Every sports parent, particularly those who have children who love or appear to be good at a certain sport, has to make the decision as to whether the right thing is to go all in, no matter what the cost, or decide to treat the activity as secondary, and let the chips fall where they may.

FORBES: How Sports Parents Can Resemble Nazi Sympathizers

Mr Lewis told assembly members there was a "fall off in activity" between primary and secondary school, and the problem was worse for girls compared to boys.

BBC: Active children and young people statement

The increased activity in the so-called secondary market reflects the rapidly changing landscape of private equity.

FORBES: The Secondary Private Equity Market Is Booming

The project has been carried out during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years and was aimed at all teachers open to participating in a creative activity on the theme of water and science with their Primary or early Secondary school classes.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences