How to Move & Learn

Foreword by Dr Andy Daly-Smith.

We already know that increased physical activity and a reduction in the sedentary time spent sitting at desks have wide-ranging benefits (including to brain function), so what if there were also evidence that using movement in the learning process improves outcomes for children? What if we could then map out ways to support teachers in adapting their practice to make this a reality?

In How to Move & Learn Bryn Llewellyn, Ian Holmes and Richard Allman do just that - sharing the latest research from around the world and providing teachers with the means and motivation to identify opportunities to integrate movement purposefully into the teaching and learning process.

The links between health and education are paramount, and this book explores these connections and presents a wealth of ideas, activities and resources to help teachers unlock the potential of the school and outdoor environments for learning across all curriculum subjects.

Suitable for all primary school teachers and leaders.

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A practical guidebook that provides primary school teachers and leaders with the know-how and confidence to embed more movement-based approaches in their teaching and learning.

; Chapter 1: An Introduction to Move & LearnChapter 2: Culture and EthosChapter 3: Move & Learn Approaches Chapter 4: Move & Learn Approaches Across the Pedagogical Spectrum Chapter 5: Move & Learn Environments and Resources Chapter 6: A Whole-School Approach to Move & Learn;

This book is about changing learning and teaching for the better. The authors call for all educators to 'move and learn' with the times and ensure that physical activity is an everyday part of their lessons both outside and in - not simply something that happens during PE and playtimes. The Move & Learn approach also values the benefits of play - both free play at playtimes as well as playful approaches to learning. It emphasises the need to consider the impact of the environment in which learning happens, including classroom, hall, corridors, playground, local green space and built environments.

Juliet Robertson

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The authors of this book bring together physiology, psychology and philosophy and make us look differently at the embedded routines of schooling and how schools could break out of teaching as they always have and improve learning for pupils in the future. It is an energetic, highly readable and fascinating book which challenges thinking and practice in order to propose ways forward. Can schools step up, jump to it and take up the running ... or will they sit and watch the real world go by? This persuasive book will help those who want schools to be fit for purpose and our young people fit for learning.

Mick Waters

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This is an interesting and timely book. It's a well-researched entry into the debate about how we should teach and learn and it is well worth a read. I love the balance it displays - something rare in the current climate. It is also a really good mix of the academic and the practical and a fine antidote to the 'sit down and learn' messages that we seem to be getting too often these days.

David Cameron

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Finally we have a book which endorses what every teacher knows - children learn better when they move! Despite this, the majority of our lessons provide for sedentary learning. How to Move & Learn is not the usual must-read staffroom manual! It's like cosying under a heated blanket to watch a favourite movie on a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon. It's a comforting read, confirms what we know, helps us to understand why we teach as we do and what the research tells us about active learning - and, most importantly, it's packed with guidance on how we can change how we teach to integrate more movement into our lessons and trust ourselves to do what we know is right. I was one of hundreds of head teachers who worked with Bryn to inte