About 5x60 
5x60 - It’s the big question your maths teacher never asked you!
Chew on this for a minute. If you add together all the time you spend burning off energy, how many hours have you clocked up by the end of the week?
5 or more? Cool. Top of the class!
Less than 5? Mm. That’s a ‘could do better…’
5x60 is about getting active for at least 60 minutes, 5 x a week. It doesn’t have to be all at once! A 10 minute walk to school, a 20 minute kickabout and a half-hour bike ride will do. But before you ask, no it doesn’t include time on your x-box or watching footie!
5x60 is all about having fun and trying out new things. At Ferndale this term students have tried dodgeball, zumba, table tennis and many more activities. Next term there will be more exciting things to try such as football, fitness club at the school pool and Golf as well as all yor favourites from last term.
It’s all about you. You choose your activities, and your 5x60 Officer does their bit to make it happen.
Benefits Of 5X60
There are may benefits of 5x60 including Some of the following:
Opportunities to do Something Different
The sports council for Wales has set out new rules - they want to get you all do at least five hours extra sports and other activities of side of your other lessons, 5x60 provides a wide range of different sports other than the main sports you’re all used to playing . An extra five hours activity through out the week will help you all get fitter and will help you have a fitter and healthy life when you get to adulthood.
It's all well and good being all fit and healthy but there is no point doing any extra sport and activities without being able to do it with out all you’re mates and friends. Taking park in the wide range of activities that 5x60 offers you will meet loads of new people and have a lot of fun while doing it
If you can think of an activity you would like to try or want to know more about what is going on get in touch with Chris in the E3 office or email me at chris@e3ferndale.co.uk.