High Quality Outdoor Education - English Outdoor Council

FitnessOutcome 8: Health and fitnessYoung people are learning to appreciate the benefits of physical fitness and the lifelongvalue of participation in healthy leisure activities.IndicatorsThe young people you work with:• keep themselves fit through regularphysical activity,• have a positive self-image,• talk about the benefits to their healthof participation in physical outdooractivities,• eat healthily, taking account of theenergy requirements of outdooractivities,• understand the risks to fitness andhealth posed by smoking, alcoholand drugs, and set an example intheir own lifestyle;additionally, in schools, they:• walk or cycle to school (where this isa realistic and safe option) or takeother regular exercise in additionto timetabled PE,• want to continue their interest inoutdoor activities beyond school andinto adult life (eg, by joining localactivity clubs);at centres or in a residentialsetting they:• adopt a healthy lifestyle, includinghealthy eating appropriate to thedemands of their activities,• sign up for opportunities to returnto the centre independently toparticipate in follow up courseswhere these are available;and in activity clubs they:• understand how hard and how muchthey should train in order to balancethe needs of their chosen activitywith a healthy lifestyle.If you are providing high-qualityoutdoor education most youngpeople should be meeting orprogressing towards most of theabove indicators.15