Physical Activity guidance documents and planning tools
- What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity? A resource for head teachers and staff working in education settings
- School sport and activity action plan: a cross-government action plan to provide pupils with greater opportunity to access 60 minutes of sport and physical activity every day
- Active mile briefings: provides information about the evidence on active mile initiatives, ideas for how to implement them and examples of practice
- The Daily Mile: a simple and free initiative to encourage children to run, walk or jog for 15 minutes every day
- PE and sport premium for primary schools: how to invest in sport premium funding to increase physical activity levels
- Advice from Sustrans about safe and active school journeys
- New guidelines to support disabled children to be more active
Physical Activity resources to use with children
- Living Streets Walk to School Campaign: has resources and activities to support healthy school journeys
- Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel: the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking and scooting challenge
- Shake Up toolkit – fun, bite-sized activities: Disney, Pixar and Marvel inspired resources to promote physical activity and engage parents beyond the gates
- BBC Super Movers: fun: curriculum linked resources to get your class moving while they learn
- The Youth Sport Trust: a range of resources to help promote physical activity
- New activity cards: deliver inclusive, challenging, and fun PE sessions and support teachers to ensure their PE sessions are inclusive and accessible for all school pupils
- School Games: inspiring millions of young people across the country to take part in appropriate competitive school sport
Resources for parents to support their children to eat well and move more
- Daily Mile has information about how parents can support the daily mile out of school hours
- Help for families to eat better and move more can be found at Change 4 life resources
- Information and home lessons from Food A Fact of Life for parents so they can support their children to eat well and be physically active
- Advice and resources from Let’s Get Cooking to cook with your child at home
- HENRY offers help planning and cooking healthy family meals with simple recipes
- Food a Fact of Life: has resources to engage with parents when teaching food and nutrition
