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Penny Woods's avatar

We wrote a blog about this topic, and asked parents what they thought. There's a lot of emphasis on the evils of screens, but making movement/activity non-competitive, and embedding it throughout the day (not just in PE lessons) could make a difference. Active travel also very important for this generation (blog link: https://www.wcrf.org/about-us/news-and-blogs/how-can-we-help-teenagers-to-be-more-active/)

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CLW's avatar

Unfortunately being forced to do "cross country" running alongside a major dual carriageway whilst wearing those dreadful 80s PE knickers killed any love of running for me, the amount of lorry drivers beeping and shouting things at us! We used to sneak off into Woolies for pick and mix. I remember even our parents asking if we could wear the gym skirts over the top and the PE teacher saying no. My daughter is now 15 and from year 10 her school gets it right I think- you can choose from lots of activities, all they want you to do is enjoy something - you have the usual stuff like netball, tennis, swimming but also things like volleyball, table tennis, climbing wall. You choose something different every half term. I wish I had had that!

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