Olympic hockey gold medal winner helps to open purpose built running track

Source: Local Berkshire
Date: 23-Oct-2016

OLYMPIC HOCKEY Gold medallist Hannah Macleod helped to open a new purpose-built running track at Priory School in Slough.

Priory School has invested in the track to promote its healthy lifestyle initiatives for the students.


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Alison helps school go extra Daily Mile to keep pupils fit

Source: Nottingham Post
Date: 22-Oct-2016

A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE school is striding forward with the help of Paralymipian to get children, running and skipping more.


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Caroline Wilson: Exercise is as important as the three Rs

Source: Glasgow Evening Times
Date: 22-Oct-2016

WHAT happens to a child when they start running or walking a mile every day?

It hardly requires asserting that their fitness levels are likely to improve, dramatically, but the other, more subtle, changes are perhaps a bit less obvious.

In a few weeks, the universities of Stirling and Edinburgh will publish the findings of a study looking closely at the impact of a daily mile on pupils at one Scottish primary.


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Youngsters walk to New York and back!

Source: Wigan Evening Post
Date: 22-Oct-2016

Creating a healthy future for generations to come has already started thanks to The Daily Mile coming to Wigan.


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Holyrood Week

Source: Glasgow Evening News
Date: 21-Oct-2016

WHAT happens to a child when they start jogging or walking for a mile every day ?


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School hails Daily Mile as a marvel

Source: Evening Star (Ipswich)
Date: 21-Oct-2016

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Olympic medallist at opening of track

Source: Royal Borough Observer (Slough)
Date: 21-Oct-2016

OLYMPIC HOCKEY Gold medallist Hannah Macleod helped to open a new purpose-built running track at Priory School in Slough, writes Krishan Davis.


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New school path will help get children walking

Source: Nottingham Post
Date: 21-Oct-2016

A Nottinghamshire school is striding forward with the help of a Paralymipian to get children walking, running and skipping more.

Gotham Primary School unveiled its new £14,000 purposed built all-weather Daily Mile path which encourages pupils to walk a mile a day.


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Calls for Daily Mile to be rolled out to every school

Source: Glasgow Evening Times
Date: 20-Oct-2016

Calls are being made for more primaries in Glasgow to adopt a sports initiative that has “transformed” the health of youngsters in a Scottish school.

Sports leaders and public health officials in Glasgow would like to see more pressure exerted on primary schools to introduce the Daily Mile, where youngsters walk or run a mile every day.

The 15-minute initiative was pioneered at St Ninians Primary in Stirling in March 2012 and despite rising obesity rates across the UK, the school says no pupils are overweight and have described the effects as “transformative.”


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Parents backing bid for schools to introduce the daily mile to keep pupils active and alert

Source: Ipswich Star
Date: 14-Oct-2016

Parents and readers online have voiced their support for the Ipswich Star’s campaign to get every primary school pupil in the town walking or running a mile a day


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