Does your school take part in a Daily Mile, K a Day or similar?

Cornwall Council’s Wellbeing and Public Health Service has plans to promote Mile a Day or similar schemes in schools across Cornwall from January 2018.To encourage other schools to get involved, we’re asking that if you are already taking part in the Daily Mile, K a Day or similar that you share your story with us! We only need a small amount of information, so not lots of extra work for you – see the suggested template on the following page.

Reasons it works:

  • It’s good fun!
  • It’s simple and free to implement.
  • It’s sustainable –all year round, every year.
  • Always takes place in a safe, risk-assessed school environment.
  • It helps improve focus, concentration and behaviour in class.
  • Physical activity improves attainment.
  • Teachers can link it to aspects of the curriculum.
  • It embeds daily physical activity into the school’s approach to Health and Wellbeing.
  • It helps schools to meet the recommendations for daily physical activity outlined by the UK Government, the Chief Medical Officer and others.
  • The children are much fitter and can access Sport and PE more readily.

For health:

  • Children become more aware of their health and the need to take responsibility for it.
  • Improves body composition – bone density, muscle strength and cardio-vascular health.
  • Helps children achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
  • Individual medical conditions, such as Diabetes and Asthma, can be helped.
  • Overall balance, gross and fine motor skills are enhanced.

For wellbeing:

  • It’s 100% inclusive and no-one is left behind – every child succeeds.
  • It’s not a race or competition – there is no sense of failure.
  • Children enjoy it – having fun, in the fresh air with friends, and a sense of freedom.
  • Children enjoy the weather, seasons and nature.
  • Supports improvement in self-efficacy, satisfaction and happiness.
  • Including staff wellbeing

So, if your school is taking part in Mile a Day or similar, can you please help us by sharing a little information about this? We’ve put the following template together to help:

How the project was integrated into the school day?
What impact does it have on behaviour, learning and self-esteem? Include staff quotes.
What response do your pupils’ have? Include quotes
What has been the impact on the rest of school? Including staff
Did anything surprise you about implementing Mile a Day? (Good or bad)
Any other comments or photos

*We plan to share your case study on our website – please let us know if you are not happy to give permission for this.

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