Schools on the Move

13/10/2021

A recent study revealed that in both boys and girls, motor skills had a positive indirect association with math outcomes through visuospatial working memory. Also self-reported physical activity had a borderline indirect positive association with math outcomes through visuospatial working memory.

Read the full article here:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.14049

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether physical activity, fitness, and motor skills have an indirect association with math performance via cognitive outcomes and if so, through whi...

17/11/2020

In the third part of the Finnish Schools on the move webinar
series, you will get more information about how digital solutions
support school day physical activity.

📆 Wednesday 25.11.2020
⏱ 12.00–13.30 UTC +2

We are happy to have Seppo and HeiaHeia present their digital solutions in addition to our own experts on measuring physical activity.
Register here:
https://liikkuvakoulu.clickmeeting.com/schools-on-the-move-webinar-part-3

09/09/2020

Finnish Schools on the Move organises the second part of their free webinar series on Thursday 24.9. at 9.00-10.30 UTC.
In the second part of the webinar series, you will get more information about learning environments as an essential part of a physically active school day.

Register to the webinar here https://liikkuvakoulu.clickmeeting.com/schools-on-the-move-webinar-part-2

11/08/2020

MOVRS Podcast interviewed Schools on the Move programme coordinator Joonas Niemi about active school transportation. Listen how Finland is doing it and what to keep in mind when promoting AST.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/biking-to-school-in-finland-with-joonas-niemi-episode-16/id1506576522?i=1000487664498

‎Show MOVRS, Ep Biking to School in Finland with Joonas Niemi | Episode 16 - Aug 10, 2020

18/06/2020

A recently published Schools on the Move follow-up study shows that

🏃‍♀️ girls are less physically active during the school day than boys; during leisure time, the differences diminish
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ weekend days were less active than weekdays for both boys and girls.

In the Finnish Schools on the Move programme, many schools have been able to increase girls’ physical activity by providing them with girls-only activities, like a separate gym for dance practices at recess.

A recently published follow-up study showed that changes in physical activity during the teen years are different between the sexes.

05/06/2020

Finnish Schools on the Move organizes a free webinar on Wednesday 17th June at 12.00-13.30 UTC time.

Adding physical activity to school day–How Finland did it? National success story: Schools on the Move

In this free webinar, you will learn more about internationally recognized physical activity promotion programme, Finnish Schools on the Move.

Topics:
• What is Schools on the Move programme and how it became a national success story, covering 90% of Finnish comprehensive schools?
• Why is it important to increase physical activity during the school day?
• What are the different types of components to increase physical activity in schools?
• Programme research and results of positive changes in children’s physical activity
• How the teachers are trained to use physically active learning methods during teaching?
• Temporary Finnish school abroad: How it is done and why?

Register to the webinar here: https://liikkuvakoulu.clickmeeting.com/schoolsonthemove-webinar

21/04/2020

Project manager Joonas Niemi visited the Movrs podcast to tell how Schools on the Move has been trying to increase physical activity not just in school, but during transportation to and from school. Joonas also tells how recess periods are run, with students at the core of the experience, and how the teaching profession is viewed in Finland.

24/03/2020

“Making school longer doesn’t have core results in academic achievement,” said Antti Blom, Programme Director, Finnish Schools on the Move programme at the Finnish National Agency for Education.

“Our finding is that short school days with short recess times and the practical recess, promote wellbeing in school and enjoyment of the school day.”

Recess not only improves academic achievement but promotes childhood wellbeing

27/02/2020

In Metsokangas comprehensive school in Oulu, Finland physical activity is a natural part of the school day. Pupils have an active role in organizing recess activities. A vast majority of pupils also come to school by foot or by bike throughout the year.

11/02/2020

Finnish Schools on the Move is a research-based programme for promoting physical activity in schools. The objective of the programme is to increase physical activity among school-age children by making the school culture more active in various ways.

07/02/2020

"The temperature, even at 9.30am, is -13C, and light snow is falling on the already white-blanketed playground. But dozens of primary-age children are out, and doing something you might not expect in such conditions: riding bikes", writes Peter Walker in The Guardian.

Schools on the Move and the actions taken in Finland for more children to walk or cycle to school were represented at the Winter Cycling Congress in Joensuu by Project manager Joonas Niemi.

Country routinely praised for its schools system aims to do the same with preventive health

25/01/2020

Programme director Antti Blom and Programme coordinator Joonas Niemi on stage telling the international guests of Educa event about the results of the programme in Finland and the services provided in the Schools on the Move Concept.

24/01/2020

Educa, Nordic’s leading teaching and education sector event, offers a new English programme package aimed at international training and education sector professionals.

Programme director Mr. Antti Blom and Programme coordinator Mr. Joonas Niemi are on Equity stage on Saturday 25th at 15.30 telling more about Finnish Schools on the Move - a national success story.

24/01/2020

The Schools on the Move concept consists of different services related to making the school day more active. These services have been divided into three areas:

🏘 creating an active culture
👩‍🏫 developing the pedagogy
🏃‍♂️ increasing movement.

We and our partners have years of experience and expertise in the holistic development of the school culture and the skills of teachers, monitoring the progress of the change, measuring the amount of physical activity and adding movement to the school day with the help of digital solutions, training contents, development of learning environments and sports equipment.

Schools on the Move has been a success story in Finland. More than 90 per cent of Finnish schools participate in the programme. In the 2000s, positive

24/01/2020

Schools on the Move is a research-based programme for promoting physical activity in schools. The programme has been developed in Finland since 2010 and has grown from a pilot of 45 schools into a project that covers more than 90 per cent of Finnish schools in basic education.

Read more on our website 👉 https://schoolsonthemove.fi/

Increasing physical activity and decreasing sedentary time among school-aged children

22/01/2020