Help support students to build skills, confidence and healthy habits that last 

Building heart-healthy habits isn’t about doing something once. It’s about helping kids build small, repeatable actions that become part of everyday life. 

With Jump Rope for Heart, students don’t just move more. They become Heart Heroes who skip in minutes, build skills over time, and learn how healthy choices can feel fun, achievable and social. 

Here are 3 simple heart-healthy habits you can help embed in your classroom. 

1. Learn through everyday healthy choices

During Jump Rope for Heart, students explore how food and movement work together to support energy and learning. This is reinforced throughout our free lesson plans that are designed to fit into everyday teaching. 

Healthy habits can be built through simple, repeated conversations.  

Try this in your classroom:  

Use our small & mighty recipes to explore how everyday foods help kids learn, play and stay active! Both recipes include simple foods like oats, banana, yoghurt and berries. 

• Small and mighty banana oat smoothie
  
  
• Small and mighty overnight oats

Ask your class these questions:

Which foods in these recipes helps keep your tummy feel full?  

A: Oats, yoghurt, and milk. They all help make breakfast more satisfying so you’re less likely to feel hungry before recess. 

If you ate these foods for breakfast, how might they help you in PE/Sport?  

A: You’ll have more energy and better focus for running and playing so you will be performing your best! 

True or false: Oats are a good breakfast food because they give you energy that lasts all morning?  

A: True! Oats are a wholegrain. Theyn helps give you steady energy so you can stay focused in class and active at recess for playtime! 

Which ingredient gives natural sweetness without adding lots of extra sugar or honey?  

A: Banana! Banana adds sweetness and creaminess to smoothies and breakfast bowls. (Makes you use less sugar or honey or none at all!) 

Which colourful foods can you spot and why are they fun to eat?

A: Berries and other fruit. They add colour, flavour and make breakfast taste delicious! Give you breakfast and lunch the rainbow test everyday by adding fruit and vegetables to your meals. 

2. Build confidence through progress 

Confidence grows when students can see their improvement over time, not just the end result. 

During Jump Rope for Heart, students track their skipping and celebrate milestones as they go. But this idea can be reinforced in simple ways in your classroom 

Try this in your classroom:  

• Set a short, achievable goal e.g. skip for 30 seconds without stopping 

• Do a daily check in e.g. “What’s something you improved on today” 

• Track progress visually e.g. class charts, tallies, minutes skipped 

3. Skip a little every day 

Building healthy habits doesn’t require long sessions....just consistency. Even a few minutes of movement each day can make a big difference to students’ energy, focus and confidence.

Try this in your classroom:  

• Set a daily 1-minute skipping challenge
  
  
• Let students track “streaks” for how many days in a row they move 
  
  
• Pair students up to encourage and support each other  
  

Activity cards help to make this easy in the classroom. For quick warm-ups or brain breaks, these cards require no extra preparation. (download)

Help your students build, consistency, confidence and enjoyment in movement – an invaluable skill they can take throughout life.