1. Integrating Activity into Learning
Presented by:
Lisa Dods
Sharon McGuire

2. Integrating Movement for Staff and Students
Session Content
Integrating Movement for Staff and Students
Video
Importance of physical activity
Integrating movement into classes/working day for students and staff
10 minute Health Walk
Please feel free to move around/stand at any point
Just don’t block anyone's view

3. Where possible please stand to watch this 5 minute video:
23 and a half hours
Where possible please stand to watch this 5 minute video:
23 and a half hours

4. Evolution
Shutterstock (2019)

5. Physical Activity for Health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) - Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.
Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths globally.
1 in 3 adults are not active enough
World Health Organisation (2018)

6. TASK Group Discussion:
What are the current physical activity guidelines for …
Children 5 – 18 ?
Adults 19-64?

7. Department of Health (2011)

8. Type of Physical Activity
Barriers Activity
Department of Health (2011)

9. Risk Reduction
Department of Health (2011)

10. Mental Health Benefits
Believe Perform (2017)

11. TASK
True or False

12. Prolonged Sitting
College students in environments that encourage prolonged sitting.
A study by Felez-Nobrega et al., (2018) interruptions to prolonged sitting and encouraging short breaks may improve cognitive function and increase academic achievement.
Sitting for more than 8 hours a day with no additional physical activity is similar to that of smoking and obesity in terms of mortality risk (Ekelund 2018)
Owen et al., (2010)

13. Task

14. Sit Less, Move More Ideas Walking meetings
Standing discussions/debates
Active class tasks
Standing desks/areas
Balance Balls
Learning on the move
Standing No/Yes or True False
Regular breaks
Screen prompts
Role play activities
Charades
Standing to applaud presentations
Benefits
Less stress
Improves mood
More focused/Improved concentration
Encourage participation/social skills

15. What activity have you completed during this session?
Integrating Movement
What activity have you completed during this session?

16. Group Discussion / Health Walk
TASK
Group Discussion / Health Walk

17. References
Department of Health. (2011). Start Active Stay Active: A report on physical activity for health from the four home countries’ Chief Medical Officers. The Department of Health.
Ekelund, U. (2018). Infographic: Physical activity, sitting time and mortality. Br J Sports Med, pp.bjsports-2017.
Felez-Nobrega, M., Hillman, C.H., Dowd, K.P., Cirera, E. and Puig-Ribera, A. (2018). ActivPAL™ determined sedentary behaviour, physical activity and academic achievement in college students. Journal of sports sciences, pp.1-6.
Owen, N., Healy, G.N., Matthews, C.E. and Dunstan, D.W. (2010). Too much sitting: the population-health science of sedentary behavior. Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 38(3), p.105.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services. (2018). What Are the Benefits of Physical Activity. Available: (Last accessed 19th June 2018).
World Health Organization. (2018). Physical Activity: Key Facts. Available: (Last accessed 19th June 2018).