{"id":5748,"date":"2020-11-02T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T12:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=5748"},"modified":"2021-01-18T14:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T14:02:23","slug":"autumn-daily-mile-and-mnu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/autumn-daily-mile-and-mnu\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn &#8211; Add MNU to The Daily Mile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Incorporating <strong>MNU<\/strong> into your Daily Mile will draw learners attention to the Real World maths around us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailymile.co.uk\/for-schools\/\">The Daily Mile <\/a>is part of many schools&#8217; daily routine.\u00a0 Taking classes outdoors on a regular basis to walk or run a set route within the schools grounds is recognised as beneficial to <strong>Health and Well Being.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are taking pupils walking or running outdoors set pupils activities to help them notice the world around them and what is happening to their own bodies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can they take their own pulse before and after the run (count the beats for 15 seconds and multiply by 4)?<\/li>\n<li>Estimate the distance between points on the run and measure<\/li>\n<li>In which compass direction are pupils travelling and how does this change in the course of the run?<\/li>\n<li>How many 3D shapes do we pass?<\/li>\n<li>Notice the windows in the buildings that we pass &#8211; they are often arranged in regular groups (3 windows in a row, or a group of 2 windows one above the other); count up the windows and compare strategies<\/li>\n<li>How many different colours can you see\/how many blue objects can you see?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep the tasks simple so as not to detract from the main purpose of the Daily Mile.\u00a0 However, don&#8217;t miss out on an opportunity to revisit learning in a new context.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incorporating MNU into your Daily Mile will draw learners attention to the Real World maths around us. The Daily Mile is part of many schools&#8217; daily routine.\u00a0 Taking classes outdoors on a regular basis to walk or run a set route within the schools grounds is recognised as beneficial to Health and Well Being. If &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/autumn-daily-mile-and-mnu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Autumn &#8211; Add MNU to The Daily Mile<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5748","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5748"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6764,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5748\/revisions\/6764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}