Authors: Dr Emily Marchant (ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Child Health and Education, Centre for Population Health, Swansea University), Dr Michaela James (Research Officer, Centre for Population Health, Swansea University) and Prof Tom Crick (Professor of Digital & Policy and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Civic Mission), Swansea University) School closures were one of the control measures used to stem the transmission…
Although interventions delivered in school settings have the potential to improve children’s health and well-being, the implementation of effective interventions in schools presents challenges. Schools and teachers are already under a lot of pressure to meet the demands of the curriculum and the greater responsibilities for improving health and well-being further add to these pressures….
Children today spend more time sitting than ever before. And research shows that as they grow up, children tend to become more sedentary and less active. This is where the Daily Mile, a teacher-led running programme for primary school children, aims to make a difference. Designed by a headteacher in Scotland in 2012 in a bid to get children more active, the…
Outdoor learning has had a positive impact on both children and staff at a Swansea primary school, boosting their wellbeing and pupil attitudes to learning. This was demonstrated following the school’s engagement with HAPPEN, a primary school network led by a team of researchers at Swansea University. The school inspection body Estyn has just reported…