The Daily Boost aims to encourage children and young people to do 15 minutes of organised activity at school every day, benefiting their long-term physical and mental health and wellbeing.
What is the Daily Boost?
Children and young people should aim to be active for an average of 60 minutes per day and move at a level that increases their breathing and heart rate. This can include all forms of activity, such as Physical Education, Sport and Daily Physical activity.
30 minutes of their daily target can and should be achieved at school, so the Daily Boost is here to help! It's so easy to get involved and it's a completely FREE* programme!
The Daily Boost offers a flexible, evidence-based approach for children and young people in school to increase activity with a varied approach to meet the needs of each school and their pupils.
It aims to encourage children and young people to do 15 minutes of organised activity at school every day, benefitting their long-term physical & mental health and wellbeing.
This could be before school starts, at lunchtime, Active travel, or during the school day in an 'active lesson'. Children and young people could walk, run, skip, hop or jump around a set lap or loop at school. Or simply do their favourite sport or activity/game that gets them active – dancing, cycling, scooting, anything!
- A Daily Boost is 15 minutes of structured activity, or take part in a 'mini boost' of 5 minutes, in the classroom or a small space i.e. Brain Break.
Mini Boosts are a great way to introduce short bursts of activity to break up the school day, no matter what the weather and how much space you have.
- 3 x 5-minute Mini Boosts = A Daily Boost!
Registration
By completing this form you are consenting to being contacted (via the email address provided) by the Active Together team regarding Daily Boost and other physical activity opportunities for your school.
Boost Tracker
We have now introduced classroom and individual pupil scorecards that offers a quick and easy interactive way of monitoring your progress.
You can chose to use our digital wallchart which can be customised to suit your school.
Once you've decided what 'boost' activities you want to do and have started doing your 'Daily Boost', record your pupil's participation on your chosen monitoring tool.
Monitoring Resources
Pupil Scorecard (PDF, 692 Kb)
Classroom Scorecard (PDF, 693 Kb)
Classroom tick (PDF, 1.4 Mb)
Pupil tick (PDF, 1.6 Mb)
Daily Boost Tracker 2021 (MS Excel, 37 Kb)
Certificates
Download one of our Milestone certificates to celebrate your pupils achievement
250 Mins Certificate (PDF, 480 Kb)
500 Mins Certificate (PDF, 479 Kb)
750 Mins Certificate (PDF, 480 Kb)
1000 Mins Certificate (PDF, 472 Kb)
INSPIRATIONS
We have now introduced INSPIRATIONS to provide themed ideas which you can use to achieve your daily Daily Boosts in School
All the resources are FREE and can be accessed Below
You can take part at any time of the year and if you want to provide your data we will add you to our Termly Prize Draw.
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The INSPIRE strand encourages young people to engage, participate & learn through fun sport & physical activity
Boost Ideas at School
12 Activities Of Boostmas (PDF, 1.5 Mb)
Festive Fun Booklet (PDF, 5.9 Mb)
Circle Dodge Ball (PDF, 115 Kb)
Odds and Evens (PDF, 100 Kb)
Parachute popcorn (PDF, 101 Kb)Fruit salad game (PNG, 305 Kb, 723x533)
Mini Boost Resources
We have some new Mini Boost Resources to share with you and offer some ideas to create Mini Boosts in the classroom or in small spaces.
Dance Maynia Activity Sheet (PDF, 720 Kb)
December Cube Activity Sheet (PDF, 1.2 Mb)
Create Your Own Activity Sheet (templat (PDF, 535 Kb)
Daily Boost Cube (PDF, 115 Kb)
Classroom Brain Breaks (MS Word, 6.4 Mb)
Videos
Daily Boost Skipping Routine
Bronze Level
Silver Level
Gold Level
External resources
Useful Apps for Kids
BBC Mood Boosters has tons of videos and resources aimed to get school kids moving, both at home and in the classroom.
Move, play and breathe as Super Stretch introduces you to his friends and yoga poses. Make NAMASTE part of your day!
Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed especially for kids aged 3+. Cosmic Kids is used in schools and homes all over the world - and includes popular themes from their favourite movies!
Jump Start Jonny is on a mission to get kids fit! His fun workouts and chill-out videos are loved by over 250,000 Jumpsters in schools and homes worldwide!
Mini Martial Arts & Fitness Workouts
This Youtube channel has all the videos you need to do short bursts of activity in a game format. It has a focus on martial arts and becoming ninja's to chop, kick or slice your way through games, but there are lots of other activities to get those heart rates going!
HomeCourt is a great way for students to stay active and learn basic basketball and fitness skills using the latest digital technology. Using just an iPhone or iPad, HomeCourt can be integrated into your PE curriculum and delivered remotely.
Go Noodle Kids provides a huge range of engaging videos perfect for burning off a little energy.
Meditation for kids to keep them healthy and happy. Headspace Kids includes the themes of calm, focus, kindness, sleep and wake up.
A fantastic resource with information, activities and advice to help you and your family stay healthy and happy using a combination of simple activities and nutritional tips.
With over 40 top tracks to choose from, have a go and dance along to the moves in each of these dance games to get your boost of energy for the day.
Create a character, get active and earn new skills and rewards in NFL Play 60 which offers plenty of activities.
A variety of skipping videos to challenge your skills either at home or school. Learn different types of jumps as well as tricky sequences to keep your skipping interesting and fun!
A fun way for kids to stay hydrated throughout the day. This app provides prompts to help children and their plant stay healthy and grow.
Change4Life 'Our Healthy Year' Calendar's
Interactive wallcharts featuring exciting activities to help you inspire your pupils to eat well and move more and keep track of everyone's progress.
Youth Sport Trust PE Resources
Youth Sport Trust have created free PE resources for early years, primary and secondary children – they will be there for you as long as you need them through this difficult time.
DANCE IDEAS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Why not try one of these ideas to be active during this term
