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1. Please select which of the below best fits your example of good practice:

Events/Visits

This category relates to sustainable and inclusive participation in events and trips (which provide one-off/periodic opportunities for physical activity engagement.

You may wish to consider:

· How you use regular trips to local woods, parks, outdoor adventure centres, museums or local clubs to inspire children and promote physical activity

· Participation in regular inter/intra school competition, wider sporting and wellbeing events or athlete visits.

Break/lunch times

This category relates to break/lunch interventions that extend the duration, increase the frequency and/or enhance the delivery of physical activity for children at these times.

You may wish to consider:

How playtime is valued and what support is in place to keep all children active
Active play provision including resources and equipment (indoors/outdoors)
How you make play time fun and engaging

Physical Education (including swimming)

This category relates to Physical Education interventions that extend the duration, increase the frequency and/or enhance the delivery of physical activity for children.

You may wish to consider:

How you train staff to deliver high quality PE.
How you ensure your PE curriculum is inspiring, fun and inclusive with a clear progression.
How PE is valued in school and used as a driver for whole school improvement

Curriculum lessons (non PE)

This category relates to how physical activity has been expanded consistently and sustainably into curricular lessons (not Physical Education).

You may wish to consider:

How you upskill staff to increase confidence and capability in delivering physically active lessons
How active breaks are used across school to reduce sedentary time
How you use high quality resources to support teachers to deliver active lessons

Before and after school clubs

This category relates to before/after school clubs and how the amount and quality of the provision in this area significantly contributes to a child’s whole-day physical activity levels.

You may wish to consider:

How you ensure clubs are varied, sustainable and include all forms of physical activity
How you target, monitor and evaluate pupils accessing your provision
How you identify any barriers to participation and the solutions you use to overcome these

Active travel

This category relates to active travel and how the amount and quality of such provision significantly contributes to a child’s whole-day physical activity levels.

You may wish to consider:

How you use active travel plans to promote active travel to and from school
How you communicate to and engage parents and the wider community in the promotion of active travel.
How you influence children and families to take part in active travel initiatives organised by the school or wider organisations
How you use moveable resources such as bikes and scooters to promote active travel

Family and community

This category relates to how a school can influence family and community physical activity beyond school time. This may involve providing active homework, signposting families to local events provided by community organisations or opening school facilities beyond the school day to support community organisations.

You may wish to consider:

How you create links with local clubs and community to promote and increase physical activity amongst children and families
How do you use active homework or bespoke open days to showcase the physical activity taking place at school
How you use your school facilities to create opportunities to be active beyond the school day

2. Please briefly explain the activity, programme or intervention including the impact it has made to pupils at your school.

(Limited to 250 words)

3. Why did you know this project was required?

(Limited to 250 words)

4. What have you done to achieve this?

(Limited to 250 words)

5. What is the impact and sustainability? Supply evidence where you can.

(Limited to 250 words)

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