Extract from Lords repeat of Commons statement on Covid-19: Educational Settings - Jan 7
Friday, 8 January 2021 07:37
Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB) [V]: The Government are indeed under
great pressure, but we know that many children’s health is
adversely affected during the usual six-week summer holiday by lack
of access to PE. Home educating our children is not easy and,
taking into account current restrictions, physical activity might
be inadvertently dropped. The Prime Minister repeatedly talks about
the importance of exercise, which is fantastic, but what advice
will Her Majesty’s Government give to...Request free trial
(CB) [V]: The Government are indeed under great pressure, but we
know that many children’s health is adversely affected during the
usual six-week summer holiday by lack of access to PE. Home
educating our children is not easy and, taking into account current
restrictions, physical activity might be inadvertently dropped. The
Prime Minister repeatedly talks about the importance of exercise,
which is fantastic, but what advice will Her Majesty’s Government
give to those schools, children and families moving to online
learning to help them know what they need to do to remain active
and to think about their long-term health?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for
Education and Department for International Trade ()
(Con): My Lords, the noble Baroness raises a very important point;
we are aware that many children are living in accommodation with no
outside space and limited indoor space. The guidance we published
today is obviously for children in school—the full curriculum—so
that will cover PE as well as everything else, and there is now a
requirement for remote PE lessons with children. There are also
links to the advice from Sport England on activity, and it is
important to emphasise for everybody that the guidance enables
households to get out once a day for exercise. It is very important
that families do that.
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