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 * Is 5 hours too long?**

At Fair furlong school in Withywood, teachers have found out that children in there school are not that fit so in there lessons they are not concentrating and they are half asleep so they decide to get a fitness coach, Mr Hopkins. For example last year at Barton camp the children struggled to climb the hill. Therefore they’re thought they should do something about it.

Over a period of time, teachers including the headteacher had a discussion that the children in the school should maybe start to do more exercising. So the headteacher got fitness coach in called Mr. Hopkins which everyday in the morning as soon at the teacher does the register they go into the hall and do half an hour all week so it in total is 5 hours a week. The fitness coach and he came in September and he is going to leave at Christmas time. Miss Purnell, one of the teaches said, "In my opinion the children are watching too much t. and playing to much computer games than exercising".

Mr Hopkins is exercising really well because the children are better in the hall (behaviour problems) the excursuses is good for example star jumps, running on the stop etc…. Also 105 children and 10 teachers are joining in to the activity. The teacher’s opinion is most of the children like the half an hour exercise but some don’t as much.

Slowly the children have got better at behaviour problems. Getting better learning got fitter and they aren’t half-asleep in the middle of lessons, the children’s brains are working better. Teachers got fitter bodies by joining in with the exercise everyday. In the teachers opinion, children need to be fit because they are half asleep Mrs Purnell says, "Mr Hopkins is probably going to be going to other schools and do what he done at our school.

In conclusion, the children in fair furlong children has got a better experience when the professional coach leaves the school at Christmas with the teachers carry on doing the half hour exercise?