10 Reasons To Embrace Physical Activity

Encouraging children to be physically active is unquestionably important and here are 10 reasons why you should ensure that EYFS children in your setting are active.

Early Bedtimes Can Reduce Chances of Obesity

Ensuring Early Years children are tucked up at a reasonable time can be tricky – but it’s well worth the effort. A recent study carried out by the Ohio State University College of Public Health discovered that pre-schoolers that are consistently in bed by 8pm are less likely to become obese teenagers than those who drop off later in the evening; indeed, bedtimes post 9pm seem to double the risk of obesity.

Some Schools Are Focusing On The Wrong Things! Is Your School?

Is there too much emphasis placed in the wrong areas when it comes to PE in schools, especially Early Years? I want to make, what I believe, is a very important point. In Early Years, we know children can take a while to get changed. Let’s say on average it takes up to 10 minutes for children to get changed at the start and end of a lesson, therefore 20 minutes in total. If they then have two PE lessons a week, then that’s 40 minutes a week, across 39 weeks of the year, adds up to 1560 minutes. Therefore, 1560 minutes is the equivalent to thirty-five, 45 minute lessons of getting changed! Which is astonishing and quite shocking.

5 Tips to Improve Your PE Lessons

Here are 5 tips that will help you when teaching PE.