National League trust – funded programme
Healthy Hearts Workshop
The programmes aim is to help primary school children to understand the need to be Healthy & Active and to give consideration to looking after their heart for years to come. We would broaden their understanding of the function of the heart and how it changes with exercise, whilst Introducing ideas of good & bad considerations for the heart and suggest ways to improve performance and maintain a healthy heart into adulthood.
This programme runs thanks to the grant support from our partners at; The National League Trust, The Premier League and Adelphi Healthcare Solutions Group (Bollington).
Example of the workshops are as follows:
During curriculum time we will deliver Healthy Herat workshops that last around 3 hours. This will include a classroom based session followed by a practical session.Working with a class from Years 4, 5 or 6, chosen by the school as a class with the greater need or requirement for this type of activities. (Perhaps the class includes children with weight or health issues).We will work with that class a cross a 6 weeks, which will include Workshops, activity sessions and follow up visits. |
Heart fact presentation. Investigate types of exercise.Develop a greater awareness of their hearts and how they work.Fun Trivia Q & A game, Team Challenges and the 5lt fluid Strength challenge (replication the weight of blood in grown adult).Takeaway docs:How can you make physical activity part of your daily routineWhat can you do to eat heart healthyKeep track of what you eat (inc a food diary)Keep track of your exercise (inc a activity diary) |
Participate in an exercise session with Trust coaches.Stressing the benefits.Creating fun environment.Investigate what happens to the body when exercising.Investigate and analyse how the body recovers after exercise.Collect evidence by making observations and measurements (record pulse rate etc). |
Children/parents will be asked and encouraged to fill in their food and activity diaries and send back to us. It is our hope that this will help to encourage them to stick to a health lifestyle and have good balance of exercise and healthy eating. |
Look out for updates and new sessions throughout 2018.
