Active Playgrounds - Initiatives - North Oxfordshire SSP

Active Playgrounds

Active Playgrounds is a Big Lottery funded programme aimed at increasing activity levels at breaks and lunch times, whilst at the same time reducing incidents of poor and anti-social behaviour.

Lunchtime Supervisors receive training, resources and equipment that enables them to deliver safe, fun, active and meaningful sessions.  Schools also receive funding to employ additional supervisors.

The programme links nicely with the partnership Playground Leaders scheme, where Year 5/6 pupils are trained to deliver playground games.

In schools where the programme was monitored last year, there was a reported 81% improvement in behaviour amongst groups of targeted pupils and a 76% improvement in concentration during the lessons following the 'Active' lunchtimes.

Feedback from teachers:

• Josh used to be very disruptive at lunchtimes, often losing his temper.  He is now much improved and does not get in trouble as often.
• Katherine is a lot happier and has not complained for a long time about being unhappy at lunch-time.

For more information about 'Active Playgrounds' please contact Vinny Halsall, School Sport Coordinator at Warriner School.

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