Draft poster: lunchtime fitness circuit

1. The brief

The PE department is starting a free lunchtime fitness circuit for Years 7 and 8. A Year 10 pupil made this poster on a computer. It will be printed for the corridors and posted on the school website. Mrs Jenkins, Head of PE, wants it checked before it goes anywhere.

2. The draft poster (version 1)

If this sheet is printed in black and white: the title is pale yellow on white, the station names are coloured red or green, and the box at the bottom is light grey text on white.

3. Facts from the PE department

• The circuit has 8 stations. The eighth is lunges, which the poster has missed out.
• Pupils work for 30 seconds at each station and rest for 30 seconds while moving to the next one.
• Every session starts with a 5-minute warm-up and ends with a cool-down and stretches. Pupils must wear trainers and tie their laces.
• Red stations are harder; green stations are easier versions. Pupils can choose.
• Sessions run on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the sports hall, 12:40 to 13:15.

4. What makes a good poster

• Purpose: someone walking past should know what, when, where and how to join within 5 seconds.
• Hierarchy: the most important information is biggest and highest; details are smaller but still readable.
• Contrast: dark text on a light background (or the opposite) so it can be read from a distance and by people with poor eyesight.
• Consistency: 1 or 2 fonts at most, used the same way each time.
• Colour is not the only clue: about 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are colour blind, many of them unable to tell red from green. Add a word or symbol as well as colour.
• Accuracy: no spelling, punctuation or factual mistakes.
• On a website: images need alt text, a short description that screen readers read aloud for people who cannot see the image.