Schools have a fundamental role to play in helping equip children with the knowledge they need to make healthy choices for themselves, and in creating a healthy environment for children to learn and play.
Children and young people (5-18 years old) should take part in appropriate physical activity for at least 60 minutes per day, every day of the week. These activities should make young people breathe faster and will help develop movement skills and increase muscle and bone strength.
Children and Young People with a Disability (5-18 years old) should aim to be active for 20 minutes per day, every day of the week. Do challenging but manageable strength and balance activities 3 times a week.
Schools provide the ideal setting to ensure they reach their activity target.
- 30 minutes of their daily target can and should be achieved at school.
- Why not use active travel as a way to add to your child's daily movement
It's been proven that children who do some form of exercise, especially a walk before school, do better in class because they arrive refreshed, fit and ready to learn.
A partnership project to encourage more people in Leicester & Leicestershire to choose more active and sustainable methods of travel.
Active Children & Young People
Being active is really good for your child's body, mind and health. There are lots of fun and easy ways you can help your child move more
How much physical activity should children and young people be doing?
Find out how much physical activity they should be doing, as well as top tips and activity suggestions!
Get active together! Do you need some family time? Why not get out with your family and spend some quality time together whilst being active!
The Holiday Activities and Food Programme is specifically targeted to offer provision to children who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals.
PE, School Sport and Physical Activity
Physical Education (PE) is about what takes place in school curriculum timetabled time and which is delivered to all pupils. This involves both 'learning to move' (i.e. becoming more physically competent) and 'moving to learn'.
School Sport is the structured learning that takes place beyond the curriculum. This is sometimes referred to as out-of-school-hours learning. Again, the context for the learning is physical activity.
Physical Activity is a broad term referring to all bodily movement that uses energy. It includes all forms of physical education, sports and dance activities.
Our website section for Schools and its staff to support the delivery of a high quality PE, school sport, physical activity and health and wellbeing offer.
Encouraging young people to engage, participate & learn through fun sport & physical activity opportunities that interest and excite them.
Giving young people opportunities to learn & grow key skills such as confidence, self belief & determination.
Providing opportunities for young people who aspire towards further progression & success in sport & physical activity
The School Sport & Physical Activity Networks (SSPANs) work within their locality area to build an integrated school sport model that begins with school learning and teaching outcomes but is clearly linked to a wider community sport, physical activity and health offer.
