Healthy schools
The national healthy schools programme is an exciting long term initiative that helps young people and their schools to be healthy.
Healthy Schools help children and young people to reach their potential by encouraging a healthy lifestyle so that they can excel in learning and in life. The healthy schools programme isn't just about physical health, it's about health and happiness inside and out. The healthy schools programme involves the whole school community - parents, governors, school staff and pupils - in order to help improve everyone's health and happiness.
The impact of the programme is based on a whole-school approach to physical and emotional well-being focused on four core themes:
- Personal, social and health education
- Healthy eating
- Physical activity
- Emotional health and well-being
The 'whole school' approach involves working with children and young people, parents, school staff and the whole school community to provide a solid foundation from which developments and improvements are embedded in a systematic way. These processes contribute to the physical and emotional development of all members of the school community.
If you would like to find out more about the Healthy Schools award please visit the national Healthy Schools website.
Walk to school - 2008
An easy way to incorporate some exercise into your daily life is to make more journeys by foot rather than by car. The walk to school campaign asks parents, pupils and teachers to think about their journey to and from school, and the many benefits of making that journey on foot.
About 50% of children don't walk to school regularly, and more and more pupils are being driven to school in a car. This trend is contributing to reduced physical activity and increased childhood obesity, urban congestion and air pollution.
For further information please visit the Walk to school website.
