Event News - Don't Miss Out On Our School Games Dates 

Don't forget to register to take part in our Devon School Games events, hosted by Active Devon and the Devon School Games Organisers. Last year, hundreds of girls and pupils identifying as female took part in our Neon Run event and we will be hosting it again on Tuesday 21^st May. Take a look at the video above to see the event in action and click the link below for more information on how to take part this year -
Devon-School-Games-Neon-Run-Celebration-Event-2024.pdf (activedevon.org)

Below is a full list of all the School Games events. Please click on the relevant link below to find out more information and to register.

Full details for the SEND Football Events can be found here
Devon-School-Games-SEND-Football-Events-2023-2024.pdf (activedevon.org)
Wednesday 1^st May - SEND Cricket Event – Torbay
SEND Cricket Event DATE: Wednesday 1st May 2024 Entries will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 24th April 2024
Friday 10^th May – SEND Football Event
SEND (MLD/EBD) Football DATE: Friday 10th May 2024 Entries will close at 1800 on Friday 3rd May 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)
Tuesday 21^st May - SEND Football Event
SEND Football (SLD Events) Tuesday 21st May 2024 Entries will close at 1700 on Monday 13th May 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)
Tuesday 21^st May - Neon Run
Devon-School-Games-Neon-Run-Celebration-Event-2024.pdf (activedevon.org)
Thursday 6^th June - SEND Football Event
SEND (MLD / EBD) Year 6 & 7 Mixed and Girls Football Festival for Primary and Secondary DATE: Thursday 6th June 2024 Entries will close at 1800 on Friday 24th May 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)

Campaign News - Naturally Healthy May Campaign Engages With Young People

This May, the Naturally Healthy campaign, led by Active Devon and Devon County Council on behalf of the Devon Local Nature Partnership, has been actively engaging with young people across Devon. The goal is to explore the benefits of outdoor activity on mood, how it can support managing worries, and offer a enjoyable and healthy way to unwind after studying. We will be sharing lots of resources to support, but if you have a story to tell about how being active in nature helps pupils in your school, please get in touch on schools@activedevon.org 

Event News - Free Park Yoga Is Back In Locations Across Devon

Following on from the huge success of Park Yoga in 2023, it will be returning to lots of venues across Devon for 2024. Park Yoga is FREE and will be running every Sunday, 9.30am - 10.30am from Sunday 5th May - Sunday 22nd September. What a perfect way to encourage more movement and kick off Naturally Healthy May!

Mental Health Awareness Week Aims To Get Us Moving

Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place between 13th-19th May 2024. This year the theme is Movement: moving more for our mental health. We’ve selected three resources to help you include movement in your school to support your pupils mental health.
Join Paralympian Ade Adepitan and Blue Peter’s Shini Muthukrishnan for their Live Lesson on Monday 13^th May at 11am when they’ll be introducing a brand new BBC Moodboosters routine. Moodboosters are short, interactive videos that can be used by your class to get active, whilst supporting mental health and wellbeing. Find out more here.
Public Health England have created a Year 6 lesson plan. Pupils explore the link between physical and mental wellbeing. Developed with teachers and NHS approved, this lesson explores how looking after our physical health can have a positive impact on our mental wellbeing.
Pupils consider the different elements of physical wellbeing, including getting active, eating well, and getting good quality sleep.
Stormbreak is a charity that supports primary aged children’s mental health through movement. As well as paid for programme, they have an enormous range of free resources to support schools to embed mentally healthy movement in every school, for every child, every day.
We’d love to hear from and showcase schools that are using physical activity and movement to support the mental health of both pupils and/or staff. If you’ve got a story to share, please get in touch at schools@activedevon.org.

Resources News - Join ‘Path to Paris’ From Team GG and Paralympics GB and Inspire Children to Live More Active Lifestyles!  

Get children going on their virtual journey across the world to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with Path to Paris! Starting from Athens, create teams in schools and every time you get active you’ll earn kilometres to power your team bus and win some amazing prizes along the way! The final stretch will take the team through Great Britain and Northern Ireland so you can collect Team GB and Paralympics GB athletes and learn more about them, their sports, and the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. With loads of motivational activities and videos, get children moving to make sure their bus gets to Paris in time! Path to Paris fits in perfectly with the curriculum, with key learning points in PSHE / Health and wellbeing, Geography, History, and PE. Your class will be motivated to keep moving as they see their virtual teams make their way around the world – and because they’re having lots of fun too!

National School Sports Week is Back!

Are you excited for some fun this summer? National School Sports Week is back and it's going to be a blast! Starting from Monday, 17 - 23 June, they have planned a one-off event to celebrate Euro 2024 powered by Monster Kickabout ⚽. Don't miss out on the fun - there is FREE equipment, resources, lesson plans, and classroom activities, which have all been co-designed by young people, for young people. Check out the video to learn more and join  by registering below.