Moray mile launch

Source: The Huntly Express
Date: 28-Apr-2016

PRIMARY school pupils throughout Moray braved the snow, sleet and hail for the spring launch of the Moray Mile initiative.

Schools in and around Keith have signed up to the challenge, which sees pupils taking part in 15-20 minute sessions of outdoor physical activity each day. The aim is to ensure children across Moray keep fit and active.


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Primary school goes the extra mile to improve health

Source: Redditch Advertiser
Date: 28-Apr-2016

DUDLEY Council’s chief executive is getting ready to don her trainers as she prepares to join Brierley Hill Primary School’s daily mile.

Sarah Norman will join children this morning (Thursday, April 28) as they run – or walk – their way to fitness through a regular daily mile.

It comes as part of a national initiative which has been encouraging children to get more physically active during their school day by taking part in the 15 minute challenge.

A number of schools and organisations across the borough are already taking part in the initiative, while around half of the primary schools have also expressed an interest in taking part.


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Brierley Hill Primary School goes the extra mile to improve health

Source: Ludlow & Tenbury Wells Advertiser
Date: 28-Apr-2016

DUDLEY Council’s chief executive is getting ready to don her trainers as she prepares to join Brierley Hill Primary School’s daily mile.

Sarah Norman will join children this morning (Thursday, April 28) as they run – or walk – their way to fitness through a regular daily mile.

It comes as part of a national initiative which has been encouraging children to get more physically active during their school day by taking part in the 15 minute challenge.


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Weer of geen weer, elke dag hardlopen op Britse scholen

Source: nos.nl
Date: 25-Apr-2016

Op ruim 700 basisscholen in Groot-Brittannië wordt elke dag hardgelopen. Naast de normale gymlessen doen de leerlingen The Daily Mile, een dagelijkse mijl. Een rondje van ruim anderhalve kilometer, weer of geen weer.

Op de Hallfield basisschool in West-Londen bevalt het de kinderen wel. De 9-jarige Mobesar zegt dat hij zich fitter en gezonder voelt sinds de school twee maanden geleden met het project begon. „Ik slaap ook beter. Ik denk omdat ik sneller moe ben.“ Zijn klasgenoot Adam vertelt dat hij ook verschil ziet: „Ik was vroeger heel langzaam en ik vond sport verschrikkelijk. Nu ben ik sneller en vind ik sport leuk.“


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Primary school pupils complete marathon challenge

Source: ITV News
Date: 23-Apr-2016

Ahead of the London marathon a group of children from Norwich have just completed their own special Marathon.

Pupils from Trowse Primary have run a mile a day for the last 26 days as part of the schools commitment to increase their physical activity and improve their overall well being.

Amongst year 6 children in Norwich, 1 in 3 are recorded as overweight or obese. The idea behind the Daily Mile, which began in Scotland, was to improve not just the physical but social and emotional wellbeing of children.


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Trowse to Timbuktu means miles of smiles as pupils complete feat

Source: Eastern Daily Press
Date: 22-Apr-2016

But running a total of 2,912 miles was no problem for pupils and staff from Trowse Primary School, who took the challenge one day at the time.

The school has become the first in the region to compete the Daily Mile Marathon – a scheme that started in Scotland and is fast becoming a national phenomenon.

Six of the school’s staff members and 106 pupils have each run a mile a day and competed their 26th mile yesterday to make it the distance of a marathon.

Headteacher Stuart Odell said: “After hearing about how positive the initiative has been in Scotland it was something I wanted us to try.


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New playground opens at Pondhu School

Source: Cornish Guardian
Date: 22-Apr-2016

PUPILS at Pondhu School have a new play area.

The official opening was carried out by Jon Cleave of Fisherman’s Friends last week when the whole school was joined by parents and friends for delicious refreshments before the ceremony.

The school choir joined Jon in singing a Seagull Shanty before the ribbon was cut by Jon, alongside the eldest and youngest children in the school.


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Barnsley Wellbeing Organisation Pioneers Daily Mile Scheme For Kids

Source: Yorkshire Business Daily
Date: 21-Apr-2016

Team Activ has designed a new fitness promotion campaign that aims to combat obesity and inactivity among young children through fun and engaging communal activities.

Inspired by the National Trails, the not for profit organisation, has designed Trek Activ: a new lunchtime running, walking or riding programme for schools in Yorkshire designed to encourage children to get out and complete at least a mile a day.


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Schools given £10k grants to fight childhood obesity

Source: Sussex Express
Date: 15-Apr-2015

Schools in East Sussex are to receive £10,000 grants to help them defuse the “ticking time bomb” of childhood obesity. A total of 178 schools and colleges will share £2million of health improvement grants from East Sussex County Council’s public health department. Several schools have already taken part in a pilot project, with the money being sent on schemes ranging from healthy tuck shops and cookery clubs to family fitness events and workshops.


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Pond Park pupils step up activity as timetable takes on Daily Mile

Source: Ulster Star
Date: 15-Apr-2016

Pupils and staff at Lisburn’s Pond Park Park Primary School have added 15 minutes of exercise to each day with the introduction of ‘The Daily Mile’ to the timetable. Every day, whatever the weather, staff join the 627 pupils to walk, jog or run around the playground as part of a programme aimed at increasing the time children spend outdoors, while having a positive impact on their physical, social, mental and emotional health.


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The Daily Mile at Ark Atwood Primary Academy

Find out why the staff and pupils of Ark Atwood Primary Academy love The Daily Mile. From increased fitness to concentration in class, The Daily Mile brings so many health and wellbeing benefits to primary school children.

Why all kids must learn jography: The Sun is backing the Daily Mile scheme to help beat childhood obesity

Source: The Sun (Scotland)
Date: 12-Apr-2016

TODAY The Sun is backing a simple but brilliant idea that promises to save
our kids from the obesity epidemic that is threatening their lives.

We believe every youngster in the country should take part in the Daily Mile —
which will make children fit not fat and give them back the childhood they
deserve.

The scheme encourages kids from age three to 12 to go outside in their
school uniform whatever the weather and, for 15 minutes, run, jog or walk
approximately one mile with their pals.


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