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Inspired Playgrounds

Inspired Playgrounds

Inspired Playgrounds

Our solution to help raise physical activity levels throughout the school day

  • 5 specially designed fitness stations
  • Whole school training to ensure maximum use of the playground markings
  • Incentives package
  • Full access to our web application with activity tracker, resources, Inspired 5 and club registers

 

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Inspired Markings

Inspired Markings

Inspired Markings

In addition to our Inspired Playgrounds project, we can install any type of playground markings

  • We have packages to suit all budgets, which include educational and training content to tick the ‘Sports Premium’ criteria
  • As well as traditional markings such as:
    • Fitness trails
    • Sports courts
    • Hopscotches
    • Number grids and much more
  • We also can install block sprayed markings of courts

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Inspired Coaching

Inspired Coaching

Inspired Coaching

Our Physical Education provision in Somerset

  • Currently delivering over 300 hours each week
  • FREE schemes of work to all school and access to our web application
    • including activity tracker, resources, Inspired 5 and club registers
  • PPA cover, CPD lessons, clubs, target group sessions and more
  • All staff are FULL-TIME employed and observed twice per year
  • We also deliver 6-week resilience and team-building workshops and ‘QUIDDITCH’ days will be coming soon.
  • Find out what makes us the best provider in Somerset…

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Inspired Parents

Inspired Parents

Inspired Parents

Discover all the ways we deliver outside of the school day and term time

  • Holiday camps
  • Weekly clubs at schools and central venues
  • FREE weekly clubs and holiday camps via support through the ‘Holiday Activity & Food’ programme
  • Birthday parties
  • Fundraising events
  • Plus our brand-new leadership academy

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Inspired 5

Inspired 5

Inspired 5

5-minute videos to do in the classroom, to energise your class ready to learn

  • Yoga
  • HIIT
  • Sports Stories
  • Dance

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Our book and podcast

Our book and podcast

Our book and podcast

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.

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At Inspired Schools our vision is to impact schools and families
across the United Kingdom, reducing childhood obesity
by helping children to find fun and enjoyment in being active. We aim to get ‘More Children, More Active, More Often’

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Physical Education (PE) for Children in Uk

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.

Inspired Playgrounds

Engaging school playgrounds
Inspired Playgrounds

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‘

Inspired Coaching

Primary School PE Provision in Somerset
Inspired Coaching

When Ben Kirk and Marcus Holmes founded the business in 2013. Both professionals carried with them excellent reputations through their previous work for ...

Inspired 5 Videos

School fitness videos
Inspired 5 Videos

A series of videos designed to improve fitness. Choose from a range of activities, HIIT, Dance, Aerobics, Sports Stories and Yoga.

‘SPORT’ Leader E-Course

Inspire school children
‘SPORT’ Leader E-Course
Free

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.

Book

The Healthy Happy School
Book

We are fully committed to supporting schools nationally to sustaining and raising activity levels within their school community, developing the next generation ...

The School Run Podcast

Inspiring teachers, coaches and parents
The School Run Podcast

Sport, PE and physical activity has so much to offer, from developing skills and technique to more personal qualities teamwork, communication and leadership.

The Inspired Way

Fun
Fun
  • One of my mentors from my PGCE on my first day on placement said, “Your first job is to make the lesson their favourite of the week”.
  • I took on the challenge and have done so ever since, and I challenge our staff to do the same.
  • Those words from my PGCE still ring true and it is something we say to our team. It is our challenge to make PE every child’s favourite lesson of the week. It is a given in other lessons, but no so in PE, but it should be.

 

Inclusion
Inclusion
  • We must cater to every single pupil.
  • Every child deserves the opportunity to fall in love with Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport.
  • Furthermore, as I’ve alluded to earlier, every child loves exercise – it is a learned behaviour that we start to dislike it.

 

 

 

Holistic
Holistic
  • Physical activity should not be separated from other subjects, but instead it should be enmeshed into the school day and introduced at regular points.
  • If PE and PA are squeezed into the week, viewed as a distraction or a lesson the teachers could spend doing something more valuable, then we are onto a loser. Instead, let’s weave it into every day, so that it becomes the fabric of how the school operates.
  • In a recent study by YouGov, it found that two thirds of parents believe the wellbeing of pupils is more important than academic success.

Healthy Children = Happier Schools

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!

Georgina, Maclennan

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.

Cassandra, Perrett

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.

MIchelle, Montgomery

4 KEY AREAS WE HELP SCHOOLS WITH

Together with our partner schools, we have identified 4 areas schools would love to improve

  • 1 GIVING TEACHERS TIME BACK AND REDUCING STRESS LEVELS
    Giving teachers time back and
    reducing stress levels
  • 2 IMPROVING BEHAVIOUR IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT BREAK TIMES
    Improving behaviour in the classroom
    and at break times
  • 3 SPORTS LEADERS PLAYING A MORE ACTIVE ROLE
    Sports leaders playing a more active role
  • 4 INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS
    Increasing physical activity levels

Inspired Stats

Number of Children Inspired to be more active
15687+

Number of Children Inspired to be more active

Number of Schools Inspired
103+

Number of Schools Inspired

Children Sports Leaders Inspired
1456K

Children Sports Leaders Inspired

Inspire Your School Today!

FAQs

  • What is the main role of physical education in the life of a child?

    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.

  • What is the role of physical education in schools?

    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.

  • What are the benefits of physical activity?

    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.

  • What are the 3 functions of physical education?

    The 3 main functions of physical education are:

    • It promotes fitness and healthy habits.
    • It helps develop fundamental motor patterns and improves physical coordination.
    • It supports social and emotional development by encouraging teamwork, building self-confidence and leadership skills.
  • What are the principles of physical activity?

    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.

  • What is the purpose of physical education at the Primary School level?

    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.

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