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| Activity 4 |
Part A
Browse through the Lifebytes and Mind, Body, Soul websites by clicking on the Web icon above, having a particular look at the ‘physical activity’ areas.
In your notebook, record your views on the ‘physical activity messages’ within the websites.
- Are these messages delivered as part of your school’s PE and/or PSHE curriculum?
- How might you go about incorporating them into your school’s curriculum?
- Are there parts of these sites which you could use in your lessons?
- How effective do you think these sites would be at stimulating discussion with your students?
- Could you use the activity journal from the Lifebytes site?
Part B
Both the PESS and NHS Wired for Health websites available under the Web icon, above, describe case studies from schools which have implemented different initiatives to increase pupils’ commitment to and involvement in healthy, active lifestyles.
Browse the websites and find one case study which interests you and is pertinent to your school.
Make notes on your chosen case study in your notebook:
- Which group of pupils did the project focus on?
- What was the level of commitment and involvement? From Staff? From pupils?
Using your notes and knowledge of your own school, discuss with colleagues ideas for increasing physical activity in your school. You might want to present your ideas to a school staff meeting or governors’ meeting.
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The proportion of children who were active for 60 or more minutes in 7 days in the last week was calculated. Overall, a higher proportion of boys than girls achieved the recommended levels – 70% of boys compared with 61% of girls. Among boys, the proportion active for at least 60 minutes on 7 days did not vary markedly with age. In contrast, levels of physical activity among girls declined from about age 11.
(Source: Sproston, K. and Primatesta, P. (Eds) (2003
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How can the PE profession ensure that school physical education effectively contributes to this aspect of public health?
‘Although there is no proven strong link between the quantity of physical activity undertaken by an individual in childhood with that taken in adulthood, there are stronger associations between physical activity in childhood and physical activity in adulthood when the quality of the physical activity experience in childhood, rather than simply the quantity, is taken into account. In addition, there is evidence to show that, by the time young people leave secondary school, their attitudes to sport and exercise and their level of perceived ability are highly predictive of whether or not they are physically active as adults.’
(Department of Health, Chief Medical Officer, At least five a week: Evidence of the impact of physical activity and its relationship to health, April 2004.)
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Armstrong, N., & Welsman, J. (1997) Young people and physical activity, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Department for Education and Employment & Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (1999) The National Curriculum for Physical Education, London, QCA.
Department of Health (2004) Chief Medical Officer, At least five a week: Evidence on the impact of physical activity and its relationship to health, London.
Harris, J. (2000) Health-related exercise in the National Curriculum. Key stages 1 to 4, Leeds, Human Kinetics.
Health Education Authority (1997) Young people and physical activity. A literature review, London.
Health Education Authority (1998) Young and active? Policy framework for young people and health-enhancing physical activity, London.
Health Education Authority (1998) New Recommendations for Promoting Health-Enhancing Physical Activity with Young People (5–18 yrs), London.
Institute of Youth Sport (2000) Towards girl-friendly physical education: the Nike/Youth Sport Trust Girls in Sport Partnership project: Final report, Institute of Youth Sport, Loughborough.
Pate, R. R., & Hohn, R. C. (1994) ‘Summary. Health-related physical education – A direction for the 21st Century’, In: Pate, Russell R. & Hohn, Richard C. (Eds) Health and Fitness through Physical Education, Champaign, Illinois, Human Kinetics. (pp. 215–17).
Sports Council & Health Education Authority (1992) Allied Dunbar national fitness survey. Main Findings, London.
Sproston, K. and Primatesta, P. (Eds) (2003) Health Survey for England 2002. Volume 1: The health of children and young people, London, The Stationery Office.
Williams, A.M. & Bedward, J. (1999) Games for the girls – the impact of recent policy on the provision of physical education and sporting opportunities for female adolescents – a report of a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Winchester, King Alfred’s College, ISBN 0 9536943 0 5.
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