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Children miss out on PE

school sports

Government fgures place Greenwich as the worst per orming London Boroughor reaching physical exercise targets in schools

A f th o all school children in London are not doing enough physical exercise atschool, but it's in Greenwich where pupils seem to be doing the least.

chools across the country are ordered to provide a minimum o two hours awee! sport or exercise as part o the curriculum. "he Government as!s localauthorities to ensure #$% o children are given such opportunities, but inLondon there seems to be problems in meeting the target.

"he national average is #&% o children, slightly above Government targets.But $ London boroughs, including Greenwich ail to obtain the two hours awee! benchmar!(.Greenwich achieves the lowest fgure, with only )#% o children educatedwithin the Borough being given allocated time to ta!e part in sports or *+ whilstat school.

n -ewham, % o pupils too! part in physical exercise or at least two hours awee! ma!ing it the best per orming borough in the capital.ince ), the Government has spent /0.1 billion( in promoting *+ and sports

in schools, and intends to invest a urther / 22 million over the next 0months.

"he main rationale or ordering sports lessons at schools is to reduce levels ochildhood obesity and poor health in adulthood.

"he 3hildren's 4inister 5evin Brennan said it wasn't air to categorise individualboroughs in a league table, or to compare li!e or li!e( as some schools onlyreceived ring6 enced unding( a year ago, whilst other have received unding

previously.A spo!esperson or the 7epartment or 3hildren, chools and amilies said8 9:eare providing targeted support to help those schools most in need.9

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"he Government is also planning to raise the number o hours o exercisere;uested to at least fve a wee!.

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(A benchmar! 8 une r< 1. ?ow many hours o physical education are there is the school

curriculum >@. :hat's the proportion o pupils who have this ;uota in +ngland > n

London >$. Among the 10 London boroughs, how many don't respect the

curriculum >&. :hy are school ran!ing un air>). :hat is the government's ob ective in the short term>#. :hat is the government's next ob ective>

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children to DDDDDDDDDDD a club DDDDDDDDDD school to do a sport they li!e so that it

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will oin a club.

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t's important to do physical activities because people are becoming more and

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o *+ lessons because they don't have the budget.

DDDDDDDDD specialists recommend children and teens should do at least one houro physical activities every day.

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space and a bi!e.

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