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Healthy Active Learning extended to 500 more schools

<h2><span lang&equals;"EN-GB" >The &dollar;47&period;6 million Healthy Active Learning programme<&sol;span><span lang&equals;"EN-US" > is to<&sol;span><span lang&equals;"EN-GB" > be extended to a further 500 schools and kura across the country from 2022 to 2024&comma; the Government announced this week&period; <&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-GB" >The four-year joint initiative between Sport NZ and the Ministries of Health and Education that has been implemented across more than 300 schools and kura since last year and is set to expand in its third year&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-GB" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The success of the initiative has been really encouraging and shows the value of agencies and communities working together to improve the wellbeing of children and young people&comma;” <&sol;span><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >Grant Robertson said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-GB" >The initiative involves <&sol;span><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >regional sports trusts&comma; regional education offices&comma; and public health units partnering with one another to support schools and kura to implement <&sol;span>healthy eating and drinking&comma; and quality physical activity programmes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN" >The Government has invested &dollar;47&period;6 million into Healthy Active Learning over four years to <&sol;span>build on the success of other government programmes across physical activity and nutrition&period; <span lang&equals;"EN-GB" >It <&sol;span><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >is a voluntary initiative and is being delivered at no cost to education providers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to a physical activity and health promotion workforce&comma; it includes curriculum resources to improve student wellbeing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These resources&comma; alongside the new workforce&comma; will ensure all teachers feel confident and well equipped to teach children across the health&comma; physical education and hauora curriculum learning areas&comma;” Chris Hipkins said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This initiative together with the Ka Ora Ka Ako healthy school lunches programme shows this Government’s commitment to the health and wellbeing of children and young people&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare said the initiative helps young people make positive and informed choices about food&comma; nutrition&comma; physical activity and their own wellbeing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As our understanding of the factors that affect health outcomes grow&comma; it is increasingly clear how important a good diet and being physically active are to keeping our tamariki and rangatahi happy and healthy and performing at their best&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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