{"id":3065,"date":"2017-09-26T09:35:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T08:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2017-09-26T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T08:35:52","slug":"daily-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2017\/09\/26\/daily-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Mile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">posted by Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2017\/09\/26\/daily-mile\/mile\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3066 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/anguschildrenandlearning\/uploads\/sites\/903\/2017\/09\/mile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>The Daily Mile has become a regular feature in many of our Angus schools and along with the guidance and support from Scottish Government we would like this to continue. In Angus we fully endorse the Daily Mile and whilst it is not PE, it has valuable physical, emotional, social and mental Health and Wellbeing benefits. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>The Daily Mile is an integral part of helping to reduce childhood inactivity and obesity. Children are getting fatter younger, and we need to encourage them to eat better, be more active and make healthier life choices. Early scientific studies show that the level of obesity at St Ninians School (the founder school) is around 45% less than the national average.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Some of the other main proven benefits of regular participation are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>The 15 minute break from lessons is invigorating and leaves children (and teachers!) more focused and ready to learn. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>It is non-competitive, fully inclusive, and the children have fun! It\u2019s social and it improves relationships. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>It builds self-esteem and confidence, improving children\u2019s perception of exercise for life. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Regular participation encourages a healthy lifestyle, healthy eating, quality sleep, and a positive mindset. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Time spent outside, in all weather, helps children become better engaged with the outdoors, aware of their surroundings and builds resilience. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>There is now a Daily Mile website <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymile.co.uk\/\">www.thedailymile.co.uk<\/a> which contains a wealth of information for both teachers and parents\/carers, including:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Ideas for getting started, help and top tips. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Information booklets and presentations. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Templates for risk assessments, flyers and parental letters. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">FAQs to address any challenges www.thedailymile.co.uk\/faq<\/span> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You can also register as a Daily Mile School and add your school to the participation map, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymile.co.uk\/school-signup\">www.thedailymile.co.uk\/school-signup<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information, including case studies, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymile.co.uk\/\">www.thedailymile.co.uk<\/a> and start your Daily Mile journey today. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Andy Garnett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sylvia Cranston<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Active Schools\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Health &amp; Wellbeing Staff Tutor<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>posted by Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator The Daily Mile has become a regular feature in many of our Angus schools and along with the guidance and support from Scottish Government we would like this to continue. In Angus we fully endorse the Daily Mile and whilst it is not PE, it has valuable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3752,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-directorate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3068,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065\/revisions\/3068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}