METRO Issue 2 January 2019 IN THIS ISSUE: Family Fun in the Aiming to be the School Holidays Meals and activities supplied by VAS most active school Upcycle Making the most in Sheffield… of what’s available at Shooter’s Grove Words by Dom McDermott, a teacher at Hinde House Primary School and Move More Ambassador Primary School A look back at Move More month 2018 The highlights and achievements of a city, together in activity Active Environments How funding is transforming local parks and playgrounds An active outdoor lesson at in Sheffield Hinde House Primary. Move More Have we bitten off more than we can chew? Hopefully not! Physical activity Ambassadors and attainment have long been linked and at Hinde House Primary we strongly believe in the benefits. Children want to move more and schools Stories are in a fantastic position to support this. A round-up from across the unique network of Creating active learning environments is how often we hear: ‘This is the best day of nothing new at Hinde House. We have my life.’ community activators been taking children Beyond the Four Walls Wheelie Wednesday encourages children to for more than ten years. Every week our travel to school on their own wheels. We get activity programme takes a class out of Move More Sport 100 children wheeling in through glorious school for the whole day. We start local, and The city celebrated its sunshine but also in rain, wind and the cold! for many children this can be their first visit many achievements to green spaces. Bikes are often used in lessons too, they’re and shining stars in a great when looking at friction and gears As they get older, we explore Mayfield number of high profile in science and children can often be seen Valley and Ecclesall Woods using local scooting for the answer in a maths lesson! events – we review transport and our feet! By Year 5 we are them. walking to Meadowhall to catch a train We are raring to go to ‘Introduce a parent to out to the Peak District National Park and the HHK’, the Hinde House Kilometre, our tackling challenging walks, including a dip version of the Daily Mile. CALL FOR ARTICLES in Padley Gorge. Every trip is linked to an area of the curriculum, uses local transport Want to know more about how to make Send your articles to: and is able to be enjoyed again by children your school more active? Get in touch with [email protected] with their families and friends. It’s amazing our super Move More Ambassador - Dom McDermott: [email protected] Issue 2 January 2019 January 2019 Issue 2 Modeshift STARS Case Study: Family Upcycled Wooden Pallet Cycle Storage UP-CYCLE! Shooters Grove Primary School, Sheffield fun in the school holidays One-in-three Sheffield school available across the city in areas with “VAS is proud to have led this project children have free school meals high levels of Child Poverty. Local which has made a huge impact to Shooter’s Grove Primary are embedding active travel in their daily school life using wooden pallets – and school holidays can stretch charities ran the schemes including children and families across Sheffield. Yes, really! Manor and Castle Development Trust, We want to thank all our partners family budgets. Sheffield City Zest, Sharrow Community Forum, for working so hard to meet the high The school wanted to boost pupil about issues around the environment, of the cycle storage where children Council worked with Voluntary Heeley City Farm, The Furnival, demand. skills and the confidence to be able to conservation and how to reduce waste and parents enjoyed a free healthy Action Sheffield to provide Shipshape, SOAR and Pitsmoor cycle safely, not only for school but for by recycling materials. breakfast and had a chance to ride in Holiday schemes not only reduce the independent journeys, making cycling the playground. This was followed by activities and nutritious meals Adventure Playground. Food was The school worked with local financial strain and food insecurity for a more accessible and natural choice. a cycle safety assembly for the whole provided by The Real Junk Food businesses, getting the wooden to make sure children didn’t families over the holidays, they stop school, where children learned about Project and Fare Share Yorkshire. One barrier was found to be a lack of pallets from a builders merchant. go hungry, get them out of the parents feeling isolated and introduce how to keep themselves safe when storage where cycles could be kept The caretaker built the bike racks them to volunteering. Over 3,450 kids riding their bikes and the importance house and to Move More. upright and safe. Bikes were being once the children had painted the Almost 3 tonnes of got out of the house and made new of being seen by other road users. • 11,300 meals were provided with friends. Families also tried different left on the floor and getting damaged pallets. There was a grand opening community picnics, sports, arts unwanted food went to food and learnt how to cook healthy when the existing storage was full. and science activities. a good cause - instead of meals at home.” The idea came through the school’s It’s a great example of how a low cost solution can solve • 60 volunteers donated almost 2,000 going to landfill. Active Travel Officer Paula Edwards to hours to help cook, clean up and To find out more about running make their own storage by upcycling a potentially expensive problem. similar schemes, visit play with the kids. Maddy Desforges, Chief Executive old wooden pallets. Children learned www.fillingtheholidaygap.org or to from Voluntary Action Sheffield said: Holiday activity programmes were volunteer visit www.vas.org.uk Schools Yorkshire Tour 2018 HSBC UK Let’s Ride Events and Sheffield’s SY STARS Officers worked in partnership with Breeze Rides Active Burngreave British Cycling coaches and Forge Valley Cycle Track to host Sheffield’s leg of the Schools Yorkshire Tour in June 2018. On Sunday 15 July, Sheffield hosted the HSBC Lets Ride event which closed the roads of Sheffield for a street Active Burngreave uses sport to provide a sense of belonging and tackle local health inequalities. Over 50 children from Sheffield took part in the event and festival for thousands of bikes. In fantastic weather, valuable practical cycle skills were learned. The aim is People, organisations and projects and work together to increase Four young men completed the locals got on their bikes to ride the 6.5km route, taking in to help children gain confidence in cycling and see it as a are helping bring the community opportunities, supported by Community Sport Leaders Awards landmarks as well as a host of family-friendly activities. together, using local places and Community Development Worker, and have led weekly activities for positive form of transport. A baton was passed between HSBC UK Breeze offers fun, free bike rides for women skills to develop Burngreave’s own Safiya Saeed. around 40 men at Concord Sports schools on its way to the city boundary for the Barnsley leg. of all abilities across the UK. It doesn’t matter if you’re approach to help everyone lead Centre. A total of 162 schools took part in this fantastic event. Over 1,000 people have taken part keeping fit, young at heart, wise beyond your years, or healthy and active lives. in weekly activities in the past two don’t know how to change the gears. Every woman is Local groups receive support years and 70 people have received “We need to work welcome on our HSBC UK Breeze Rides. training to become volunteers. together to make sure we We know it’s easier said than done, so our Breeze Success Story: Big Brother continue to shine in our Champions will organise everything, lead the group and make sure everyone stays safe. It’s free and it’s fun. Burngreave lets young people community.” shine Find out more at www.letsride.co.uk This project lets young people deliver Sahal Bare who completed the There are plenty of other ways to keep riding throughout their own activities, develop skills, award earlier this year said: “We are the year with Let’s Ride in Sheffield. We organise friendships and aspirations. young people with bright futures. everything from huge traffic-free rides through major During the two-week Tour, the baton travelled over Community leaders volunteer their It can sometimes feel as if there are towns and cities to small local rides which are great for 640km, starting in North Yorkshire and passing through, time to mentor young people to influences on your life which are families and beginners. We train volunteers to lead and East Riding, York, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, ensure they stay involved in positive stopping your lights from shining.” inspire and we help you find great cycling routes, and Barnsley, Wakefield, Kirklees, Bradford, and Calderdale activities. people to explore them with. before ultimately finishing in Leeds. 2 3 Issue 2 January 2019 January 2019 Issue 2 Move More Month 2018 A space to be active In June 2018 Sheffield hosted another fantastic Move More Month with workplaces, schools and The value of parks and green spaces is well known to improve health and wellbeing, especially in communities getting involved and racking up 6.2 million active minutes. people living nearby. Activity can reduce the risk of chronic diseases and may also improve mental health and wellbeing. Sheffield City Council’s Parks & - Norfolk Heritage Park Playground, “We also know that green spaces are Sheffield International Venues Countryside Service is investing £1.2 important for getting out in the fresh - Hillsborough Park, Manor and Castle Development hosted a health and wellbeing event million of Public Health funding to air and becoming active, whether that’s Trust were among organisations with Macmillan Cancer Care and improve parks and green spaces.