Waterloo_Foundation_CoDA_Project

Waterloo CoDA Project

Dr. Richard Tyler & Prof. Stuart Fairclough Sport and Physical Activity Department, Edge Hill University

Mark Forster West Lancashire Sport Partnership

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Physical Activity, Cognition & Wellbeing

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What is the Waterloo CoDA Project?

• Aim: to understand the influence of 24-hour movement behaviours on children’s and adolescents’ behavioural, psychological, and cognitive health.

• A day (24-hours) = periods of sleep, sedentary time, physical activity edgehill.ac.uk

What’s so special about the Waterloo CoDA Project?

• It is a world-leading project!

• Your school will be one of first to every take part in a project like this!

• Most projects are boring! This one should be fun!

• You will be rewarded for taking part!

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What do we plan to do?

1. Recruit up to 250 primary (Y5) and 250 secondary school (Y8) pupils 2. Introduce the project to pupils and parents/carers in partnership with schools – Assemblies, class talks, YouTube videos, parent/carer meetings, etc.

3. Collect the various measures in an educational and engaging manner

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What will you be asked to do?

• Complete a few questionnaires – in school (individually) – Emotional & behavioural wellbeing – Psychological wellbeing

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What will you be asked to do?

Complete a cognitive test – in school (individually) Example: • Multitasking Test (MTT)

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What will you be asked to do?

• Height and weight – in school (individually, in private, under supervision)

• Wear a 24-h physical activity and sleep monitor for 1 week – in school and at home (individually)

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What will you be asked to do? • Physical literacy skills assessment – in school (whole class & individually)

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Supplementary & sociodemographic data • From schools: – %FSM eligibility – Academic performance

• From parents/carers: – Pupil DOB, gender and ethnicity – Parent/carer final education level – Home postcode (conversion to IMD scores) – Movement development (questionnaire) – Cognitive wellbeing (questionnaire)

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Pupil voice • Pupils’ thoughts and opinions about sleep, sedentary time, physical activity and how they relate to health and wellbeing • ‘Write, Draw, Show & Tell’ focus group activities • Sub-sample only

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Important Information! • University ethical approval has been granted for the project

1. Anonymised data (unique IDs allocated once consent obtained) 2. Confidentiality (secure data storage and controlled access) 3. Withdrawal at any time without reason and disadvantage 4. Group-level, not individual-level results only, reported and published edgehill.ac.uk

Project Findings • Infographics • Image-rich written summaries and detailed reports • Workshops • Social media posts and blogs • Academic journal articles

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What will you need to do to be able to take part?

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To say thanks for taking part in the project, you will receive a ÂŁ10 Love2Shop voucher!

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Thank you for listening.

Any Questions?

Richard Tyler Tylerr@edgehill.ac.uk Stuart Fairclough stuart.fairclough@edgehill.ac.uk edgehill.ac.uk