As healthy living is such an important and topical subject, many schools use a mixture of their PSHE, science and PE budget to bring A-life into their school. However, we also find more and more schools asking parents or PTAs for a subsidy, which is often paid with gladness as a parent’s number one priority is the health and well-being of their child.
Here are some statistics we have captured, as food for thought when arranging your funding:
- 57% of schools pay using their school budget,
- 31% use parent subsidy,
- 6% used LA funding,
- 6% use PTAs
It was really good because there were so many activities (George) I really enjoyed how i was taught (Nic) I mostly enjoyed the elastic bands-it was like being in a gym, using weights (Ben) I thought the activities were interesting and different. The healthy workshops were good as it was a fun way of learning (Laura) I really liked the boards as they were interesting to read, find out and do (stuart) I really enjoyed the experience as many things were new to me. –Children’s comments from William Gilpin CofE Primary School
A-life is exciting because we’re doing lots of different activities –child from Kings Court First School