A-life Health & Fitness Workshops for Schools
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Listed under: School Workshops | Food and Nutrition | PE (Physical Education/Sport) | PSHE | Science | Special Educational Needs (SEN) | Team Building | Health & Fitness | Sport Workshops
What are our school workshops like?
Every school is unique so we work with you to create a timetable where you can ‘Pick and Mix’ to cater for the needs of your school. Choose from:
Hands-on Healthy Workshop – a 1 hour hands-on session for up to 60 pupils (Nursery-Yr6) that engages and motivates children as they gain new learning and embed existing knowledge on the topic of the human body and keeping healthy. Topics include: the human body, healthy eating, a balanced diet, nutritional values, importance of physical activity, teeth, hygiene, sleep, household safety, alcohol & drugs (Yr5/6 only) and making informed choices.
Fun Fitness Sessions - designed to give all pupils a full body workout at the same time as reinforcing the key messages of keeping healthy from the hands-on workshop. A fun-packed, non-stop, fast-paced session that motivates pupils to understand that keeping active is a vital part of staying healthy and can be a lot of fun (Nursery-Yr6).
Alcohol & Drug Awareness Workshop – a safe environment for pupils to begin considering this sensitive subject, which many schools and families find difficult to tackle. Our experienced coaches, with hands-on activities and anecdotal stories, will provide a comfortable and relaxed space in which to explore the issues surrounding drugs and alcohol, as well as the associated issues of peer pressure (Yr5-8).
To embed the learning further and achieve maximum impact, we also offer:
Staff PE Training/CPD
Parent Sessions
Online 7-day Healthy Challenge (included FREE with any Healthy Workshop booking)
Our aim is to make learning about healthy living fun and we know that children learn best when they are engaged, stimulated, and involved. That’s why we have designed our workshops to include minimal teaching from the front and maximum pupil participation, using our unique and multi-sensory activities. This ensures children will learn lots and, most importantly, remember what they have learnt and put it into action. We also work with parents, teachers and councils for maximum impact and sustainability.
What makes us a great choice for education?
Experience
Celebrating our 15th year, we have educated almost 1 million children across the UK about keeping healthy. Over 900 schools have used A-life workshops to support their teaching, giving us outstanding feedback and a 5 star rating almost every time. Our tried and tested resources have been given the thumbs up by the children who love the hands-on nature of the workshops and experienced coaches. In recognition of this level of experience we work as a commissioned provider for a number of councils and are a recognised supplier under the Healthy Schools London programme.
Engagement and Accessibility
Our hands-on workshops use lots of specialist equipment with uniquely designed tasks and challenges that are fun but educational, bringing the curriculum to life in a way that is not possible in the classroom, so that children can understand the information and remember it. It has been said that an A-life day is like having the science museum to your school! We bring a huge variety of audio, visual and kinesthetic resources to your school that will actively engage and stimulate all pupils, including those with language limitations, SEN or mixed ages and abilities, while you can be assured that your curriculum and Ofsted boxes are being ticked.
Curriculum Coverage
Our workshops have been designed to tick a vast number of Science, PE, PSHE and cross-curricula objectives for you (please contact us for a specific curriculum map) as well as contributing towards Ofsted expectations that ‘pupils will be offered a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes their good behaviour and safety and their spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development’. The Government has set out healthy living as a priority, with financial input into local educational authorities and schools with the aim to improve the quality of PE and sport in schools and to reduce obesity amongst children.
The A-life 7 Day Healthy Challenge!
Included with any Healthy Workshop booking is our great fun, interactive online quiz to follow up the teaching from the hands-on healthy workshops and provide a sustainable tool to continue the teaching after our visit. As pupils log their activities throughout a 7 day period and answer questions about healthy living, fun characters reveal facts and tips, teaching children computer skills as well as covering much of the curriculum for PSHE and healthy living.
Community Learning
Our programme gets the whole family involved, helping children and families to make healthy choices and develop healthy habits. The home / school partnership is supported as we invite parents to join in with our 7 day healthy challenge, encourage them to attend the workshops and provide letters to send home, explaining what their children have been learning. Our programme connects councils, schools and families for maximum sustainability and impact.
Value for Money
We often teach 300 children in a school day making our workshops excellent value for money and our extensive curriculum provision ensures maximum impact and reduces the need for further costly providers or trips.
Areas Visited
We visit schools across the country in England and Wales. (A small travel surcharge may apply, depending on your location.)
Accreditation and Awards
We are a leading provider of healthy workshops, commissioned by 5 councils to run various health programmes for multiple schools.
We are a recognised supplier under the Healthy Schools London programme.
What is typically included on our school trips?
You can mix and match from our workshops to create a timetable to suit your school's needs. Here is a little more information on each of the sessions we offer, please contact us with the sessions you are interested in and we will be happy to put together a bespoke timetable for you.
Healthy workshops
Session length: 1 hour (approx.)
No. of pupils per session: up to 60
Age suitability: Nursery-Year 6
These workshops are super fun with engaging activities that are highly educational and use audio-visual, kinesthetic learning and minimal teaching from the front, maximum pupil participation. They are differentiated throughout, increasing in difficulty as pupils progress through the key stages. Pupils are challenged to stretch themselves beyond their existing knowledge and experience of healthy living as they solve problems, answer thought-provoking questions and complete progressively more difficult tasks. The wide range of activities we provide ensures all pupils can access our workshops, irrespective of their age or ability. Activities are stimulating and engaging with the key messages of looking after our bodies and keeping healthy infiltrating our whole programme.
Topics include: The human body, Healthy eating, A balanced diet, Nutritional values, The importance of physical activity, Teeth, Hygiene, Where food comes from, Sleep, Household safety, Smoking (Year 3+), Alcohol and drugs and making informed choices (Year 5/6 only)
Feedback from pupils includes:
The best day of school EVER!
Can they come again next week?
Fitness Sessions
Session length: 30 minutes (KS1) 45 minutes (KS2)
No. of pupils per session: up to 60
Age suitability: Nursery-Year 6
Our Fitness Sessions are designed to give all pupils a full body workout at the same time as reinforcing the key messages of keeping healthy from the hands-on workshop. We provide a fun-packed, non-stop, fast-paced, sweat inducing session that motivates pupils to understand that keeping active is a vital part of staying healthy. Our aim is to encourage children to choose active lifestyles and to help them realise that being active and choosing to participate in exercise can be a lot of fun.
EYFS-KS1: Children are taken through a fun, well-paced 30 minutes of active play jungle trails, Olympic activities and short games, combining fitness with numeracy and healthy living facts in a very active and thoroughly enjoyable session.
KS2: A 45 minute circuit fitness session using a mixture of specialist equipment to challenge children's strength, jumping, balance, fitness, flexibility and coordination in a fun but controlled environment. Exposes them to new forms of exercise with circuits including: boxing, trampolining, push-up hockey, the balance challenge, the gym zone and more.
Alcohol and Drug Awareness Workshop
Session length: 1 hour 15 minutes
No. of pupils per session: 30
Age suitability: Year 5-8
Our unique Alcohol and Drug Awareness Workshops (Years 5 - 8) create a safe environment for pupils to begin considering this sensitive subject. We aim to prepare not to scare as we delve into the issues around the potential dangers and health problems associated with drugs, alcohol and smoking. Pupils find this workshop setting, led by a trained A-life coach, a comfortable and relaxed space in which to explore the issues surrounding drugs and alcohol, as well as the associated issues of peer pressure and knowing how to make informed, sensible decisions. Our experienced coaches will provide a fun and relaxed approach, offering hands on activities and anecdotal stories to help children engage in this serious and important topic which many schools and families find difficult to tackle.
Topics include: What are drugs? What does a drug do? The benefits and dangers of drugs, Medicines and legal drugs, Illegal drugs, Alcohol and units, Binge drinking, Short and long term consequences of drinking, Young people and alcohol, The effects of smoking, E-cigarettes, Peer pressure, Legal information and more
Staff PE CPD Training
Session length: 1 hour (after the school day)
No. of teachers per session: up to 35
Age suitability: All ages and abilities
A-life Staff Training sessions are packed full of games and ideas for teachers. From basic warm up ideas to team games, to skills sessions, our A-life team will provide plenty of activities and ideas to inspire and equip staff as they go back to their classrooms and deliver PE. Our staff training session takes place after the school day and is really practical - staff may want to bring comfy shoes as we ask them to get involved with the games and activities (participation is, of course, not compulsory). Due to the nature of this practical session, we also find that this CPD training soon becomes a team building and staff bonding session as an extra benefit. After the session, we will provide a pack containing all the ideas (and many others) that we covered in the session.
Parent Sessions
Session length: 30 mins - 1 hour
No. of parents per session: up to 30
Option 1: Healthy workshop
Your A-life coach sets up the workshop (usually Year 6 level) for parents to investigate and take part in some of the hands-on healthy activities. The coach will then talk to the parents as a group about packed lunches and/or any subject of your choice, and finish off with a questions and answers session.
Option 2: Circuits fitness session
Your A-life coach will prepare a mini version of the children's fitness session to get the parents hot and sweaty!
(Both of these sessions are flexible - they can be adults-only or have children join their parents to learn / get active as a family).
Online 7-day Healthy Challenge
Included with any Healthy Workshop booking is our great fun, interactive online quiz to follow up the teaching from the workshops and provide a sustainable tool to continue the teaching after our visit. Children log their healthy habits throughout the week and print a personalised certificate at the end showing their health score and brain score. The whole family can take part, getting the messages into the home, which we know is key for change to take place.
Group Sizes Catered For
Healthy Workshops – 60 children per 1 hour workshop (300 children in a day)
Fitness Sessions – 60 children per session (480 children in a day)
Alcohol & Drug Awareness Workshop – 30 children per session (120 in a day)
Most days we see 300 children for a one hour Healthy Workshop or 180 children twice in one day for a morning Healthy Workshop and afternoon Fitness Session.
Materials, Resources & Information Provided
During a School Visit (Healthy Workshop / Fitness Session / Alcohol & Drug Awareness Workshop
Schools are always happily surprised by just how many resources we bring on a day and how high quality they are, engaging for children of all abilities, including SEN & children that do not speak English. The resources change for different age groups and your A-life coach will pitch the activities just right to suit the wide range of abilities and needs. The activities are brilliant for EYFS up to Year 6 pupils. Please email us and we will happily send you a copy of the curriculum covered for each age group or click here.
Staff PE Training CPD
We provide the option for Staff PE Training CPD after a school visit for the whole staff. A-life training sessions are packed full of games and ideas for teachers. From basic warm up ideas to team games, to skills sessions, our A-life team will provide plenty of activities and ideas to inspire and equip staff as they go back to their classrooms and deliver PE. After the session, we will provide a pack containing all the ideas (and many others) that we covered in the session.
Lesson Plans & Resources
Our website provides a wealth of information to help support teachers and parents alike in educating children to lead healthy and active lifestyles. Please visit www.a-life.co.uk for some useful lesson plans, educational games and resources, interesting articles and links to other websites that may be of use.
The A-life 7 Day Healthy Challenge!
Included with any Healthy Workshop booking is our great fun, interactive online quiz to follow up the teaching from the hands on healthy workshops and provide a sustainable tool to continue the teaching after our visit. As pupils log their activities throughout a 7 day period and answer questions about healthy living, fun characters reveal facts and tips, teaching children computer skills as well as covering much of the curriculum for PSHE and healthy living.
Pricing Information
A-life sessions start from £1.03 per pupil per session, depending on the number of children taking part and the sessions chosen. It’s best to include multiple year groups to get the best value out of a day (the more children included, the lower the cost per child):
£499+vat for a full day (off peak)
£549+vat for a full day (peak)
£349+vat for a half day (off peak)
£399+vat for a half day (peak)
*Peak prices apply from SATS week to the end of the summer term
Clothing Requirements
School uniform is fine. During the fitness sessions we would recommend children change into PE kits as they will sweat a lot!
Testimonials
We consistently receive outstanding feedback from all the schools we visit. Here are a few, or you can see more on our website, a-life.co.uk:
Highest possible recommendation! 5*! St Stephen’s Primary School, Shepherd’s Bush
I would highly recommend A- life. The interactive ‘healthy lifestyle’ workshop & fitness session were both of a high standard & managed to cover so many different curriculum objectives in a way we would not have been able to deliver as a school. A-life delivered a similar hands-on experience to the science museum. Well planned & resourced, inspiring, challenging and created enthusiasm amongst the pupils – Great price and no hassle to organise. I will definitely be booking A-life again! 5*." Helen Rushton, Frith Manor Primary School
A fantastic day - the resources and organisation were excellent. All children could participate fully. 5* Emmbrook Infant school, Wokingham
A-life’s motivational genius has achieved more in a week than I have managed in 7 years and I am so thankful for it. Please let A-life know they have worked magic on my son. 5*. Parent from St Andrews School, Eastbourne
I am extremely impressed with the A-life coach’s organisational and delivery skills. All pitched at the correct level. The resources used are highly effective and fully engaging, where children have been extremely motivated. Teachers have been impressed and have decided to use some of the style of lesson to use in their own teaching for maths and history type lesson. Cannot express enough how impressed we are with the whole project. Thank you. 5*.” Elsley Primary School, Wembley
