The Daily Boost

Page Contents:

• What is the Daily Boost?
• How to get involved
• Challenges

Children and young people should aim to be active for an average of 60 minutes per day and move at a level that increases their breathing and heart rate. This can include all forms of activity, such as Physical Education, Sport and Daily Physical activity.

30 minutes of their daily target can and should be achieved at school, so the Daily Boost is here to help! It's so easy to get involved and it's a completely FREE* programme!

The Daily Boost offers a flexible, evidence-based approach for children and young people in school to increase activity with a varied approach to meet the needs of each school and their pupils.

It aims to encourage children and young people to do 15 minutes of organised activity at school every day, benefitting their long-term physical & mental health and wellbeing.

This could be before school starts, at lunchtime, Active travel, or during the school day in an 'active lesson'. Children and young people could walk, run, skip, hop or jump around a set lap or loop at school. Or simply do their favourite sport or activity/game that gets them active – dancing, cycling, scooting, anything!

• A Daily Boost is 15 minutes of structured activity, or take part in a 'mini boost' of 5 minutes, in the classroom or a small space i.e. Brain Gym.

Mini Boosts are a great way to introduce short bursts of activity to break up the school day, no matter what the weather and how much space you have.

• 3 x 5-minute Mini Boosts = A Daily Boost!

Active Together are working in partnership with Leicestershire County Council to deliver the Daily Boost. The Daily Boost has been funded by Leicestershire County Council's Public Health Department.

During the year we run various Challenges which offer a great opportunity to introduce, re-launch or carry on the Daily Boost programme at your school and to boost your schools' position on the Daily Boost Tracker!

These challenges are open to schools registered with the Daily Boost as we provide exclusive access to resources and ideas of how to get involved, alongside receiving Daily Boost certificates and boost bands by taking part.

The 'Challenges' section of the website has restricted access and is only viewable to Schools that have registered to take part in the Daily Boost, so make sure you sign-up so you can get involved.

If your School is registered and you want more staff to be able to access the Challenges section, please contact Anita Bird at the contact details below.