Information for schools
Thank you for participating in the Active for Life Year 5 study. You are one of 60 schools in Bristol & North Somerset taking part in this exciting project to find out whether the ‘Active for Life Year 5’ programme can increase Year 5 children’s activity levels and fruit and vegetable consumption, and spend less time being sedentary. Currently over 2000 pupils are taking part in the study.
We would like to say a big THANK YOU to you for your for help so far! Our progress would have been very difficult without your cooperation and assistance. Below are some links for information which may be useful for your school.
We hope you will find all the information you need to know about the study by following the links below, but if not, please feel free to email us at afly5-scm@bristol.ac.uk
- Information sheets describing the study for parents (PDF, 154kB) and for children (PDF, 136kB)
- Commitment to take part (PDF, 219kB) – Copy of letter, form and memoir supplied to your school (pdf, 219Kb)
- Active for Life Year 5 Timeline – When to expect our visits
- Measurements day – Find out how a typical school visit runs
- Accelerometers – find out more about the activity belts
- Your questions – A list of answers to some common questions
- Newsletters – Click here to see our previous newsletters
- Plain English summary - In-depth information about the study
Note: some of the documents on this page are in PDF format. In order to view a PDF you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader