Improving healthy active lifestyles and its links to whole-school

academic improvement

Jancis Walker, Youth Sport Trust Jo Nightingale, Hamstead Hall Academy

Our context:

• OfSTED inspecting PE, School Sport and Healthy Active Lifestyle

• £60m of investment from Dept. Health

• The impact of physical activity and school sport to raise standards

• Links to the school development plan

• Pupil Premium

• The contribution to healthy weight issues

• Increasing focus on Change4Life

Recognise

What whole school priorities can you link to?

How can you position this programme with Head Teachers?

• Behaviour and respect for one another• Improve attendance • Develop Personal and Social skills• Take creative risks, enhance learning opportunities• Develop morals and values and respect for everyone • Take ownership for own learning• Raise aspirations through effective challenge• Improve quality of outdoor learning experiences• Raise the profile of physical activity and a healthy lifestyle• Increase opportunities for participation in competition• Celebrate achievement and success• Improve Teaching and Learning – across curriculum• Develop leadership skills in all pupils

Priority Examples

Target

Which students do we need to target?

How do we identify these students?

What are the barriers to participation?

Target Groups

• Behaviour (SEN – ASD pupils) • Pupil premium groups• Low self-esteem, lack confidence, poor communicators,

small friendship groups• Support ‘Healthy Lifestyle’ improvements• Gifted and Talented in physical education and sport• Media pupils• Pupils demonstrating good leadership skills• Pupils with poor or low attendance rates• Pupils ‘new’ to the school, joining during term time

Letter from a parent:

Change4Life Participation

Pupil Premium Groups

Pupils developinghand and eye coordination to improvehandwriting skills

Developing Social Skills

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Celebration day withparents

Recruit

Who can help us identify and recruit the target group?

How can we overcome the barriers to participation for those young people?

Change4Life Sports Club Participants Year 1 to 4

• Individual invitations by letter to target pupils• Through target setting by class teacher• Whole class groups• Letters to parents to promote activities• Through peer groups• Sports mentors and leaders promote activities• Profile of activities motivates others to join

Recruit

Who might we recruit as deliverers?

What support will they need?

Change4Life Sports Club Leaders

• Through discussions with SENCo• Discussions with parents as part of pupil IEP• Invite target pupils to leadership training and then

recruit• Class briefing to explain leadereship opportunities• Publicise job advert and application process with

an interview and a success letter • Profile of previous leaders motivates others to

apply

“I never realised the impact Change4Life could have on our pupils, to see pupils who were difficult and had tough relationships with other pupils and staff now sharing their experiences and helping others to behave and respect the school has been amazing.

Mrs J BestSENCo Team

Change4Life participation to Young Leaders and Mentors

Introvert,shy, attention seeker

Participant to Leader

Introvert and shy

Retain

How do we develop ownership and a sense of belonging?

How do we recognise and reward?

Have we celebrated success?

• Develop a group of pupils to decide how to develop Club• Draw on pupil skills and interests• Think outside the box let the pupils be creative• Celebrate everything about Change4Life Sports Club • Change4Life Notice Board• Encourage participants and leaders to meet with Head to

share what they are doing and how much fun they are having

• Enable pupils to develop media productions to promote the Club and share with parents

• Develop celebration days that include parents

Pupil Ownership

Thank you, from Jancis and Jo, for being part of this session!

Any further questions?

Sustain

What do we measure?

How do we measure?

How and to who do we feedback?

Growth of the Change4Life Sports Club

• New roles within Club i.e. media and newsletter editor• Pupils developed new games and game cards• Certificates for participants and leaders using ‘values’• New leadership opportunities within school i.e. peer

mentors for newly arrived, behaviour, buddies for vulnerable children

• Weekly physical activity challenges for pupils and also family / at home to encourage family physical activity

• Change4Life information sent home regularly i.e. ‘sugary swaps’ etc

• Keep adding something different – promote to other staff – they also have ideas i.e. Change4Life in spanish, linked to maths and literacy, sports day etc

• Create a pathway for participation to leadership

“The Change4Life Club has helped the school to fully promote and reinforce our values of respect, determination, self-belief, honesty and teamwork. It has provided support for our vulnerable children and enabled them to become fully integrated into both the school and local communities. The celebration events have increase parent and community involvement in our school and helped to develop parent and staff relationships. We have had lots of positive feedback from parents thanking Mrs Best for her enthusiasm and work supporting children who lack confidence and certain social skills.

Head teacher

Thank you, from Jancis and Jo, for being part of this session!

Any further questions?