Month: May 2018

Toff takes on The Daily Mile

Source: ITV – This Morning

Date: 08-May-2018

It’s a simple idea from a teacher in Scotland that led to a Pride of Britain Award – The Daily Mile… Children jogging a mile every day to build up their fitness.

Now ITV are joining in to help encourage every school across the UK to sign up.

Today Toff takes children from one school that has never done it to a school that already has, to find out why it’s such a good idea…

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Holly’s Lodge School
St Polycarp’s School

 

 

Take part in The Daily Mile with GMB

Source: ITV – Good Morning Britain

Date: 07-May-2018

This week Good Morning Britain (and everyone at ITV) is backing The Daily Mile.

The aim of The Daily Mile is to improve the physical, social, emotional and mental health and wellbeing of children – regardless of age, ability or personal circumstances.

The idea is that each school day, pupils are taken out of their classroom to space outdoors and allowed to run for 15minutes, whether in a playground or playing field. Children don’t need any special equipment or running kit, they just run in their uniform in the great outdoors. It’s called The Daily Mile as within 15 minutes children run around 1 mile.

The Daily Mile was founded in 2012 by Pride of Britain winner Elaine Wyllie. This week she was on our show and this is what she had to say…

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