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There is a great deal of physical education teaching material in moving images available on the internet. If you search on YouTube, it often comes from many different international sources. Dutch physical education teacher Rob Nieuwenhuis has now posted around 260 ideas for gym lessons, divided into themes, on his YouTube channel Gym Idee. The database is freely accessible.
Alcohol, smoking, drugs and gaming. Sooner or later, most parents have to deal with a child who discovers one or more of these things or comes into contact with them. So how should you deal with this? What information, tips and resources do you need? And what role does the school play in all of this? This was investigated through the National Parent Panel, an initiative of Ouders & Onderwijs and Stichting Opvoeden.nl.
Three new Healthy School activities have recently been added to the activity database on the Healthy School website. These are the activities below for the theme Relationships and sexuality:
When a girl becomes unintentionally pregnant, it is distressing and emotional. Suddenly, she (and her partner) are faced with the difficult question of how to deal with it. What options does she have? Who can help her?
A school environment – lessons, the school building, the school grounds and the school zone – can encourage children to exercise more. Research also shows that more exercise improves children’s performance in arithmetic and mathematics and helps them concentrate better. In addition, according to teachers, it has a positive influence on the atmosphere, behaviour and attention of children in the classroom.
Jantje Beton has launched the No Game Challenge and the Jantje Beton Play Movement. The reason was a study by Kantar, which showed that 50 percent of children prefer digital play options. In addition, Jantje Beton came into contact with two brothers from Brabant, Jelle (11) and Mels (8), who took on the challenge during the May holiday of not gaming, but instead playing outside more.
In Australia, some children learn not only mathematics and language at school, but also mindfulness. They then lie down on the floor for a while and listen to calm music. The Australian government thinks the lessons are a good idea and therefore gives schools extra funding for them.
From 19 September, primary schools can indicate whether they wish to make use of the subsidy scheme for the purchase and maintenance of a water tap on the school grounds. Around 450 schools can make use of the scheme, which consists of a contribution covering 75% of the costs, up to a maximum of €2,000 per school location. The scheme begins with a registration of interest, and allocation criteria will apply in the event of oversubscription.
Knowledge Centre for Sport and Glos Educatief are entering into a content collaboration with the aim of sharing knowledge with the education sector. In this way, the two partners want to inspire and inform education professionals about a healthy lifestyle at school.
Everyone who makes a positive contribution to the group is a hero: teachers and students alike. That is why this year’s Week Against Bullying has chosen the theme Be a hero, together.
Working together with parents to ensure their children get enough physical activity leads to healthier, better-performing pupils. Where previously the school and parents acted separately to encourage children to be physically active, we are increasingly moving towards advisory services 3.0. The school does not merely provide information, but genuinely works together with parents to ensure that pupils are as physically active as possible.
Rebecca Beck, a specialist at the Knowledge Centre for Sport, wrote a blog for kinderopvangtotaal.nl in which she talks about her experiences getting her children (4 and 1.5) moving. The main message? Bringing more movement into the day does not have to be complicated. Rebecca has three tips for this.
Are you also so happy when your toddler or preschool group is happily playing? I catch myself really taking a deep breath and having a sip of tea at that point. A wonderful moment to simply enjoy. When you start learning through movement with toddlers and preschoolers, it does require something different from your classroom management to keep these enthusiastic children ‘on task’. And then there is the music as well. Curious about the approach? I’m sharing my five golden tips with you, because it also works with 800 professionals at a conference.
The school holidays are about to begin. Destinations have been chosen and millions of Dutch people will once again set off in July, either abroad or within the Netherlands. The long summer holiday is not immediately a time when you think about the new school year. However, it does offer parents an excellent opportunity to explore and practise the school route on foot or by bicycle with their children.
A quarter of the people admitted to hospital following a drowning are aged 0 to 4. One- and two-year-olds are overrepresented in this group. Drownings among children aged 0 to 4 mainly occur in and around the home (in the bath or garden). Children aged 5 to 9 often drown as a result of a sports-related activity, particularly while swimming in a swimming pool.
The website www.gezondeleefstijlopschool.nl now also has a webshop. The webshop has four themes: Sport & Exercise, Nutrition, Wellbeing, and Courses & Events.
How do you take steps towards a Healthy School or a Healthy School Canteen? That is the subject of the free thematic training courses offered by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre on the Healthy School and the Healthy School Canteen. The training is specifically intended for Healthy School coordinators and practice staff.
The Utrecht municipality of Vijfheerenlanden is preparing a proposal to appoint physical education teachers at all primary schools in the municipality on the basis of co-financing. In this way, the municipality aims to address healthy lifestyles at the primary level. In addition, the municipality wants to focus on high-quality and sufficient physical education.
All investments in sport and physical activity generate social value. This is shown by research conducted by Rebel and the Mulier Institute, commissioned by the Knowledge Centre for Sport. The research was launched during the VSG working conference.
Almost all schools (98%) are (very) positive about the EU School Fruit Programme. This is shown by the evaluation for the 2018–2019 school year. In that school year, nearly 3,000 primary schools took part in the programme. Schools can register for the 2019–2020 edition between 2 and 13 September.
Sixth-grade pupils from four primary schools in Apeldoorn took part in Jantje Beton’s Obstacle Run this week. The Obstacle Run is an activity designed to get children moving together and challenges them to engage in adventurous, educational and stimulating outdoor play.
You regularly come across interesting reports, publications and videos in the news articles on Healthy Lifestyles at School. The editorial team has now collected these on a separate landing page, where they are arranged by topic.
Smartphones and tablets are often seen as a threat to youth sports participation. However, a comparison of sports participation figures from 2003 with those from 2017 by the Mulier Institute shows that youth sports participation has remained constant.
The biodiversity of aquatic life in ditches appears to be declining. Whereas it was still more than sufficient last year (6.9), the preliminary results of the Citizen Science Ditch Survey this time indicate a score just above 6. The Ditch Survey was held during the sixth edition of Ditch Days, which took place from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 June.
The majority of parents (55 percent) believe that primary schools do not pay enough attention to sports and physical activity and would like to see this changed. This is according to a survey conducted by Kenniscentrum Sport together with Stichting Opvoeden.nl.
The percentage of children who are overweight is higher in Rotterdam than in other major cities in the Netherlands. That is why the municipality of Rotterdam launched the Rotterdam Lekker Fit! action programme in 2005. By now, this approach has proven successful. The rise in overweight has been stabilised, and a decline is even visible in some age groups.
VeiligheidNL is giving two workshops on risky play for professionals in education and childcare on 12 September and 21 November.
Research among parents into ‘playing outside in the neighbourhood’ has shown that 15% of children NEVER play outside. Jantje Beton finds this alarming! “These children who never play outside therefore run the risk of not developing to their full potential,” says Dave Ensberg-Kleijkers (director of Jantje Beton). “Playing outside is good for their health, their self-confidence, their intellectual development, the way they cooperate with other children, and their sense of happiness and well-being.”
The second round of the Young Learning to Eat grant for schools will open on 2 September 2019. Primary, secondary and vocational schools can already prepare for this and take it into account in their annual planning.
Can pupils in grades 6, 7 and 8 find enough information online about relationships and sexuality? Rutgers will investigate this. Rutgers also wants to know what kind of information is still needed.