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A collection of student stories and initiatives about sport.

This section offers access to a collection of toolkits to promote sport at school.

Physical Education Teachers They are the main point of reference for students at school
Teachers Teachers of all subjects can contribute to promote sport at school
School Directors Their support is a key element to promote sport at school
Resources A database of resources for teachers, PE teachers and school directors for the promotion of sport at school.

Sporting events are organised in each partner country

Sport Events Access the page with the sport events information

Guidelines for policy makers willing to raise awareness on the importance of promoting sport in schools

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How to promote the importance of sport at school

A Toolkit for School Director

10. Include a family or home-based element

Research demonstrates that programmes often do not sufficiently address the barriers hindering a child’s activity level. For interventions to be successful, it is important that professionals use parent’s and carer’s views on what helps and hinders physical activity to inform programme design. For example, it has been noted that children are more likely to participate in physical activity if their parents or carers enjoy and are supportive of the activity. Research has shown that parents and carers are more supportive of an activity if it is easy to access, is provided in a safe environment and has activities for other members of the family available at the same time.

Strategies
• Involve parents and carers in the planning and delivery of activities for children.
• Work with parents and carers to identify what they think makes an environment a safe place for their child to play.
• Keep parents and carers informed of any physical activity initiatives or schemes available to their children.
• Provide parents and carers with information on local physical activity opportunities the whole family can take part in.

Learning Objective

The learning objective of this step is to give school directors knowledge on how to work with parents as stakeholders who can support the school in its activities to promote sports.

Online Resources

Parent engagement The document provides strategies for Involving parents in school health.
Getting Parents Involved in Physical EducationAn article providing a teacher’s perspective on how parents can be involved in physical education lessons
A Coach’s Guide to Parental Roles and Responsibilities in Sport The document analyses how trainers and parents can communicate and work together to encourage kids participate in sports activities.
How to involve hard-to-reach parents; encouraging meaningful parental involvement with schoolsThe document is a guide how to effectively involve parents in school activities of different kind.