National ‘Active SCHOOL Week’ takes place every April and is a really enjoyable part of the school year for many children. This year, because of COVID-19, it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are asking schools to invite families to participate in the ‘Active HOME Week’ challenge instead.
ABOUT the Challenge
The ‘Active HOME Week’ challenge begins on Monday, April 27th running until Sunday, May 3rd.
The idea of the #ActiveHomeWeek challenge is to:
- Reach out to parents/guardians/carers to support the work that is taking place in their school
- Raise awareness about the fact that children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day
- Support parents by providing them with ideas and a challenge format to encourage children to build physical activity into their day
- Encourage children find NEW ways of being physically active that they ENJOY
To complete the challenge children, have to find 4 different ways of being active each day making sure that this adds up to 60, or more, minutes of physical activity every day.
Children are encouraged to try something NEW, have FUN with a family activity and ENJOY the week!
The @activeflag Twitter feed has gathered together ‘in one place’ a wide range of physical activity ideas, challenges and resources in circulation at the moment from local/national sports clubs, sports stars and agencies. We have also made an IDEAS word cloud to make it easy for parents and children to find ways to complete the challenge.
The ‘Active HOME Week’ challenge and the resource materials will go public on Monday (20th) @activeflag and on www.activeschoolflag.ie
