60 Active Minutes

What is 60 Active Minutes?

 The Chief Medical Officer recommends that young people aged 5-18 should take part in an average of 60 minutes of moderate/ vigorous Physical Activity a day across the week (or 20 minutes per day for Disabled Children and Disabled Young People).

They should take part in a variety of types and intensities of Physical Activity across the week to:

• develop movement skills,
• strengthen muscles and bones,
• reduce the time spent sitting or lying down
• break up long periods of not moving with some activity
• spread activity throughout the day

Schools should aim to deliver 30 minutes of Physical Activity for every child and support them to access 30 minutes more outside of school.

The School Games supports schools to follow these recommendations by:

• offering events created to tackle inequalities by engaging those who would benefit the most from increasing the amount of physical activity they take part in
• creating daily activity strategies to engage the least active groups
• sharing and celebrating practice from active schools through training opportunities, impact awards and case studies

Other support available may come through:

• using the free activity resources available here
• downloading resources from the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) here or by visiting the Resources page on the School Games website, if your school is already registered.

As a School Sport Partnership, we have developed 60 Active Minutes training which is available to all Chester schools to help them to understand: