As teachers, having a great relationship with parents is key in ensuring the best for their child’s wellbeing. This is especially true when it comes to exercise, as it’s important to understand how active a child is being both at home and in school.
Here, we share some of the benefits of working with parents to support children’s exercise, and how we can help with this at Sport and Health Academy.
1. Relationship building
Through working with parents to support children’s exercise, you can build relationships that have your pupils’ best interests at heart. Both parents and teachers want what’s best for the children in their care, and exercise is certainly something that everyone can agree is vital for health, wellbeing, and development.
2. Straightforward for children
If a child’s teachers and parents are promoting exercise in the same way, they’re far more likely to embrace their P.E. lessons and other opportunities to get active both in and out of school. Children can become conflicted if their teachers and parents are saying different things on a topic, or are making something seem less important, so having both sets of authoritative figures coming together to champion exercise is vital in ensuring they understand the importance of it.
3. Sharing ideas
The more people you have sharing ideas, the more likely you are to come up with something successful, innovative, and appealing to everyone. For example, asking parents what they think will encourage their children to exercise and stay active could help teachers to plan new and exciting activities going forward. It might be that multiple children are telling their parents that they’d like to play football, and sharing this with their school could mean that football sessions are implemented.
4. Providing resources
There are numerous resources schools can provide to parents which will help to promote children’s exercise at home. Simple exercise plans to complete during the weekend can be a good example of this, as this will ensure children are moving outside of school and finding ways to stay active in a different environment. Offering after school care with a fitness element is something else schools can do to support parents and their child’s health and wellbeing.
5. Highlight the benefits
Highlighting the benefits of children’s exercise is a great way to bring teachers and parents together to embrace staying active. Top benefits which are sure to delight both teachers and parents include:
- Staying healthy
- An immune system boost
- Higher concentration levels
- Better sleep
- Learning to work as a team
- Positive mood
At Sport and Health Academy, we offer a range of school services that help children stay active, including PPA P.E. cover, after school care, and lunchtime activities. Through providing these services at your school, parents can rest assured that their child is getting the exercise they need.
Contact us today to find out more about what we offer. We’d love to discuss the needs of your school with you.
