After a one year trial following persuasion from parents, one California School has made a dramatic change to their classrooms by removing all traditional desks and replacing them with standing desks and resting stools. The teachers at Vallecito Elementary in the San Francisco Bay area have reported that standing students demonstrate “increased concentration, less fidgeting, […]
In light of the shocking revelation that for the first time in history children’s life expectancy is 5 years shorter than their parents designedtomove.org has published a powerful video showing us what children would choose to do with 5 years extra to live. In 2010 Nike formed a group of 70+ organisations whose mission it was […]
Guardian reporter Sally Williams has produced an editorial detailing examples of home-schooling throughout the UK citing statistics from the BBC that show a 40% rise in children being home-schooled since 2014-15. They point out the real number is likely to be even higher given that data is only collected on children who have been removed from […]
More than one in five children are considered obese by the time the leave primary school according to new official NHS data. In just over a decade child obesity rates have risen more than a third and are now at a record high. More than 24,000 children in England are now considered severely obese whilst […]
One of our EIGER Student Primary School customers had a special visitor today – Prince Charles. Damers is a brand new, purpose built school built in Poundbury which is an urban extension to the Dorset county town of Dorchester, built on Duchy of Cornwall land according to architectural principles advocated by The Prince of Wales. Damers […]
A report by MPs and peers has warned telling children to “sit still” sets them up for a lifetime of obesity. Parents and teachers should encourage children’s natural inclination to be physically active instead of telling them to stop fidgeting or to be seated for long periods. Fitness experts said today’s children were being fed a […]
Oliver Holcroft and Rufus Gordon-Dean, ex-Army officers who between them spent 700 days battling the Taliban in Helmand Province, are at the forefront of one of London’s fastest growing trends. The pair of former public schoolboys have set up their own preschool company, offering physical, brain-stimulating classes to children between the ages of two and […]
This week we’ve been featured in the National news with our EIGER Student standing desk and one of our customers. Kewstoke Primary in Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare were approached by The Times. The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Sun about them purchasing EIGER Students and why. To finish it off ITV News cameras went to the […]
Denise Lewis is a UK Olympic Gold medallist and a full time mother. Her household is extremely active (as you may have guessed!) but she understands they are not the norm. Just 23 per cent of boys and 20 per cent of girls meet the national recommended level of activity, according to a survey by […]
Ex England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio wants Ofsted to focus on physical activity as much as academic achievement. Assessing how physically active pupils are as part of a school’s performance would have a positive impact on the childhood obesity problem. One in three UK children leave primary school overweight or obese. Research suggests that without […]
