Table 1 Interventions and examples of activities

Active Commuting to/from School

Teachers

Activities in the school neighborhood to improve children’s autonomy and abilities

 • Walking in the neighborhood focusing on facilitators they perceive.

Teachers

Reinforcement of children’s knowledge about active commuting to school.

 • Working in class through photographs to determine the best appropriate material for active commuting (e.g. proper footwear).

Parents

Messages to the families with adviceand some of the outcomes of being active

 • “If you let your children actively commute to school they will become more autonomous”.

Active PE lessons

Teachers

Apply two active educationalunits (8 lessons per unit) replacing the traditional PE lessons.

 • Different ways to take attendance (i.e. using student as the person responsible of this task)

 • Selectthe best activity with the available material (i.e. determine the activity based on the number of soccer balls, if the number is low try to use some collective games to ensure the engagement of all children in the class)

Active School Recess

Teachers

 • Preparing the playground by offering adequate spaces and games.

 • Developing games and teaching children to play in recess time (i.e. sport games, traditional games)

 • Placing a sheet in the classroom with some reminders about being active in recess time (i.e. using a poster board encouraging playing one of the selected games with some images)

Sleep Health Promotion

Teachers

Informative sessions to analyze the best habits prior to sleep time:

 • Turning off all devices an hour prior to bedtime.

Parents

Teachers

Teaching children Jacobson’s progressive relaxation technique [57].