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For more information about any of the current projects on children and young people please contact the Young People Project Officer, Anna Chalkley on 01509 228263 or A.E.Chalkley@lboro.ac.uk
Active Club Festivals
Loughborough Flames: Lighting the way to 2012 and beyond
Loughborough Flames 2nd festival
Healthy Schools Physical activity Toolkit
Schools on the Move
TOP Activity
Get Moving, Get Active Participation award
Evaluation of the Active Club Resource Pack
Childs Play’ Early Years Booklet
yheart
Physical Activity for Children and Young People with Long-Term Medical Conditions Course
Active Club Festivals: Supporting out of school hours physical activity
In 2010, BHFNC will be hosting 6 regional Active Club festivals and we would like you to join us! Click here to view the Festival Flyer.
These free events are designed to give young people the chance to:
- Participate in a range of fun activities;
- Have a go at doing something different;
- Take part in activity with their friends as part of a team;
- Meet new friends from other local out-of-school care settings; and
- Visit and use some of the UK’s most prestigious sporting venues.
In order to take part, we are looking for clubs to submit a mixed team of approximately fourteen 8-12 year olds to take part against other local clubs/settings from the region. Upon registering, you will be sent a participant’s pack will full details for the day including a guide to all of the events as well as entry forms.
In preparation for the Active Club festivals, the project team will also be releasing an event resource guide to support those clubs who want to organise and deliver their own Active Clubs event and/or festival with other local clubs and settings.
The festivals will be taking place as follows;
- Loughborough Saturday 24th April, Loughborough University
- London Sunday 9th May, Lea Valley
- Belfast Saturday 15th May, The Valley Leisure Centre
- Edinburgh Saturday 22nd May, Meadowbank Arena
- Manchester Sunday 6th June, Sportcity
- Torfaen Sunday 13th June, Cwmbran Stadium
For more information and to find out how clubs can register for the regional festivals, please contact the Active Clubs Project Manager: Anna Chalkley on a.e.chalkley@lboro.ac.uk or phone 01509 228263
Loughborough Flames: Lighting the way to 2012 and beyond
The BHFNC and Loughborough College piloted a unique sport leadership project across Loughborough. Inspired by 2012, the project aimed to educate young people about the history and culture of the Olympic Games, whilst motivating them to be more physically active.
Loughborough College Sports Leaders received BHF Active Clubs training, which they used to plan and deliver an Olympic themed sport and health programme in 4 local primary schools across a 6 week period. The leaders then organised a mini Olympic festival complete with its own Opening and Closing ceremony, which was enjoyed by over 150 pupils. Ex Olympian Steve Cram and our very own ‘Hearty’ were also present to cheer the children on and present certificates. The project’s success and its potential to establish a lasting legacy has since been recognised by LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) who have awarded the project the London 2012 Inspire Mark.
Loughborough Flames: 2nd Flames Festival
The second Loughborough Flames festival took part on Friday 20th November 2009 in association with Loughborough College. The morning began with swimming world champion and record holder, Liam Tancock reading the Loughborough Flames oath expounding ideals from the Olympic and Paralympic movements.
Around 120 year 4 children from local primary schools and 20 Loughborough College young leaders took part in a full morning of enjoyable sports-based activities to celebrate six weeks worth of in-school visits by the young leaders. The grande finale of the morning was the torch relay where every pupil had the opportunity to run with the College’s original 1948 Olympic torch.
Healthy Schools Physical Activity Toolkit
The National Healthy Schools Programme (NHSP) is led by the Department of Health (DoH) and Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and is an important delivery vehicle for cross-government policy for children and young people.
To achieve National Healthy School Status, schools have to meet minimum criteria on four specific health themes; PSHE, Healthy Eating, Physical activity and Emotional Health and Wellbeing. Physical activity has only recently been introduced as one of the four core themes and is a significant development in the programme.
BHFNC have the responsibility for the National Healthy Schools Physical Activity Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to bring together all aspects of physical activity throughout the school day and help schools to improve physical activity levels and participation.
The toolkit includes 9 booklets providing information, practical ideas and links to existing resources and support that will help schools in meeting the National Healthy Schools physical activity criteria. The booklets are:
1. Physical activity toolkit: the essential guide
2. The whole school approach
3. Writing a physical activity policy
4. Meeting the needs of all pupils
5. Curriculum
6. Out of hours learning, community links and active breaktimes
7. Active travel
8. Involving staff and parents/carers
9. Monitoring and evaluation
The toolkit was disseminated via a series of regional training events relevant to PDMs, SSCos, Healthy Schools Co-ordinators, School Travel Advisors and anyone else involved in physical activity implementation within a school environment.
Training in the toolkit took place on :
14-Mar Birmingham
16-Mar Manchester
22-Mar Bournemouth
27-Mar London
18-Apr York
19-Apr Darlington
23-Apr Cambridge
24-Apr Nottingham
25-Apr London
26-Apr London
Schools on the Move
Schools on the Move (SOTM) is a Department of Health, Department for Culture Media and Sport funded project which is managed by the Youth Sport Trust. It is a web-based pedometer project designed to raise physical activity levels of pupils in years 6-9.
BHFNC has been involved in developing the resources for the cross curricular learning programme which uses pedometers to support the delivery for the curriculum whilst raising awareness of the role of physical activity in maintaining health and wellbeing.
The pilot project has been implemented in 54 schools from 10 school sport partnerships across the country since October 2005 and has recently been evaluated by the London Sport Institute at Middlesex University. The results were very positive and 51% of pupils perceived themselves to have increased their activity levels as a result of the project. Furthermore, there was also evidence to suggest that the project appealed to and increased the activity levels of the more sedentary pupils.
The second phase of Schools on the Move is expected to start in September 2007. The schools who participated in the first phase of the project will be given the opportunity to continue to participate in the second phase. In addition to the original 54 schools 5 schools in Russia have also been recruited to participate.
The Department of Health are investing £500,000 to roll the project out to over 250 schools and ensure that anyone working with schools e.g. School Nurses or Healthy Schools co-ordinators have a copy of the resource pack to promote the project in their area.
TOP Activity
TOP Activity is a targeted pilot programme of ‘alternative’ sport and physical activities designed for use in informal out of school clubs aimed at children aged 7-11 years developed by Youth Sport Trust. The resource is currently been piloted within 43 schools sport partnerships. BHF are partners in this project and BHFNC have had collaborated to produce some of the activity ideas and DVD which accompany this resource.
Get Moving, Get Active Participation award
Get Moving, Get Active is a Foundation Key Stage 1 participation award developed in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust which rewards children for participating in PE, school sport and other types of physical activity. It encourages pupils to keep a record of their participation, enables practitioners to measure levels of participation and by offering incremental rewards e.g. stickers and certificates, encourages pupils to become more active. The first phase of the pilot was very successful and the second phase has now been extended to 50 school sport partnerships.
Evaluation of the Active Club Resource Pack
A recent evaluation of the pack and its associated training has been completed, following its success since it was first produced in 2002. The objectives of the evaluation were to:
- Gain feedback on ACP and the associated training
- Establish the impact that the above had within clubs
- Identify any changes and developments needed in the ACP and/or training
- Explore additional ideas and support that play workers would like
- Map the geographical spread of clubs and tutors involved in Active Clubs
- Review current arrangements with tutors
Questionnaires were distributed to all those who attended a tutor training day from Phase 1 (20003/4) and Phase 2 (2004/5) as well as all play workers who attended a locally focussed workshop from phase 1. These were then followed up with telephone interviews to both groups. The results were very encouraging with nine out of ten tutors and eight out of ten play workers, reporting that the ACP met their needs and those of the group/club. A copy of the evaluation report can be downloaded here
‘Childs Play’ Early Years Booklet
In association with Birmingham PCT, BHFNC have produced an early years information booklet aimed at parents. It includes simple straightforward advice and guidance on physical activity and healthy eating. A key part of the booklet is encouraging parents to be active with their children through play by providing examples of some of the traditional games and activities of their generation. The intention is for the booklet to be distributed via training workshops for parents, to demonstrate how they can play simple, active games with their toddlers.
yheart.net
www.yheart.net is the British Heart Foundation’s dedicated website for young people (aged 11+) containing lots of information on issues effecting young people and their health e.g. smoking and healthy eating. The BHFNC continue to act as the physical activity ‘expert’ for this site answering any questions which young people post.
Physical Activity for Children and Young People with Long-Term Medical Conditions Course
The BHFNC has recently being working in collaboration with Loughborough College to develop a training course on physical activity for professionals working with children and young people with long-term medical conditions such as obesity, asthma and diabetes.
The aim of this course is to provide professionals with:
- An overview of the benefits of physical activity for children and young people with long-term medical conditions: obesity, asthma and diabetes;
- A range of ideas on how to encourage children and young people with obesity, asthma and diabetes to be physically active;
- Safe and effective physical activity guidelines &
- Resources to support professionals working with children and young people with obesity, asthma and diabetes.
The course is aimed at Exercise instructors, Nursery workers, Play/Youth workers, Sports/Physical Activity Development Officers, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching assistants, Students on Childcare/Early Years courses, Lunchtime supervisors, AOTTS and anyone else likely to come into contact with young people and children with these conditions.
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