SCHOOLS ON THE MOVE 2004 - 2007

1. SCHOOLS ON THE MOVE2004 - 2007 Anu Oittinen, coordinator www.koulutliikkeelle.fi

2. Wide project on city level • situated in the School centre of the City of Turku • 18 primary schools, 3 secondary schools (=basic education), 3 upper secondary schools, vocational institute • different sectors of the city • National networks • The Young Finland Association • European co-operation • Active living -network • EU / Public Health Programme: Shape Up

3. BACKGROUND • + positive impacts of physical activity (PA) on health, wellbeing, concentration, learning etc. • + Turku strategy: wellbeing of children, adolescent and families (financial background) • + positive experience of previous cross sectional projects (Motion2000) • +/- Finnish students are good learners but they don’t feel at home at school • - decrease in physical activity of children and adolescent • - childhood obesity • SCHOOLS ON THE MOVE • MORE PA TO WHOLE SCHOOLDAY

4. GOALS • To use PA to increase the wellbeing of children and adolescent and help them to feel more cosy / at home at school. • - to develop the operational culture and environment in schools in order to promote physical activity • - operational processes in schools through which new ways to support physical activities are found.

5. OPERATIONAL PROCESSES IN SCHOOLS (participation, activation, own needs and aspirations) FINDING THE COMMON INTEREST AREAS (training, material, products, networks, co-operation, influencing decision making and strategic processes) THE CHANGE IN OPERATIONAL CULTURE

6. LEVELS OF ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCE SCHOOL LEVEL PROJECT LEVEL CITY LEVEL NAT. & INT. LEVEL Own needs and expectations Participation Activation Operational projects Common interest areas Products Materials Training Networks Co-operation Strategy and policy making Developing new plans Financing Partners National & int. projects

7. Funding from health promotion appropriations? Developing sport club activities How to add PA and health information to communication between school and home Traffic guidance by adults, “traffic grandparents” • commitment of schools involving physically passive • health promotion • prevention of social exclusion • co-operation with school health service • co-operation with sports clubs Positive communication and interaction PA on a way to school “schoolwaymaps” ∙ www ∙ interaction between school and home ∙ Co-operation with school health service Schoolyards, facilities A change in the structure of a school day PA ON BREAKS ∙ Longer breaks - more time for PA and work • Equipment for games and play • Reviving play culture • - training/happenings/posters/book • - traditional games • new games invented by children • training of break activators • Experiments and happenings at schools- play breaks • - games during the breaks • Activators • School yard paintings PA with friends ”Personal trainer” ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute Main lines of the project Need for ”subproject”

8. Equipment for games and play Equipment basket, stand & posters

9. New games invented by children & Activation boards

10. School yard projects

12. Training of break activators • PA on breaks • PA with friends • primary schools • secondary schools, upper secondary schools • annually repeated?

14. Funding from health promotion appropriations? Developing sport club activities How to add PA and health information to communication between school and home Traffic guidance by adults, “traffic grandparents” • commitment of schools involving physically passive • health promotion • prevention of social exclusion • co-operation with school health service • co-operation with sports clubs Positive communication and interaction PA on a way to school “schoolwaymaps” ∙ www ∙ interaction between school and home ∙ Co-operation with school health service Schoolyards, facilities A change in the structure of a school day PA ON BREAKS ∙ Longer breaks - more time for PA and work • Equipment for games and play • Reviving play culture • - training/happenings/posters/book • - traditional games • new games invented by children • training of break activators • Experiments and happenings at schools- play breaks • - games during the breaks • Activators • School yard paintings PA with friends ”Personal trainer” ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute Main lines of the project Need for ”subproject”

15. SCHOOL YARD DEVELOPMENT • The goal of Turku Strategy 2005-2008 • School yard development + neighbourhood PA facilities • - city level plan: criterion -> prioritisation • - individual schoolyard plans: participative planning, realisation of the first school yards

18. Funding from health promotion appropriations? Developing sport club activities How to add PA and health information to communication between school and home Traffic guidance by adults, “traffic grandparents” • commitment of schools involving physically passive • health promotion • prevention of social exclusion • co-operation with school health service • co-operation with sports clubs Positive communication and interaction PA on a way to school “schoolwaymaps” ∙ www ∙ interaction between school and home ∙ Co-operation with school health service Schoolyards, facilities A change in the structure of a school day PA ON BREAKS ∙ Longer breaks - more time for PA and work • Equipment for games and play • Reviving play culture • - training/happenings/posters/book • - traditional games • new games invented by children • training of break activators • Experiments and happenings at schools- play breaks • - games during the breaks • Activators • School yard paintings PA with friends ”Personal trainer” ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute Main lines of the project Need for ”subproject”

21. Funding from health promotion appropriations? Developing sport club activities How to add PA and health information to communication between school and home Traffic guidance by adults, “traffic grandparents” • commitment of schools involving physically passive • health promotion • prevention of social exclusion • co-operation with school health service • co-operation with sports clubs Positive communication and interaction PA on a way to school “schoolwaymaps” ∙ www ∙ interaction between school and home ∙ Co-operation with school health service Schoolyards, facilities A change in the structure of a school day PA ON BREAKS ∙ Longer breaks - more time for PA and work • Equipment for games and play • Reviving play culture • - training/happenings/posters/book • - traditional games • new games invented by children • training of break activators • Experiments and happenings at schools- play breaks • - games during the breaks • Activators • School yard paintings PA with friends ”Personal trainer” ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute Main lines of the project Need for ”subproject”

22. Sport club activities for physically passive • Helppi-kerho • Aktiv • Vauhtimatka • Rento-kerho • Sportti-kerho • Liikkari • Turbo-kerho

23. Funding from health promotion appropriations? Developing sport club activities How to add PA and health information to communication between school and home Traffic guidance by adults, “traffic grandparents” • commitment of schools involving physically passive • health promotion • prevention of social exclusion • co-operation with school health service • co-operation with sports clubs POSITIVE COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION PA on a way to school “schoolwaymaps” ∙ www ∙ interaction between school and home ∙ Co-operation with school health service Schoolyards, facilities A change in the structure of a school day PA ON BREAKS ∙ Longer breaks - more time for PA and work • Equipment for games and play • Reviving play culture • - training/happenings/posters/book • - traditional games • new games invented by children • training of break activators • Experiments and happenings at schools- play breaks • - games during the breaks • Activators • School yard paintings PA with friends ”Personal trainer” ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute ∙ upper comprehensive and secondary schools, Turku vocational institute Main lines of the project Need for ”subproject”

24. A contact booklet as a source of health information • a booklet for pupils • a folder for teachers

25. PA diary For the pupils of: • Secondary schools • Upper secondary schools • Vocational institute

27. YEAR 2007 • “More PA to a school day” as a permanent theme at schools in Turku • PA & well-being in the strategies on the city level & the Teaching and Education department -> also to the strategies of the schools • As a part of the job description of physical education instructors at Teaching and Education department Evaluation, reporting Securing of the follow-up/additional funding? (EU-funding, wellbeing funds, the City of Turku etc.)

28. PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROJECT: With small concrete steps towards the high goal - the change in operational culture!