and School Sport

The Association for Physical Education (afPE)is the only physical education and school sport subject association in the UK.

www.afpe.org.uk

Bike to school

The safe routes to schools link below takes you into the Sustrans website, there is no obvious school section but most can be found under the 'what we do' section. 

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/

A site that has good info for parents on getting started is www.bikehub.co.uk 

Driving & bikes

Young Car Driver offer advice for new and inexperienced drivers, including how to treat cyclists on the road.

Think! Road Safety Education Materials http://think.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/

Gardening

Gardening is a great way to be active and productive at the same time if you grow fruit and veg - and it's great for mental health. This is an excellent website, with lots of downloadable resources, also you can sign up for the newsletter.

www.countrysideclassroom.org.uk

Leeds Let's Get Active

A programme of activities to encourage adults who do not do any physical activity to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity, once a week

http://www.leedsletsgetactive.co.uk/

Others

NSPCC   www.nspcc.org.uk/inform/cpsu/cpsu_wda57648.html

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)   www.ofsted.gov.uk

Sport England   www.sportengland.org

Youth Sport Trust   www.youthsporttrust.org

 

Outdoor Education Links  

School Outdoor learning Video Links

Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.   www.lotc.org.uk

Great countryside resources.   www.naturalengland.org.uk

Keystone for quality outdoor learning.   www.outdoor-learning.org

Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel.   www.oeap.info

Countryside Investigators   www.countrysideinvestigators.org.uk      

     

Other    

Change4life   http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/change-for-life.aspx

Games4life   http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/games4life.aspx