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Keeping Active is vital for lifelong health & wellbeing

Sports & Recreation Programme

Keeping active is vital for kids lifelong health & wellbeing, however sKids recognises that when it comes to being active, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. Some enjoy traditional team sports, whilst others like riding bikes/dancing with their friends just for fun. When we asked our parents what activities they would like sKids to run to keep their kids active, answers were wide ranging, including ‘just anything’ to keep their kids Active.

Providing kids with a sports & recreation taster

Based on parent input sKids Active aims to provide kids with a taster of sports/recreation codes so they can discover what they enjoy/don’t enjoy. Kids can then participate in a code of their choosing, reducing the financial burden on parents enrolling their child/ren in a first time After School sport only to find out half way through the term, their child is not enjoying it.

• Each programme introduces children to a particular sport/recreation code, followed by several weeks/term of practicing the skills for the sport/recreation code

• An exciting range of sports and recreation activities covered including mainstream team sports like Netball & Touch, as well as less mainstream, but just as exciting Orienteering, Flying Disc and Obstacle Courses

• Programmes cater for all ages, skill levels and weather conditions

sKids Active is offered as part of sKids After School and Holiday Programmes, however it can easily be run as part of PE/HEALTH parts of the New Zealand National Curriculum.