How physically active are boys and girls are during playtimes in primary school?

Children spend 20% of their whole school day in England during playtimes, within the literature, the school setting is described as a diverse place that may or may not have a contributory effect to physical activity levels. Ridgers et al. (2006) stated that “playtime can contribute between 5-40% of the recommended daily physical activity levels when no interventions have been utilised” (p. 359). Whilst Pate et al. (1996), suggested that “children best accumulate physical activity during playtime where they are free to interact with their peers” (p. 96). This paper compares boys and girls and infants (6–7 years) and juniors (9–10 years) physical activity levels. Data were collected within a case study school setting over one school year. 20 children wore Actigraph accelerometers to record physical activity intensity levels. A repeated measures 3 factor ANOVA was used to analyse the effects of factors, P values of