Source: De Bakelgeert Dalton Basis School
Date: 11-Jul-2016

Groep 6 gaat tot aan de zomervakantie aan de slag met een experiment, een actief experiment: The Daily Mile.

The Daily Mile is overgewaaid vanuit Schotland. Een directeur van een basisschool werd daar geconfronteerd met een schoolpopulatie die te zwaar was, er ongezond uitzag en een slechte conditie bezat. Met het invoeren van The Daily Mile wilde ze hier verandering in brengen.

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Source: Stoke-on-Trent Sentinel
Date: 08-Jul-2016

THESE are exciting times in Sport. I’m not just thinking of Stoke-on-Trent being the European City of Sport, there’s Wimbledon, the Tour de France and the European Football Championships.

For our children, however, there were changes to the physical education national curriculum in 2014 which has provided a good opportunity to refocus on what we are providing as part of PE and school sport provision.

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Source: The Bolton News
Date: 08-Jul-2016

WHEN it comes to staying fit and healthy, one primary school is racing ahead.

The Gates in Westhoughton staged a week of activities teaching children and members of staff about the importance of healthy eating and exercise.

Activities included running the daily mile – no matter what the weather – and culminated in a Race for Life with pupils and staff using their new found love of running to raise money for Cancer Research.

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Source: The Courier and Advertiser
Date: 05-Jul-2016

Staff, pupils and parents at Timmergreens Primary School in Arbroath have successfully taken up an exercise challenge.

Each class had to walk as many miles as they could while parents and the local community were invited to add to the total as well.

Having taken part in the Daily Mile for nine months, the final total was 1,206-and-a-half miles –the equivalent of 46 marathons.

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Source: Bolton News
Date: 07-Jul-2016

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Source: Bolton News
Date: 06-Jul-2016

WHEN it comes to staying fit and healthy, one primary school is racing ahead.

The Gates in Westhoughton staged a week of activities teaching children and members of staff about the importance of healthy eating and exercise.

Activities included running the daily mile – no matter what the weather – and culminated in a Race for Life with pupils and staff using their new found love of running to raise money for Cancer Research.

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Source: Chester Chronicle
Date: 02-Jul-2016

A new fitness initiative aimed at primary school children in Cheshire and designed to improve their health and performance in the classroom is to get an extra boost through the summer holidays.

Brio Leisure, the community interest company behind leisure and sports venues such as the Northgate Arena and Northwich Memorial Court, is offering free junior memberships at its centres through July and August to the schools in the Daily Mile pilot programme.

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Source: Newtownabbey Today
Date: 02-Jul-2016

Pupils at Jordanstown School for deaf and visually impaired children have clocked up over 650 miles throughout June after embracing the Daily Mile initiative.

Students and staff walked a mile per day, give or take the odd day missed due to exams. They enjoyed a whole school approach, with everyone including cleaners and bus drivers taking the time to enjoy some fresh air together.

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