"We've been informed that your PAL (Physically Active Learning) programme is backed by research. Would you be interested in supporting 30 schools as part of Bradford Clinical Commissioning Group?" This was the questioned posed to us by Dr Grainne Dickerson, Public Health Specialist and Health Psychologist. Needless to say, we jumped at the chance.
30 schools - let's do the Maths! That's getting on for 13,000 children. Not only that, but some of the schools are secondary/high schools. New challenges and new opportunities.
Now that Covid-19 lockdowns are easing, we have started working with these 30 schools - training teachers so they are confident and competent, delivering PAL approaches by themselves. The structures are now in place to deliver training across different platforms - including a series of webinars and face to face sessions. A perfect blend of digital and analogue.
Watch this space for future developments...