How have after-school clubs adapted in the United Kingdom post-March lockdown?

After-school clubs have provided an important childcare service for parents and carers where children are provided with an environment to play once the school day has finished. When the United Kingdom went into lockdown in March 2020, all children’s services closed that included the childcare provision of after-school clubs. When they re-opened in between July and September 2020, changes had to be implemented to meet Government restrictions. This study from 54 respondents working in the childcare sector identified changes within four themes: maintain service; bubbles; play space and play behaviour. This has resulted in an increase hygiene measures, staffing and amount of space for individual children, however, there is a decreased in the number of children attending, the resources and activities on offer and movement within the place space. Although after-school childcare is still being offered, there is financial concern on their viability and sustainability as parental demand may drop which has implications in providing a unique environment where children of different ages and abilities mix.

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The Role of Residence in School Segregation: Placing the Impact of Parental Choice in Perspective

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a34123 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 33 (10) ◽

pp. 1829-1852 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Chris Taylor ◽

Stephen Gorard

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Residential Segregation ◽

Parental Choice ◽

School Segregation ◽

Number Of Children ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Catchment Areas ◽

Socioeconomic Segregation ◽

The Impact

There have been many claims that the introduction of parental choice for schools in the United Kingdom would lead to further socioeconomic segregation between schools. However, little evidence of this has actually emerged. Instead during the first half of the 1990s, in particular, the number of children living in poverty became more equally distributed between UK secondary schools. Part of the explanation for this lies with the prior arrangements for allocating children to schools, typically based upon designated catchment areas. In this paper we argue that the degree of residential segregation that exists in England ensured that schools were already highly segregated before the introduction of market reforms to education, and has continued to be the chief determinant of segregation since. We then suggest that the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, which advocates a return to the use of catchment areas and distance to school when allocating places in oversubscribed schools, may be leading inadvertently to increased socioeconomic segregation between schools.

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Comparison of school day eating behaviours of 8–11 years old children from Australia and the United Kingdom

Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism ◽

10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.115 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 91

Author(s):

D. Zarnowiecki ◽

M.S. Christian ◽

J. Dollman ◽

N. Parletta ◽

C.E.L. Evans ◽

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Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Eating Behaviours ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

School Day

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How have adventure playgrounds in the United Kingdom adapted post-March Lockdown in 2020?

International Journal of Playwork Practice ◽

10.25035/ijpp.02.01.05 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Pete King

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Communities Of Practice ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Children And Young People ◽

Number Of Children ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Policies And Procedures ◽

New Policies

Adventure playgrounds have been a feature in the United Kingdom since the 1950s. Their growth and development was underpinned by ‘thinking together’, a concept in the Communities of Practice (CoP) approach. In March 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) went into lockdown. This study aimed to find out how adventure playgrounds responded to the Covid-19 situation when they reopened in July 2020. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 18 adventure playground staff from 14 adventure playgrounds. Thematic analysis of the data constructed themes and sub-themes within four main headings: preparation for opening; reduction; targeted service and play behaviour. The results showed how the adventure playgrounds had to re-organise the provision with a reduction in the number of children and young people attending, moving to a more closed-access bookable provision and implementing new policies and procedures to meet the demands of social distancing. This paper reports on the findings of this study and reflects on how the CoP approach has been a feature of the post Covid response of these adventure playgrounds.

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Newham’s Every Child a Sports Person (NECaSP): A Summative Process Evaluation of a School- and Community- Based Intervention in East London, United Kingdom

Journal of Physical Activity and Health ◽

10.1123/jpah.2015-0567 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 1124-1131 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Whitney B. Curry ◽

Symeon Dagkas ◽

Marcia Wilson

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Young People ◽

Process Evaluation ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Formal Curriculum ◽

Sports Clubs ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

School Based ◽

School Day ◽

School Based Interventions

Background:The Newman’s Every Child a Sports Person (NECaSP) intervention aspires to increase sport and physical activity (PA) participation among young people in the United Kingdom. The aims of this article are to report on a summative process evaluation of the NECaSP and make recommendations for future interventions.Methods:Seventeen schools provided data from students aged 11 to 13 years (n = 1226), parents (n = 192), and teachers (n = 14) via direct observation and questionnaires. Means, SDs, and percentages were calculated for sociodemographic data. Qualitative data were analyzed via directed content analysis and main themes identified.Results:Findings indicate further administrative, educational, and financial support will help facilitate the success of the program in improving PA outcomes for young people and of other similar intervention programs globally. Data highlighted the need to engage parents to increase the likelihood of intervention success.Conclusions:One main strength of this study is the mixed-methods nature of the process evaluation. It is recommended that future school-based interventions that bridge sports clubs and formal curriculum provision should consider a broader approach to the delivery of programs throughout the academic year, school week, and school day. Finally, changes in the school curriculum can be successful once all parties are involved (community, school, families).

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Excretion of hepatitis E virus by pigs of different ages and its presence in slurry stores in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Record ◽

10.1136/vr.163.9.261 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 163 (9) ◽

pp. 261-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

C. McCreary ◽

F. Martelli ◽

S. Grierson ◽

F. Ostanello ◽

A. Nevel ◽

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Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Hepatitis E Virus ◽

Hepatitis E ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Different Ages

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Salmon as a food-poisoning vehicle-two successive salmonella outbreaks

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268800054169 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 101 (2) ◽

pp. 249-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

K. A. V. Cartwright ◽

B. G. Evans

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Food Poisoning ◽

Cross Contamination ◽

Social Functions ◽

Ambient Temperatures ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Hygiene Measures

SUMMARYGastroenteritis due to Salmonella montevideo occurred amongst guests attending two social functions held within 24 h, food for both having been provided by the same catering firm. Salmon was the most likely vehicle of infection in each case, although cross-contamination of other foods occurred. There were no deaths; four patients were admitted to hospital, one of whom underwent appendicectomy.A review of salmon-associated food-poisoning outbreaks suggests that fresh salmon is an infrequent cause of food poisoning in the United Kingdom. The two outbreaks described here resulted from a failure of simple kitchen hygiene measures at a time of high ambient temperatures. Some current cooking instructions for salmon are inadequate.

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The influence over a period of 8 years of patterns of prescribing palizivumab for patients with and without congenitally malformed hearts, and in admissions to paediatric intensive care

Cardiology in the Young ◽

10.1017/s1047951109003771 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 346-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alastair Turner ◽

Colin Begg ◽

Benjamin Smith ◽

Jonathan Coutts

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Department Of Health ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Syncytial Virus

AbstractObjectivesTo describe the pattern of prescribing for palivizumab in the Glasgow area over the period 1999 through 2007, and to compare recent prescribing to the current recommendations by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation of the United Kingdom Department of Health. Our secondary objective was to describe admissions to paediatric intensive care in patients with respiratory syncytial virus receiving palivizumab.SettingTertiary children’s hospital out-patient immunisation clinic and paediatric intensive care unit.DesignProspective analysis of prescribing and admissions data for the period 1999 through 2007.Outcome measuresNumber of prescriptions and admissions to the paediatric intensive care unit.ResultsThe number of children receiving palivizumab annually initially rose more than 5-fold, from 17 in the season of 1999 and 2000 versus 115 in 2004 and 2005, although it has declined in the past 2 years, to 63 in 2006 and 2007, following publication of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation established by the United Kingdom Department of Health. There has been no significant change in demographics of patients during this period. Prior to publication of these recommendations, 35 of 44 (80%) patients with congenitally malformed hearts who received palivizumab in the season of 2005 and 2006 deviated from the current recommendations, compared to 5 of 51 (10%) who received palivizumab for non-cardiac indications. No patients who received palivizumab required admission to the paediatric intensive care unit with proven respiratory syncytial virus infection over the 8 year period.ConclusionsThe number of children receiving palivizumab initially increased significantly, although it has now fallen following implementation of national recommendations. Much prescribing, particularly for children with congenitally malformed hearts, did not fulfil current recommendations. The absence of admissions to paediatric intensive care reflects the success of targeted immunisation in our population.

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