Children should be physically active for at least 60 minutes a day, it’s suggested that 30 minutes of this be in schools

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How to achieve this:

• All staff are aware of the importance and benefits of PA and know the key recommendations

• Provide a range of extra-curricular physical activity programmes, clubs, societies and teams, across all year groups and to suit individual needs

• Reduce barriers to physical activity

Further Information:

All staff are aware of the importance and benefits of PA and know the key recommendations

• How do staff encourage physical activity through role modelling? Do you offer and promote different opportunities for staff to be active?

• Collaborate with local services in the community where possible.

• Active Cornwall's Time2Move framework can help your school develop a whole-school approach to PE, school sport and physical activity

• How many times is PE timetabled into the week, is there at least 2 hours per week?

• Create a supportive environment and organise friendly phsyical activity challenges.

• Can you incorporate physical activity into professional development? e.g. integrating PA into staff training.

• Hold staff meetings/workshops around the importance of PA for themselves and children -provide information on ways to incorporate PA into daily routines.

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Provide a range of extra-curricular physical activity programmes, clubs, societies and teams, across all year groups and to suit individual needs

• Extra curricular activities can spark a real interest and create a long-term habit of being active.

• Attend School Games.

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Reduce barriers to physical activity

• What equipment is available at break and lunch time?

• How do you encourage children to be active in bad weather? 

-Consider your school's current policy when there is wet or extreme weather. Do activities just stop?

-How might you ensure that pupils have access to fresh air and/or physical activity in those situations?

-Remind pupil's and parents to provide raincoats/ wellies/overtrousers

-Agree as a school that break/PE still goes ahead in light rain

-Have a drying area for wet things & a shoe rack for muddy shoes

-Provide access to undercover areas or create new ones if needed

-Open up large spaces (halls etc) during wet break times and/or provide equipment or games for pupil's to access indoors during wet play

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