This article was last updated in November 2024.
Everybody join the super movement!
Super Movers for Every Body is a new and exciting initiative for primary school pupils and their teachers from BBC Teach, the Premier League and ParalympicsGB. Physical activity plays an important role in the healthy development of children, and taking part in PE and sports benefits children’s physical, mental, and social well-being.
Currently 1.5 million children in England have special educational needs or are disabled, but only one in four disabled children take part in physical activity at school. Super Movers for Every Body is designed to help tackle this issue and get everybody moving.
We want all children to enjoy being active, and we want disabled pupils to feel more included in sport at school, and to encourage sporting allies. We want to harness the power of sport and the passion for the Paralympic Games and Premier League to introduce more inclusive sports to teachers and schools.
With inspiring films and resources produced with the help of Activity Alliance, BBC Sport, Boccia England, Channel 4 and the Youth Sport Trust, we hope every primary school pupil can join in and take part in inclusive activities in PE and sport, at school and at home.
Watch our film to find out from three Gold medal winning Paralympians: Hannah Cockroft, Ellie Simmonds and David Smith, why inclusive sport and Super Movers for Every Body is so important.
Ellie Simmonds OBE: Super Movers for Every Body is so important to me because I think yes it's about the next generation, but it's also about grassroots, making sure that no matter who you are, no matter what disability you have, you can move, you can get active, you can be included.
Hannah Cockcroft OBE, DL: Sport isn't just about fitness and health. It teaches us so many different things. It teaches leadership, communication skills. It helps us make friendship groups. It helps us have more confidence in our bodies. It is so good for every area of your life.
David Smith OBE: I know there's a lot of people with my sort of disability who are smart, articulate, but without a competitive outlet, so I want to make a difference.
Ellie: Educating teachers, school kids to make sure no one is left out is so, so important.
Hannah: A lot of people learn from an early age, oh disabled people can't do sport or they can't do this or they can't do that. Whereas if we make it inclusive right from the very start, then that sets you up for life then. People start looking at, well, this is how I can include that person. I know that for a long time I didn't feel included, so why not make it so that everyone can take part?
David: Sport is important, so you can learn communication. You can learn working together, tactics, problem solving.
Ellie: Any child out there can do PE and can do sport, but just in a different way.
Watch this film with British Sign Language
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Watch this film with British Sign Language and audio description
Visit the Super Movers for Every Body website to find free teaching and learning resources for Paralympic sports. With these resources, which include films and downloadable activity cards, your class and school can enjoy learning the skills required to play blind football, boccia and Para athletics.
You can also enjoy fun follow-along songs and dances from CBBC’s Evie and Rhys, teaching inclusive warm-ups, agility, balance and coordination to everyone and everybody! These routines have been designed for regular use in the classroom and by families at home. All the films feature inspiring Paralympic athletes and Premier League mascots having a go too.
Paris 2024 Paralympics
Within the Super Movers for Every Body collection, you will also find features on ParalympicsGB greats, for whom sport and physical activity has been a lifeline in tough times and a passion that has led them to a glittering career in inclusive sport.
- 'I don't let anyone tell me I can't do something' - Kadeena Cox
- David Smith on why more people should be playing boccia
- 'Some children like to be in high pressure environments' - Iona Winnifrith
- Hannah Cockroft on childhood, attitudes and allyship
About the Super Movers for Every Body sports
Blind football: Blind football is an exciting sport where all players wear blindfolds and use their listening skills to locate a ball fitted with internal bells to shoot into goal.
Boccia: Boccia (pronounced 'Bot-cha') is a Paralympic sport introduced in 1984. It is a game of two sides played indoors. Like bowls, the aim of the game is to get your ball closer to the jack than your opponent. Players are seated and the ball can be thrown, kicked, or rolled down a ramp onto the court.
Para athletics: Para athletics have been part of the Paralympic Games since 1960. It includes track and field events such as wheelchair racing, running, marathon, long jump, triple jump, high jump, javelin, discus, club throw and shot put.
Sport equipment giveaway
A lack of equipment can be a barrier to disabled children taking part in sporting activities, so the Super Movers for Every Body partnership provided thousands of free inclusive sport equipment packs to UK primary schools, with thanks to the Premier League.
The deadline to apply for a free pack was Friday 7th June 2024 and registration has now closed.
If you missed the window to apply for a pack, all the Super Movers for Every Body sports can be tried today using Super Movers for Every Body resources and equipment you may find in your school or home.
