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Children get green thumbs for exercise in school programme
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
27 September 2007
Children who find PE and sport not to their taste are having fun exercising while gardening and learning more about the environment.
A three-year pilot scheme running in primary schools in Leeds by conservation group BTCV has children growing vegetables, learning about the natural world and playing games with gardening themes like 'sprout ball' and 'compost bin'. The BTCV originally devised 'Green Gyms' to provide physical activity and health benefits for adults through environmental conservation. Now the Department of Health has funded BTCV to develop models for tackling obesity in children in pilot areas Rochdale, Havant and Leeds. Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Leeds is holding...
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