Move it Boom is a competition designed to encourage primary school children across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to get physically active. Children are allocated a unique username and password for the Move it Boom website, and when they take part in any physical activity, whether that be a bike ride, a sports club session, going swimming or playing football in the park, they can log that activity online to win points for their school. The more physical activities children do and log their online, the more new parts they will earn for their  virtual robot avatar, continually upgrading it to become a super cool machine!  

Why should your school take part?

Move it Boom is a great way to get everyone in your school community active, providing you with additional health and wellbeing evidence to support Ofsted self-evaluation and, where applicable, Healthy Schools accreditation. It’s also completely free to take part! Your school could also be in with a chance of winning one of a number of brilliant prizes from our MIB partners at the end of the competition.   Move it Boom runs from Monday 4 October 2021 until Friday 17 December. Prize winning schools will be announced in early January 2022.

We are delighted to have a number of fantastic MIB partners on board for Move it Boom 2021 who have very kindly donated some amazing prizes for the best performing schools. Some of the prizes available to the best performing schools this year include:

• Up to £1000 worth of thermoplastic line/playground markings for your school
• Tickets to see LCFC Women at King Power Stadium
• Tickets to see a Loughborough Lightning netball match
• A full day of professional sports coaches in your school, running breakfast, lunch and afternoon sessions, as well as PE lessons throughout the day
• Cricket coaching sessions
• A 'Leicester City Day' featuring lots of activities run by professional community sports coaches

For Move it Boom 2021, we have teamed up with The Daily Boost campaign, so for all schools actively participating in the Daily Boost, pupils can now record their active minutes through the Move it Boom website.

What to do

Simply click on the Daily Boost activity icon when you log in to the Move it Boom website, and you'll be scoring points for Move it Boom and logging minutes to receive Boost Bands at the same time!

Scott Fewster, headteacher at Buswells Lodge Primary School, who won Move it Boom 2019 has a short message for all those taking part in Move it Boom 2021. Click here or on the image below to view his short video message.

We are delighted to welcome Leicester City in the Community as one of our Move it Boom partners this year.

Who are they?

Leicester City in the Community is Leicester City Football Club’s charitable arm and uses the power of the of Leicester City brand to positively impact the community of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

What they said

“We at Leicester City in the Community are excited and proud to partner with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust through Move it Boom. Following the launch, we hope this initiative will inspire children to become healthier through physical activity. We are looking forward to seeing some incredible robot avatars and are confident this will encourage children in our 18 partner schools to take part.” said Glenn Short, Leicester City in the Community Primary Stars Coordinator

Their prize

Leicester City in the Community are offering one of the best performing schools in Move it Boom 2021 a 'Leicester City Day' featuring a range of fun activities led by their professional community sports coaches, as well as a set of tickets to see LCFC Women play at King Power Stadium.    

For Move it Boom 2021, we have partnered with Raising Health, the charity arm of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, to raise vital funds to support children and young people with mental health conditions.

What are we raising money for?

We are raising money to buy new sporting and outdoor equipment for The Beacon, an in-patient mental health facility for children and young people in Leicester.  We know that outdoor physical activity contributes to the recovery of patients with mental health conditions, and we would like to make sure that we are doing all we can to support our young people on their journey.

How can your school get involved?

We want to encourage all schools taking part in Move it Boom 2021 to incorporate a fundraising day where pupils come to school in non-uniform, wearing a sports or PE kit, and complete the ‘Move it Boom Mile’; all for a small donation to the Raising Health appeal.

How can they complete the 'Move it Boom Mile'?

Pupils can complete the mile in any way they would like, with the idea for them to have as much fun being physically active as possible. Here are some ideas for ways in which children in your school could complete their Move it Boom mile:

• Run
• Walk (Forwards or backwards!)
• Holding an egg and spoon
• Balancing something on their head
• Moving through and around obstacles
• Three-legged by tying themselves to a friend

Getting started

You can complete your fundraising day at any point during the Move it Boom competition, and there’s no need to worry about counting cash or banking it, as the team from Raising Health can collect it for you.

Get in touch

If you are planning on incorporating a fundraising day into your Move it Boom activities, please contact Naina Surti at Raising Health on naina.surti@nhs.net or on 07766 417 125.

Check out this great idea for a game from some of the pupils at Ibstock Junior School. Give it a go and get logging the activity.

ME Sports provide high quality sports coaching to schools, colleges, clubs and independent organisations across the Leicestershire and Rutland area.

Their prize

ME Sports are offering one of the best performing schools at the end of the Move it Boom competition a full day of professional sports coaches in school. This will include a breakfast club session, lunch and after school clubs as well as morning and afternoon PE lessons.