Daily Mile

A few days back on the morning news I learnt about a school up country implementing a "daily mile" to their school day. The story behind this being that someone accused the students at the school of being unfit so the staff decided to get the students to run around the field for a mile. They couldn't so the school decided to carry this on each day to get improve fitness levels.

The school I'm currently on placement at (Cockwood) today had their first "daily mile". The whole school (foundation- Year 6) had 15 minutes to move how ever they wanted around the school green at the end of the day. They also had to think about why their best friend was their best friend as they went (implementing PSHE) and feedback at the end.

The children could move around the edge of the field how ever they wanted with some walking, others jogging and most running trying to get the most laps. It was a great experience to be part of with the staff at the school even joining in with the kids. Some children we having mini races with each other and some were jogging a little bit and then slowing down to have a chat with their friends. I thought this is a great way for children to improve their fitness levels as well as blowing off some steam at the end of the school day.

However, this was the first one, it would be interesting to see if the school manages to keep this going over a period of time and to see if the children will still be enjoying it. The other issue being that it took in just over half an hour for this to be completed as the teachers had to get the children down to the school field (which is down the road) and back up after the mile. The time it takes for the children to get there and back should improve with time and I hope it does because the children seemed to really enjoy it!