Page 7 - Unit 7 Understanding Physical Stressors
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Supporting children’s physical well-          We can’t control the amount or quality of sleep             We can’t control children’s diets, but
    being                                         children have, but we can educate our children.             we can support good eating and
                                                                                                              educate about healthy eating.
    ▪ An increasing number of adults now wear  ▪ Teach children the importance of sleep. In the home, this
       fit bits and keep a keen eye on their daily   could be through You Tube clips. At school, this should   ▪ Teach children the importance of
       exercise levels. Children need exercise too,   be through the curriculum.                                 healthy, balanced diets. In schools, this
       yet are often sedentary places. It is vital   ▪ Teach strategies and routines for good sleep hygiene.     should be within the curriculum (links
       that we support children to develop good      Work with your child to find out other people’s sleep       with science, PSE).
       exercise habits early on in their lives:      hygiene tips.                                            ▪ At home, keep healthy snacks in the
       every adult can make a big difference to   ▪ For schools, keep the importance of sleep high profile by    fridge and cupboard and don’t keep
       this.                                         holding a ’Sleep Hygiene’ day. Put posters around the       unhealthy ones in the house / school.
    ▪ Plan into each day several short bursts of     school, hold assemblies and show videos on the              Remember – make unhelpful habits as
       exercise. You may feel there isn’t time for   importance of sleep:                                        hard as possible and helpful ones as
       this, yet the dividends it will bring to   ▪ KS1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oEXGiWV3p8              easy as possible.
       children’s memory and concentration will   ▪ KS2+                                                      ▪ For schools:
       make it well worth it. Include 10 minutes     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxWv6PM4EM              ✓ Open a student-run healthy snack shop
       of aerobic exercise, 10 mins of distance      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpkfMuXJnWI                 (liaise with local fruit/veg & wholefood
       jogging and ten mins of contrasting        ▪ Include sleep hygiene tips in school newsletters and         suppliers).
       movement such as yoga:                        provide information for parents:                         ✓ Provide funded breakfast clubs
       https://www.cosmickids.com/                ▪ http://www.sleepcouncil.org.uk/wp-                        ✓ Ensure healthy hot meals at lunch are
    ▪ Help children get into a habit of taking       content/uploads/2015/02/the_good_night_guide_for_chil       available to all pupils.
       movement breaks every 45 minutes – vary       dren.pdf                                                 ✓ Deliver a good quality (with structured
       it each time with jumping jacks on one     ▪ https://sleepcouncil.org.uk/sleep-advice-scenarios/meet-     progression) teaching programme of
       break, marching on the spot on the next       david-sleep-advice-for-teenagers/                           food technology so that all children leave
       and squats on another.                     ▪ For those children who are constantly tired ib the day,      school able to prepare dishes for a daily
    ▪ Design daily structures that involve regular   use coaching to unpick barriers and support them in         balanced diet.
       movement around the house, classroom or       developing strategies for securing good sleep hygiene -  ▪ At home, teach your child how to cook a
       school.                                       take a curious and solution-finding approach.               set of healthy meals.
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