The video consists of a series of quick-cuts between a range of children participating in a different sports and physical activities. It focusses on the benefits for schools, teachers and children of taking part in the Active Lives Survey for children and young people.
Title: Introducing the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, including Sport England and The National Lottery Logos.
A young child plays tennis.
Onscreen copy: Understanding how children and young people choose to get active.
Two schoolgirls walk to school.
A group of children sit on the side of a swimming pool being taught to swim.
Two girls pass a ball between them.
Onscreen copy: How children aged 5-16 engage in sport and physical activity.
A young boy plays football.
Two children play on a roundabout.
Three children on roller-skates in a park.
Onscreen copy: What motivates young people to be active.
Children playing hockey.
A young girl throwing a ball.
Onscreen copy: Understanding the physical activity and wellbeing levels of children within your school.
A girl and male tutor practicing martial arts.
A young male playing wheelchair basketball.
A disabled male diving into a swimming pool.
Onscreen copy: Supporting children to be active and to tackle inequalities.
An overhead shot of a football pitch.
A group of children celebrating after a sack race.
Onscreen copy: Launched in 2017, completed by around 120,000 children and young people.
A parent and child working on a laptop.
Onscreen copy: 5,000 parents, 1,300 teachers.
A teacher and group of children in a classroom.
Onscreen copy: From around 1,500 schools across England each year.
A young child holding a balance bar.
Onscreen copy: Funded by UK Government.
A boy in a harness walking through a climbing tunnel.
A rolling basketball being picked up on an outdoor court.
A boy playing a tennis shot.
A girl throwing a ball in a playground.
A school game of cricket.
Onscreen copy: How sport and physical activity can contribute to whole-school improvement.
Two girls in ana engineering class.
Onscreen copy: And improve children’s mental health and wellbeing.
A child ringing a bike by a rugby pitch.
Onscreen copy: And we need your help.
A child walking in a coat and bobble hat.
Children doing gymnastics outside.
Onscreen copy: The ask.
A teacher and two students with tablets in a classroom.
Children on a desktop computer.
Onscreen copy: Easy to access and simple to complete within the school day. Secondary schools can also share the survey as homework.
Boy at home on his bed with a laptop.
Onscreen copy: Tailored to different age groups. Complete in around 20 minutes.
Children in a classroom.
Onscreen copy: One class, in up to three different year groups, fill out the questionnaires.
A teacher sat outside completing the survey on a tablet.
A young girl on a playground slide.
Onscreen copy: One teacher from each school, complete a 10-minute survey.
Parents with children completing the survey on a home computer.
Onscreen copy: Parents of Years 1 and 2 children encouraged and incentivised to complete a short survey.
Children swinging on climbing frame bars.
An adult and child running up stairs in a football kit.
Onscreen copy: Who can take part?
Classrooms with children filling in the survey.
Onscreen copy: All schools, including independent schools can take part in the free survey.
An overhead shot of a PE lesson.
Onscreen copy: Schools are randomly selected and invited to take part.
Children playing with a football in their hands.
A boy catching a cricket ball in a playground.
Two girls walk past a basketball court.
Children in school playing catch.
Onscreen copy: Non-selected schools can also opt in.
A coach teaching his pupils.
Onscreen copy: Support
A child riding a bike in a field.
A teacher and class in the classroom.
Onscreen copy: Local Active Partnership has been funded by Sport England to provide guidance and support.
A close-up of the survey onscreen.
Two teachers talking.
Onscreen copy: With class selection and provide top tips and resources.
Children running outside with a football.
Onscreen copy: The Benefits.
A school playground.
Onscreen copy: Three main benefits.
Children running back and forth on a playground.
Two adults and a child playing cricket outside.
Onscreen copy: Sampled schools can receive credit to spend on a range of sport and wellbeing equipment.
Children on a climbing frame.
Onscreen copy: Parents can also earn additional credits.
A group of children in on a football pitch in a class.
Onscreen copy: We’ll provide a bespoke and confidential report.
A group of children doing exercises inside.
A child in a wheelchair on an athletics track.
A teacher holding a child in a swimming pool.
A PE Lesson in a school playground.
Children playing outside a block of flats.
Onscreen copy: Use it to inform your PE, school sport and physical activity.
A teacher talks to pupils in a playground.
Three children push a child in a wheelchair down a school corridor.
A shot of a school and tennis courts in the foreground.
Onscreen copy: Receive a Department for Education Healthy Schools Rating.
A certificate being hung on a school wall.
Children playing outside.
A group of children playing with hula-hoops in a sports hall.
A child riding a bike through trees.
Onscreen copy: Be part of a national collective effort to help children and young people lead healthier, happier, and more active lives.
A girl on a swing.
Happy children running down school steps.
Onscreen copy: To find out more and to get involved contact your local Active Partnership.
A group of children in football kit holding a trophy. A QR code is in the top right corner to the following link.
Onscreen copy: www.activepartnerships.org/active-partnerships
The final screen has logos for Sport England, The National Lottery, Ipsos, Active Partnerships, and a line saying a special thanks to The Valley Community School and GreaterSport.
The full script can be read below:
Help us to create a healthier, happier future, by understanding how children and young people choose to get active.
The Active Lives Children and Young People Survey gather’s valuable data on how children aged 5-16 engage in sport and physical activity.
It helps schools, parents, policy makers and local communities understand what motivates young people to be active.
It provides a unique understanding of the physical activity and wellbeing levels of children within your school.
and informs how resources are invested to support children to be active and to tackle inequalities.
Launched in 2017, the survey is completed by around: 120,000 children and young people; 5,000 parents; and 1,300 teachers, from around 1,500 schools across England each year.
Sport England developed the survey together with Government and take pride in the collective effort and the valuable insight it provides.
We want to further build our understanding of the attitudes and behaviours of children...
And reveal how sport and physical activity can contribute to whole-school improvement and improve children’s mental health and wellbeing.
And we need your help.
We have designed the survey to be easy toaccess online and simple for schools to complete within the school day.
Secondary schools can also share the survey as homework.
The survey is tailored to different age groups so the children find them enjoyable to complete - in around 20 minutes.
One class, in up to three different year groups, is asked to fill out the questionnaires.
We also ask one teacher from each school to complete a 10-minute survey to give some broader context.
Parents of Years 1 and 2 children are encouraged and incentivised to complete a short survey to help build a stronger picture of their child’s activity levels.
Who can take part?
All schools with pupils in years 1-11, including independent schools, can take part in the free survey – even if they have taken part before.
Schools are randomly selected and invited to take part in the Active Lives Survey by Sport England and invited by their local Active Partnership to participate.
Non-selected schools can also opt-in to do the survey as they too find the data valuable.
Support
We appreciate that schools and teachers are very busy, so your local Active Partnership has been funded by Sport England to provide guidance and support.
They can assist you with class selection and provide top tips and resources to help everyone complete the surveys.
The benefits
As a school, there are three main benefits to completing Active Lives:
Sampled schools can receive credit to spend on a range of sport and wellbeing equipment.
Parents can also earn additional credits by completing the parent survey for Year 1 and 2 pupils.
We’ll provide a bespoke and confidential report providing valuable insight on children’s activity levels, physical literacy, swimming proficiency, wellbeing, self-efficacy and levels of social trust.
Use it to inform your PE, school sport and physical activity, as well as supporting evidence for Ofsted.
By taking part, schools will also receive a Department for Education Healthy Schools Rating (HSRS) and a certificate that can be displayed in school.
This is your opportunity to be part of a national collective effort to help children and young people lead healthier, happier and more active lives.
To find out more and to get involved, please contact your local Active Partnership.
