Joe Wicks announces he will hold free PE lessons on his YouTube Channel for children who are out of school due to coronavirus pandemic

  • Joe Wicks has announced he will run free online PE lessons for out of school kids
  • Live classes will be 30 minutes and run between 9am and 5pm every weekday 
  • Workouts are suitable for everyone from young children to secondary school 

By Bridie Pearson-jones For Mailonline

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Joe Wicks has announced he will start online PE lessons to help keep children fit and healthy during the school shutdown.

Prime Minster Boris Johnson announced last night that schools across the UK will be closed indefinitely from Friday as cases of coronavirus continue to rise across the nation.    

The UK-based fitness influencer, who is known as The Body Coach, will be holding free 30-minute classes every weekday to help children keep active during a live workout called 'PE with Joe'.

Joe Wicks has announced he will start online PE lessons to help keep children fit and healthy during the school shutdown

Joe Wicks has announced he will start online PE lessons to help keep children fit and healthy during the school shutdown

Announcing the news on his Instagram page, where he has more than three million followers, Joe said: 'Starting from Monday, every single day from Monday to Friday, I'm going to do a live workout called "PE with Joe" on my YouTube channel The Body Coach TV.

'It's a workout specifically designed for kids. Because when the schools closed, there is no PE. Don't worry, I've got you.

'I'm going to take this over. I'm going get your kids moving, fit and energised, positive and optimistic.

He added: 'It's a 30-minute session for little kids right up to secondary school, get involved, have fun. We're going to be doing loads of basic exercises. You don't need a lot of room.'

Announcing the news on his Instagram page, where he has more than three millions followers, Joe said: 'Starting from Monday, every single day from Monday to Friday, I'm going to do a live workout called "PE with Joe" on my Youtube channel The Body Coach TV.
The fitness influencer, who goes by the name of The Body Coach, will be holding free 30 minutes classes every weekday to help children keep active during a live workout called 'PE with Joe'.

Announcing the news on his Instagram page, where he has more than three millions followers, Joe said: 'Starting from Monday, every single day from Monday to Friday, I'm going to do a live workout called "PE with Joe" on my Youtube channel The Body Coach TV.

Joe said: 'It's a 30-minute session for little kids right up to secondary school, get involved, have fun. We're going to be doing loads of basic exercises. You don't need a lot of room.'

Joe said: 'It's a 30-minute session for little kids right up to secondary school, get involved, have fun. We're going to be doing loads of basic exercises. You don't need a lot of room.'

Parents have praised Joe for the initiative and how regular exercise will benefit their restless kids at home ¿ and some parents said they'd even take part themselves

Parents have praised Joe for the initiative and how regular exercise will benefit their restless kids at home – and some parents said they'd even take part themselves

Parents have praised Joe for the initiative and how regular exercise will benefit their restless kids at home – and some parents said they'd even take part themselves.

One wrote: 'I know I hate YouTube but I tend to concede with letting the kids do Joe Wicks kids workouts! They will love this, and might keep us sane by them burning off some of their energy.'

Another said: 'Inspirational. What a wonderful thing to do. Makes me quite emotional seeing such kindness.'

One added: 'Let's pretend we are kids and do this together.'

Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that all schools in England - along with those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - will close from Friday due to the coronavirus outbreak.

GCSE and A-Level exams planned for May and June will be rescheduled.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that when school gates in England shut, they will not reopen for the foreseeable future.

There will still be a skeleton operation kept in place across the country so that children of key workers can be looked after to enable their parents to continue to work. 

Examples include NHS staff, police and delivery drivers. Children classed as 'vulnerable' – such as those who have a social worker – will also be able to attend. 

 

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