Its hip to skip

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Its hip to skip!
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Overview

• What is Jump Rope For Heart (JRFH)?
• Why skipping?
• How does this great scheme benefit schools?
• The Jump Off
• Where does the money raised go?
• Optional JRFH workshops
• How to find out more

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What is Jump Rope For Heart?

• JRFH is the British Heart Foundations (BHF)
  popular educational fundraising programme.
• It started in 1987 and since then over 30,000
  schools have registered and helped raise more
  than 3.5 million for the schools involved and
  over 11million for the BHF life-saving work.
• JRFH provides schools with a ready made exercise
  programme, a fantastic FREE resource pack and the
  opportunity to raise money for the school as
  well.
• The total money raised is divided 20 is
  retained by the school to spend whoever it likes
  and 80 goes to the BHF to fund its life-saving
  work.

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Why Skipping?

• Skipping is a healthy, fun and challenging
  aerobic activity that is great for developing the
  cardio-vascular system.
• Its non-competitive, so everyone can
  participate.
• Its also good for developing
• Bone health
• Co-ordination
• Timing
• Rhythm
• Teamwork.

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How does this great scheme benefit schools?

• Schools receive a FREE JRFH organisers kit,
  worth over 100, containing
• 31 skipping ropes in lengths of our choice
• 2 Double Dutch ropes
• Comprehensive Primary or Secondary
• school Teachers Manual
• Jump Off Manual (a step-by-step guide
• to holding a successful event)
• Skipping Skills DVD created to make it even
• easier for teachers to introduce skipping at
  their schools
• Skipping Dice Game
• JRFH T-shirt
• Sponsor forms
• Promotional posters
• Music CD.

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How does this great scheme benefit schools?

• JRFH encourages a whole school approach to the
  promotion of physical activity.
• JRFH fits into the National Curriculum for
  Physical Education.
• JRFH can contribute to the achievement of Healthy
  Schools Award, Activemark, Sportsmark and Sports
  Partnership awards.
• Teachers have an exercise routine that is easy
  to organise plus a comprehensive teachers pack.
• Skipping at break times can contribute to the
  recommended one hour a day of moderate intensity
  physical activity for children and young people.
• Optional FREE in-service training for staff.
• The school retains 20 of funds raised.

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The Jump Off

• This is the culminating activity of a progressive
  
• series of skipping lessons.
• It can involve one class or the whole school
• and teachers and parents!
• Some schools incorporate the event into a
• health week or festival or sports day.
• Most schools hold it in the summer term so
• that it can be outdoors.
• Some schools hold the event on Valentines day.
• The bigger the event the more the school will
  benefit financially.

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Where does the money raised go?

• 20 of the money raised is kept by the school to
  spend however it wants.
• 80 of the money raised goes to fund the BHFs
  life-saving work.
• Heart disease touches us all.
• Every 2 minutes somebody has a heart attack.
  Heart and circulatory disease is the UKs biggest
  killer.
• As the nations heart charity, the BHF focuses on
  three things
• Investing in pioneering research
• Supporting and caring for heart patients
• Providing vital information to help people reduce
  their own risk of heart or circulatory related
  illness
• The BHF urgently needs your help. Together we can
  beat heart disease.

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Optional JRFH Workshops

• Over 2,000 teachers a year attend FREE JRFH
  workshops that are held in nationwide locations.
• Workshops usually last two hours and are
  practical sessions designed around the National
  Curriculum.
• They aim to provide you with ideas and
  inspiration so you are confident teaching
  skipping in school.
• A chance to have a go at skipping skills in a
  relaxed environment.
• Includes an introduction to individual skipping
  skills, group and partner work, and information
  about the JRFH programme.
• Best of all they are great fun!

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How to find out more

• Any questions? Please call 0845 1308663 or email
  jumprope_at_bhf.org.uk
• For information on your nearest JRFH
• workshop please call 01509 228265
• An information leaflet on the event can
• be downloaded from the charitys
• website bhf.org.uk/jumprope