‘Golden Mile aims to get the nations schoolchildren walking, jogging or running a total of 10 MILLION miles this year!
The Golden Mile is the safest, simplest and most flexible Health & Fitness scheme available in schools today.
Suitable for children of all abilities, it is an easy way for pupils to exercise with their friends.
Encouraging children to walk, jog or run 50 miles each in an academic year, the focus is on fun and personal achievement, including loads of rewards for individual and class progress.
Takes place within the school gates.
Not affected by bad weather and no equipment or time needed from teachers.
Pupils simply walk, jog or run round the Golden Mile track and the website then tells PUPILS, TEACHERS & PARENTS of the progress of each participant through easy to understand graphs and certificates of achievement!
An impact study of pre Golden Mile vs post Golden Mile over an 8 month period proved:
Pre GM - 68% of reception pupils were able to run continuously at a steady pace for at least two minutes.
Post GM - 100% of reception pupils were able to run continuously at a steady pace for at least two minutes and almost half of the children ran for more than five minutes continuously.
Pre GM - 43% of year two pupils were able to run continuously for at least four minutes.
Post GM - 97% of year two pupils could run continuously at a steady pace for at least four minutes and 50% carried on for at least 15 minutes!
All other year groups showed a similar improvement.
