Children spend approximately 25 per cent of the school day in theplayground and research has highlighted that young people often feelisolated, bullied and socially excluded at break times.
Introducing a range of physical activities into your break times offers:opportunities to counteract many of the social and behavioural problemsencountered by young people at these times; provides opportunities foryoung people to engage in a physically active and thus healthylifestyle; offers opportunities to explore new activity and enjoyout-of-school hours learning/study support activity; motivates youngpeople to re-engage with school; provides opportunities for young peopleto become activity leaders; and empowers young people to develop theirown activities and make informed choices.
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