Focus on play, supporting the right to play in schools
Useful document about children’s right to play just published by PlayWales.
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Early years staff wellbeing: a resource for managers and teams
A really useful new resource from a team led by the renowned Anna Freud Centre in London.
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Forget ABCs – get your preschoolers moving first
Gill Connell from Moving Smart NZ gives an interesting and illuminating interview, definitely worth listening to and more than once!
Latest slides from PHE about childhood obesity – data to be collected for 20/2021 will not see any improvement
A presentation of the latest data on child obesity in England from Public Health England.
New at-home guidance created to support parents and carers to get their little ones moving!
A useful series of leaflets for parents/practitioners from a team in Manchester, simple and accessible they are an excellent addition to available resources in the field.
Children’s Commissioner – Best beginnings in the early years
A proposal for a new early years guarantee to give all children in England the best start in life.
British families in lockdown
Some interesting insights here that may provide useful material to support future practice.
Save the Children – Save our education
An important and timely report that discusses the impact of Covid 19 on the education, health, wellbeing and welfare of children worldwide.
Nurturing healthy minds together
This recent report, published by the National Children’s Bureau explores how services and parents can work in partnership to support the social and emotional development of under fives.’
‘Health Visiting in England’ A report from the Institute of Health Visiting : February 2020
An honest and necessary read for all those engaged with the health of young children.
Factors influencing childcare workers’ promotion of physical activity in children aged 0–4 years: a qualitative study
A study examining the factors influencing childcare workers’ promotion of physical activity (PA) among children aged 0–4 years, a particularly interesting context because of the increasing number of children attending childcare....
Motor Skill Performance and Physical Activity in Preschool Children
Children with better-developed motor skills may find it easier to be active and engage in more physical activity (PA) than those with less-developed motor skills.
Building Better Beginnings: a case study of how a daily physical skills session is supporting overall learning and development for young boys
This case study argues for the consideration of an adult directed physical skills session as an approach to supporting boys learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage in England.
PHE strategy 2020 – 2025
Pre 2019 general election pledges from Public Health England.
Early learning action plan 2019-2029
New education framework from New Zealand, very holistic and very comprehensive, well worth reading.
Fit and healthy childhood report
A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a fit and healthy childhood.
New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk
WHO report, study is based on data gained from 1.6 million 11 to 17-year-old students.
Children become less active each year of primary school
Monitoring the levels of physical activity of more than 2,000 children from 57 primary schools across South West England, children are less active at 11 yrs than they were at aged 6.
78% of UK children failing to meet recommended fitness levels
Fit For Sport, the UK’s leaders in engaging and educating children and young people through physical activity, have revealed that a worrying 78% of primary school pupils across the UK measured through their Healthy Active Schools System (HASS) are failing to meet the recommended fitness levels for their age group.
News from a teacher, some wonderful examples of spontaneous work with apparatus
We had a very interesting week last week. Our favourite resources? A length of magic hose that I was given. I cut the end off and then tied it in a circle. It is soooo stretchy that it is like a bungee cord. Children have been...
Resurrecting Free Play in Young Children Looking Beyond Fitness and Fatness to Attention, Affiliation, and Affect
JAMA Pediatrics | 2005 | Hillary L.
Why Hopscotch Matters
movingsmartblog | Gill Connell Hopscotch was one of my favorite games as a child and it still is today. In fact, Hopscotch proves one of my pet theories that (in most cases) what’s fun for kids is good for kids. ...
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World Health Organisation cities report and London’s City Hall early years initiative
With a growing majority of the world’s people living in urban areas, cities have a crucial role to play in ensuring the health and safety of people worldwide.
CMO Special Obesity Report 2019
The usual focus on food and nutrition that underplays the vital importance of physical activity in addressing weight issues.
Public Health England strategy 2020-25 report
Some encouraging support for EY included on p.26
New physical activity guidelines issued by UK Chief Medical Officers
The guidelines emphasise the importance of building strength and balance for adults, and include recommendations for pregnant women, new mothers and disabled people.
Early Intervention
A recently published, useful government briefing paper.
New report by RCPCH, State of Child Health, Two Years On
An update on the 2017 version, what was recommended, what progress has been made and what is the current evidence. See the report www.rcpch.ac.uk
School sport and activity action plan: DfE, DCMS, DHSC 2019
Nothing new, mainly about how the large organisations will spend even more money on schemes that are often ill monitored and evaluated.
One-to-three-year-olds’, risky play in early childhood education and care
Risky play in 1-3 yr olds in Norway, an unpublished PhD thesis from 2018.