MOVE IT! — Live Healthy
Simple. Fun. Effective. Healthy lifestyles for every child.
MOVE IT! promotes healthy lifestyles, helping children understand the importance of exercise and food as part of their everyday lives. The project is delivered as a 4-hour experience in a fun, child-friendly format that gets every child moving and thinking about the choices they make.
Our MOVE IT! Minutes Tracker supports children to increase their daily movement in line with the Chief Medical Officer's guidance of 60 active minutes per day. Children record their activity across the week, discover their favourite ways to move and build habits that last beyond the project.
The need is real. The latest national data shows too many children are not meeting minimum activity levels, and obesity rises sharply during the primary-school years:
- 51%of children and young people do not achieve an average of 60 minutes of physical activity per day. Only 49.1% meet the guideline.
- 2.1 millionchildren and young people are classed as less active, averaging less than 30 minutes of physical activity per day — 28.4% of 5–16-year-olds.
- 1 in 5Year 6 children are living with obesity. The exact latest figure is 22.2%.
- More than doubleobesity increases substantially during the primary-school years: 10.5% in Reception → 22.2% in Year 6.
Sources: Sport England, Active Lives Children & Young People Survey 2024/25; National Child Measurement Programme 2024/25. Sport England – Active Lives 2024/25 GOV.UK – National Child Measurement Programme 2024/25
- Cohort
- Whole class / whole school
- Format
- 4-hour project
- Delivered
- In your school
- Focus
- Healthy, active lifestyles
What your school gets
- A 4-hour healthy lifestyles project delivered in a child-friendly format
- MOVE IT! Minutes Tracker to promote 60 active minutes per day
- Workshops and resources exploring exercise, food and healthy choices
- Practical activities children can continue at home with their families
Benefits for children
Children learn why moving and eating well matters, discover activities they love, and build daily activity habits that support their physical health, energy and wellbeing for life.
MOVE IT! Minutes Tracker
