Fun to Move@JC “10-Million Steps Challenge” was successfully held on 27th May 2022, the first in-person interschool event after class resumption in April. A total of 26 schools participated in the event either synchronously or asynchronously where students joined the 15-minute virtual exercise journey wearing the Project sport bands. Students and staffs can join the virtual tour by simply wearing the Project sport bands.

On the event day, a total of 6 schools joined together with us at their classrooms. The virtual event was also streamed live on YouTube at the same time. The other 20 schools would arrange another time later for the virtual tour. As of 7th June 2022, 9600 teaching staff and students from 16 schools had made a collective effort to accumulate approximately 1.9M steps! All the participants enjoyed performing a series of fun and simple exercises during the 15-min virtual tour while recording step counts using the Project Sport Bands.

Link to event video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26mwHDIHeQg。

It takes concerted efforts of families and schools to promote students’ health and wellbeing. An evidence-based parent workshop was designed by the Fun to Move@JC to instil positive attitudes of active lifestyle in parents. From February to June 2022, around 150 families participated in the 8-week workshop series which comprised of short videos of general physical activity knowledge, weekly online family activity classes, easy sports equipment as well as materials for extended learning. The programme was structured to cover the cognitive, physical, affective and behavioural aspects of Physical Literacy. Furthermore, participants were asked to wear research-grade accelerometers and the Fun to Move@JC sport band to monitor their physical activity level. The data collected would be very important for us to study the family dynamics of physical activity participation.

This workshop entitled “Using Big data to facilitate the development of a diversified PE programme” is the third of this school year. It was conducted online on 24 May 2022 and attended by over 70 PE teachers from 23 Project schools. The objective was to share findings from longitudinal sport band and questionnaire datasets collected since the Project started in 2017, with meaningful insights about the trends, correlations, and patterns to inform and foster Quality Physical Education (QPE).

Professor HA kick-started the workshop, highlighting the meetings with principals and school group representatives in April/May 2022, and the three key targets for becoming an active “Fun to Move@JC” model school. The workshop covered a brief introduction on big data and its application in the Project. The objective and subjective student and parent data were shared to inform the promotion of daily physical activity among schoolchildren, as well as to provide insights into QPE policy and practice in schools. Participating teachers were then allocated into breakout rooms for small group discussions, sharing thoughts and ideas on topics, such as 1) effective strategies to improve the quality of PE, or 2) family-school-community partnerships to promote physical activity. Prof. Ha concluded the small group activity with a plenary discussion. The workshop ended by the project team highlighting the upcoming Project events/activities and specific performance goals in the coming year.

The "Mini Coach” programme was conducted online during the special holidays from March to April. Through interactive online learning, the 4-week programme comprised of a series of activities designed to nurture students’ generic skills, positive values, and attitudes, and prepare them for a physically literate life. A diverse range of missions, challenges, practices, and evaluations related to sport, exercise, and physical activity will allow students to experience a fulfilling and enjoyable vacation!

Over 160 students participated in the 4-hour online course. Participants took part in “Fitness Dice” training, fundamental movement skills challenge, and advanced ‘’Fun Dance’’ under the guidance of professional coaches. In addition, participants completed a 4-hour learning experience outside the classroom, which included watching self-learning videos, practicing fundamental movement skills and fun dance. Students who completed the programme were formally awarded the "Mini Coach" title!

Fun to Move@JC held three Family Fun Days on 26 February, 26 March, and 16 April 2022. More than 450 families in total joined the events filled with fun and excitement. New elements were introduced such as Easter-themed games, the “Level-Up! Challenges”, and the award for “Most Energetic Healthy Family”. For the “Level-Up! Challenges”, all family participants were guided by the coaches to take on a new challenge one after another by completing a set of exercises including cardiovascular and muscular endurance, balance, flexibility, muscular strength, and locomotor skills. Students and their parents were encouraged to wear the Sport Band to get more steps together during the online event. The top 10 families were awarded the certificates of “The Most Energetic Healthy Family”, of which the most active family got 25,000 steps. We look forward to celebrating with you a new record high in the coming event!