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What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Health & Fitness Apps
This FREE GUIDE breaks down the potential risks posed by health and fitness apps to their younger users, providing advice on how to address these concerns.
Student Wellbeing From imoves
New research shows just how much physical activity can boost children’s mental health – and the results are pretty inspiring!
Here’s what has been learnt:
- Exercise = Happier Kids: Regular movement helps reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in children.
- Builds Confidence: Active kids feel more in control, bounce back faster from challenges, and tackle their day with a big dose of self-esteem.
- Quick Wins: Even short bursts of movement (like brain breaks) can lower stress levels and improve focus in the classroom.
Pretty powerful stuff, right?
It’s proof that movement doesn’t just keep kids physically healthy – it’s a game-changer for their emotional well-being too.
Why This Matters for You!
Adding a bit of movement into the school day – whether it’s a quick PE lesson, an energising brain break, or a silly dance-off – can help your students feel happier, calmer, and ready to learn. (And who doesn’t want a more focused and cheerful classroom?)
Want some ideas to get started?
imoves have put together a guide full of simple, practical ways to bring more movement into your day and support your students’ well-being.
Biggest Ever Football Session is here!
Celebrate International Women’s Day by signing up for the Biggest Ever Football Session! This incredible national event is the perfect way to champion equality for girls on Friday, 7th March 2025.
Sign up early!
The first 50 schools to register will receive an exclusive £100 school kit voucher!
Inspiration & Empowerment:
This is a great way to celebrate International Women’s Day. Your school will be part of a nationwide celebration, highlighting the importance of inclusivity in sports, showing pupils in your school that girls belong in football.
Flexibility to Suit You:
Whether it’s before school, lunchtime, or after school, you choose the time that works best for you. We want to make it easy for everyone to participate!
Support & Resources
When you sign up, you’ll receive session ideas and a marketing toolkit. Use these to get your students and the entire school community excited about the day and to plan your session.
SHAPE will also be hosting an event on the 7th March at Go! Active @ The Arc. Limited spaces - BOOK HERE
Mini Bus Hire From Spire Infant & Nursery
Spire Infant & Nursery School now has insurance and an agreement to lease their minibus out to other schools. All you will need is a driver willing to take the council test, which may help schools get to events cheaper. The mini-bus has 16 seats, and they will be charging a very minimal fee plus petrol cost only. If this is something that you are interested in, please could you email the Business Manager, Joanne Walker (joanne.walker@spire-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk).
Join Mo’s Mission: Let’s get moving together!
Four-time Olympic Champion Sir Mo Farah CBE, National School Sport Champion for the Youth Sport Trust charity, has launched Mo’s Mission to empower more children in the UK to be physically active. He wants all children and young people to get 60 minutes a day of PE, sport and play.
Sir Mo Farah said;
"Every young person should grow-up happy, healthy and with the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Ensuring they are physically active for 60-minutes a day is an important part of making this happen.?
"Too few children in the UK are exercising regularly and it’s having a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. In my new role as National School Sport Champion, it is my mission to get as many young people moving on a daily basis as possible. The power of sport helped me find my passion as a young person, so I’m firmly encouraging kids across the UK to get involved in ‘60 minutes a day - of PE, sport and play.’"
Join the Youth Sport Trust and make your pledge today!
You can make your pledge by filling out the form HERE and downloading your 60 minutes a day active tracker to keep track of your daily activity and encourage others to do the same!
Don’t forget to share your progress by tagging @YouthSportTrust on social media and use the hashtag #MosMission
?By joining Mo's Mission, you’ll help the Youth Sport Trust ensure every child can access the enormous benefits that come from being active!
We are excited to share the release of the free Inclusive Physical Education e-learning course as part of the Inclusion 2024 programme investment. This course has 10 bite-size modules that have been designed to increase teachers, teaching assistants, sports practitioners and the wider school workforce in the knowledge and confidence to deliver inclusive PE and school sport. The content has been redeveloped with the support of Leeds Beckett University and Lead Inclusion Schools to ensure the information is informative and relevant to practitioners. Each section contains an introduction, key facts, space for self-reflection on current practice, tips on how to improve your practice and a handy additional resource page. A certificate is provided after each module, in addition to the completion of all ten modules.
