http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Children need more exercise - especially girls, study says" en Tue, 19 May 2026 00:58:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-123114 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:35:27 +0000 cc 123114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Going south on Lauder Rd this morning (instead of the usual north) I passed quite a few groups of parents and children cycling together to school. I hadn't realised that there were quite so many of them! Heart-warming and encouraging. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-123099 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:06:14 +0000 custard 123099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yup the scooters great<br /> my little boy 'scoots' every day<br /> also it is something to remove if he isnt behaving ;)<br /> though I will admit we are in easy walking distance from the school</p> <p>must admit. I dont get fat kids at the likes of 5<br /> my boy never stops </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-123094 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:52:02 +0000 chdot 123094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghgreens.org.uk/site/blog/sport-girls" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghgreens.org.uk/site/blog/sport-girls</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122733 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:38:47 +0000 cc 122733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We got made to do all sorts of different sports, and I liked the variety. I'd never otherwise have discovered what a star I could be at serving in volleyball, or how dangerous at discus throwing (nearly broke the PE teacher, oops). Hated football though, still do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122727 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:15:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 122727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd have loved to play rugby (or cricket). We got given the choice from about 3rd year on of what we wanted to play, and the consensus was always football int he summer, and basketball in the winter (which wasn't too bad, I enjoyed football, and being one of the tallest kids in the school I was actually one of the first picked at basketball).</p> <p>But I'd have loved the chance to find out if I was any good at some other sports (and we never developed 'athletics' - so my primary school ability at the High Jump was never nurtured in secondary, and I developed discoverd I could run really quickly only after school).</p> <p>It's only recently in the recent decade of getting properly into cycling (always rode before then, but it was just something I happened to do) that I've got anywhere near being fit. I definitely needed more exercise, but was one of those irritating natural beanpoles, so never really showed I had a lack of it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122725 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:11:10 +0000 Instography 122725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My kids' PE is regularly cancelled or replaced by practising all manner of school shows and plays, the worst part being that I also eventually have to endure those. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122722 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:06:05 +0000 PS 122722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I eventually enjoyed playing rugby, and I'm glad I did because that, and other school sports, taught me a lot about training and keeping fit (and, I suppose, teamwork, responsibility and all those other things we witter on about in job interviews) but I would never have started playing it had I not been made to do so by school. </p> <p>I suppose the point I'm making is that you need to invest a lot of time in many pursuits before you start to harvest the enjoyment. Given no formal structure and no pressure to take part in them (unless their parents push them into it), the natural position of most children will be to not bother taking part, especially if society is as instant-gratification inclined as we are led to believe. Schools are probably the one place where the formal structure can be applied. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122710 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:38:45 +0000 tarmac jockey 122710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@PS Likewise with rugby - why are we playing rugby at all in our schools is it not dangerous. An argument I often hear against cycling in Edinburgh. I wouldn't join a club to play golf or a range of other sports that I don't like even though I was forced to participate in them at school. </p> <p>@Bikeability Edinburgh </p> <p>As sports clubs are not always local/accessible and very rarely free, I'd say school is the ideal place for sport to be encouraged and participated in.</p> <p>School isn't free. Local facilities are plentiful and fully accessible, they're called schools. Sports and other clubs are charged for there use, some would argue way too much. Schools and everyone in education should be advocates of physical activity for all at a minimum/no cost. Everyone should be encouraged to participate in all forms of physical activity, if that is a recognised sport so be it, throughout there life. </p> <p>Cycling should be taught as a lifeskill in all schools, whether or not the young people decide to cycle out with school or not. Much more useful than learning to pack down in a scrum...... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122675 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:51:35 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 122675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So you should, its their fault ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122673 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:48:01 +0000 Charterhall 122673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I blame the parents. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122668 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:41:51 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 122668@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As sports clubs are not always local/accessible and very rarely free, I'd say school is the ideal place for sport to be encouraged and participated in. </p> <p>Why not scrap RE for extra PE? *dons tin hat* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122664 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:26:06 +0000 PS 122664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@tj Right to start them off early, but if I think back to my time at secondary school I played rugby because I was made to. I definitely wouldn't have joined a club to play it at that age. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122661 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:08:05 +0000 tarmac jockey 122661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rant Alert! The jockey is on his hobby-horse.</p> <p>How about stop teaching sport in schools but teaching physical activity? Sport should be the domain of 'clubs' and not schools. Move the PE teachers from secondary schools to primary schools. The evidence suggests that a vast number of pupils have switched off before they reach secondary school. Is this the due to the poor quality of PE teaching in primary schools? PE teachers are the most skilled and experienced in physical activity so why wait to secondary school before they get proper curriculum time with pupils - this is also when most pupils opt out of PE - possibly because of the poor/negative experience they have had with PE in primary school. </p> <p>Proper funding and resources for an extensive network of sports and physical activities clubs throughout the city is the way to go. And don't try and make a profit from them, the health and welfare of our young people is too important to be penny pinching with </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122634 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:21:11 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 122634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Last term I had a school cancel Bikeability class because it was their 'Health Week'</p> <p>When School Head's are the ones who need educating we are starting from a pretty low point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122631 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:48:18 +0000 sallyhinch 122631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That Radio 4 slot reminded me of my primary school days when the boys (and one girl) played football on the tarmac part of the playground while the girls hung around the edges (although we did do a lot of french skipping which must be fantastically aerobic). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122623 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:34:37 +0000 chdot 122623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"girls don't play football in the playground time"</p> <p>I'm sure girls will still (want to) run around (some <em>do</em> play football). In some schools playgrounds are deemed too small for football, but I suspect there will be others where football takes a large proportion of the available space. </p> <p>Some schools have hoops and skipping ropes for playtime. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122619 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:28:06 +0000 gembo 122619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes cycling first mentioned then walking then girls don't play football in the playground time to bring back peever again </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122617 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:22:29 +0000 SRD 122617@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Radio 4 discussion just before 7 did mention cycling</p> <p>Scooters tend to make more noise, so perhaps less worrying to the elderly? and kids often seem in better control of them than they do of bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10961#post-122615 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:18:31 +0000 chdot 122615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>"This study highlights that there is still much to do to keep children and young people active as they grow older, especially girls. The new school year is the perfect time to make healthy changes, swapping short car or bus journeys with walking or scooting to school."</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23778945" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23778945</a></p> <p>So nothing new there then. </p> <p>Doesn't mention cycling - obviously too dangerous...</p> <p>Scooting <em>is</em> a good idea and often overlooked by some people wanting more children to 'cycle to school'. </p> <p>Don't suppose scooterers are demonised as much children who <em>cycle</em> on pavements - though for primary age it's generally not illegal. </p>