Our solution to help raise physical activity levels throughout the school day
In addition to our Inspired Playgrounds project, we can install any type of playground markings
Our Physical Education provision in Somerset
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5-minute videos to do in the classroom, to energise your class ready to learn
We are so committed and passionate about helping young people, schools, and families that we have written a book for schools to help them become more active and also started a podcast to get families thinking, hopefully inspiring them and their children to lead healthy and active lives.
Each of our Inspired Schools solutions are designed to improve what primary schools can offer for their physical education. We believe engaging school playground activities are essential in creating happy and healthy children.
We believe that primary school PE in the UK is the most important part of the curriculum for all pupils, each of our Inspired Schools solutions are designed to improve physical education in primary schools.
From Inspired Playgrounds to Inspired Coaching and fitness videos through our Inspired 5 App, we provide comprehensive physical activity solutions in the UK for primary schools that can help enhance the physical health and mental well-being of children and young people. For sports leaders in the UK, we also provide a free e-learning course that will help them improve their skills, thereby helping them become role models that inspire children.
Does your playground need a revamp? An Inspired Playground might be the right solution for you and can be funded through the ‘Sports Premium PE Funding‘
When Ben Kirk and Marcus Holmes founded the business in 2013. Both professionals carried with them excellent reputations through their previous work for ...
A series of videos designed to improve fitness. Choose from a range of activities, HIIT, Dance, Aerobics, Sports Stories and Yoga.
This online guide will provide you with the building blocks to start creating leaders that will become role models and inspire the other children at your school.
We are fully committed to supporting schools nationally to sustaining and raising activity levels within their school community, developing the next generation ...
Sport, PE and physical activity has so much to offer, from developing skills and technique to more personal qualities teamwork, communication and leadership.
Our Inspired Playground at Woolavington Village Primary School has been in place since the beginning of this school year and is already a great asset to our school. The staff are so impressed with the children’s leadership skills following their training and how simple the App is to use. Children have commented that the playground is great because there’s always something for them to do and it’s keeping them active. They have requested another 4 square already as it’s so popular! I can’t recommend this company highly enough – thank you!
St Joseph’s Primary School installed Inspired Playgrounds in September 2017. Once the stations were down we were able to train our Sports Leaders on how to use the stations and how to adapt the activity that could be carried out. After the leaders had been trained, they were able to run sessions for the rest of the school pupils and teachers.
Throughout the year, we have held many parent and child workouts before school, the stations have been used during many intra school festivals and many teachers have used the stations as a ‘release’ between lessons in the afternoon along with general use at break times and lunchtimes. We have also set up a weekly challenge that incorporates one of the stations where children can earn 20 extra house points for their house. The stations are a great resource as they do not need any setting up time, the children are able to work at their own level of ability and can be adapted to incorporate equipment if they would like to.
I would highly recommend the stations as an instant, fun resource in the aim of getting children more active and achieving their 60 minutes of activity a day. We are looking forward to setting up many more school competitions and activities that involve the lines in the next academic year.
We have been using Inspired Playgrounds for a year and it has had a massive impact on the activity levels in our school. Our Playground Leaders track activity using the markings, with the app, and award pupils in celebration assembly with trophies, house points or an extra playtime. They then display winners on their board in the hall (see below). The app also allows us to identify individuals and groups of children with low activity levels. Teachers also use the markings as part of their lessons. Would highly recommend as it meets a lot of the criteria for the Sports Premium.
Together with our partner schools, we have identified 4 areas schools would love to improve
Number of Children Inspired to be more active
Number of Schools Inspired
Children Sports Leaders Inspired
Physical education not only promotes body fitness but also builds healthy habits and helps children to have better mental health. It helps the child to develop strength, speed, endurance, team coordination and focus by building cognitive and motor skills from an early age. It also instills confidence, empathy, discipline and respect for the rules which are essential for everyday life.
Physical education helps to develop fundamental moves and develops physical coordination, resulting in improved focus and children excelling in academics. It nurtures the mindset and builds a positive attitude.
Being physically active manages weight, improves immunity, reduces the risk of diseases and strengthens bones and muscles. Regular physical activity boosts dopamine which in turn reduces stress and anxiety while keeping mental health in check.
The 3 main functions of physical education are:
The principles of physical activity, especially school playground activities, are a set of guidelines that help individuals engage in safe and effective exercise, which makes it necessary to follow several key principles. These principles include individuality, specificity, progression, overload, recovery, reversibility, and adaptation.
Physical education plays an important role during primary school level. It does so by building healthy habits of exercise and teaching the importance of discipline. It provides opportunities for children to experience both success and failure while shaping their minds to keep a positive attitude, self-belief and a high- team-spirit.
