To think kids should do more PE at school?

[BlingBang]

Just curious - my kids are at primary in England - they usually get one slot of PE a week though they have a period of swimming for a few months round about Y3 as well. how much PE do your young kids get? my friend in Scotland was saying how her 6yr old gets it 3 times a week. If they can do it - why can't other schools. Also when any assemblies or shows come up - PE just seems to get dropped anyway.

Parents need to take some responsibility themselves and stop saying "but my child hates sport" as i just dont believe them. What they mean is they cant be arsed to find a sport their child will enjoy

Bullshit.

Some people just don't enjoy sports.

Geocaching, orienteering, archery, capoeira, sailing, kayaking,scuba diving.
All sports mine have enjoyed, all impossible in most state schools.

amberleaf its not allsport....define sport

see,i wouldn't say geocaching is a sport,but all my dc love it,and it certainlyis good exercise!!

I'd rather see schools putting playworkers in playgrounds along with lots of interesting toys which encourage children to run around and take part in physical activity. It would be more fun than formal PE lessons, and much more regular.

Also, "wake and shake" is good - all the children performing a synchronized dance routine in the hall before registration to some uplifting, positive music. Okay, so it is only five minutes proper exercise, but it all helps, is good fun, and seems the right message about physical activity.

It doesn't have to be sport just things which get childen active and more importantly enjoying activity.

I very much doubt anyone hates all activity!

I had the same experience as Boaty, went from English School to a Scottish one. DS has also improved concentration wise. Alongside his PE lessons he has just been told that this year his school year will be learning to Ski. Bog standard primary in a run down area this, hats off to the teachers who have managed to fit such an exciting sport into the school day at only £5 per child for 4 two hour sessions.

He does exercise outside of school, but an hour of organised sport during school hours does him wonders, very glad that he's getting more of it up here.

AmberLeaf

What every sport? From swimming to bmx biking. Have your children tried every sport available or do you assume that as they dont like team games or football then there isn't a sport out there for them.

A child who hates football may well love wall climbing.

amberleaf its not allsport....define sport

The sort offered in schools, or the sort that is financially accessible to the average family.

FTR my family is still active and my children have always walked loads.

Did you read my original post cantspel?

I said it is one of my children who doesn't enjoy sports.

One of my children is incredibly sporty and excels at whatever sport he tries.

One isn't/doesn't.

Council run leisure centers are not expensive and often even cheaper for those on benefits and often a wide variety of activities.

Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Bowls
Climbing
Fitness
Football
Rugby
Squash
Table Tennis
Trampolining
Volleyball
Weights

...and yes, I have got him to try a fairly wide variety of sports [out of school] since he was about 5 yrs old, so nothing to do with me not being 'arsed' to find one he likes. I have actually spent ours of my free time taking my children to activities.

He does not enjoy sport.

watching the Olympics last year I noticed lots of our competitors were teenagers. seems like to excel at any sort you need supportive parents and money. I find that sad,but have also noticed lots ofsports now becoming more accessible and offering lots of free taster sessions.

I think every sports venue should offer this

That child might not enjoy the vast majority of sports but there will be something out there they do enjoy.

It is impossible to say you dont like any sport as the term sport covers a wide range of activities.
I also have one child who excels in all sports and one who doesn't and it is so easy to label them as the sporty one and the non sporty one. Same as people label their children the academic one and the other more average one but no one every stops trying to get the not so academic one to get decent exam grades but they will give up on trying to encourage sport.

Not here cantspel. I like in a medium size town yet the only easy to access cheap sports out of school are football, dance and Marshall arts - none of them are subsidised either.

That's part of the problem it is such a postcode lottery as to what is easily accessible and that's before going into the parental support/money side of things. I wish more funding was put into sports facilities for all ages in all areas not just those who are lucky enough to live somewhere with good facilities

amberleaf I hated sport as a child,love it now though....you never know!

parkrun is free....every Saturday in a park near you,all over the world. its a measured 5k run,great fun and friendly. free. my teens love it. younger dc do too,and lots of families run/walk it with dogs and buggies.

SS Mo Farrar went to Feltham Community College and his talent was discovered and nurtured by his sports teacher.

Ok having money and supportive parents will give you the edge but he shows you can succeed on talent and drive alone.

I have just looked at parkrun - the closest is 30 minutes drive from here! I obviously live in one of the hardest places to access sports!

DS wants to do rugby so (healthy allowing) I will be travelling 30 miles round trips to allow that next year. Thankfully I am in a position to be able to do so

Sirzy i am lucky as i am on the south coast which opens up alot of sports that would not be available in a inner city area but then an inner city area probably has other facilities we dont have.

I have four children. All have started doing ballet at 2/3 years old. My oldest is ten. She does at least two hours of dance a day outside of school plus archery once a week. At school they do wake and shake, and have 2 sessions of PE a week as well as swimming (daily in the summer term when the school pool can be accessed and 6 weeks in the winter of lessons at the local leisure centre). Lunch times they have access to a fully equipped play park. The school offers an amazing amount of clubs including Zumba, netball, tag rugby. Mine haven't taken part in these due to the dance commitments outside of school. We also walk at the weekends, go swimming, boys enjoy the local skate park/ play parks.

This is all very well but even with all that physical activity my 10 year old is 6 stone and has to be very careful with her diet as well. She has started puberty and is changing shape, but even so sometimes it's very difficult to keep a healthy level of fitness/weight. We also have a big garden with a trampoline and swings/ slides that they take full advantage of. My children are driven to school, but they walk to dancing most of the time and very rarely sit in front of the telly.

HeySoulSister if he finds something he enjoys as he gets older then good for him. but as he is not in anyway unfit/overweight and at nearly 17 he is quite old enough to make his own choices, I am not going to force him into something he doesn't like doing.

Yes, nothing subsidised here either, actually, no, my LA offers free swimming to under 16s and over 60s [though he is now too old for that anyway] so that is quite good, but cost can be prohibitive.

He did do an activity outside of school that was very physical, but not sporty, but a serious injury during a school PE lesson put an end to that anyway.

Well, mine both hated sports that involved any co-operation or interaction with others.
Heard the saying 'Paddle your own canoe'? That was them.

Parkrun looks good, there is one fairly local to me and my sport loving DS is up for it! thanks HSS.