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FAMILY TIME EXTRA 059
School report
Get the kids up and active – just a mile a day can make all the difference, plus dip in university applications and counting the cost of a gap year, our Star Pupil of the Month, exam result round-up and so much more…
Caroline Knight & Sarah Hamilton-Walker S
tudies have shown that activity that raises the heart rate is good for children’s brains and therefore excellent for their education. In other words, physical activity including sport
and playing helps children to learn. Studies carried out by 24 specialists in
eight different countries, including Britain, all returned similar results. The fi ndings, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine agreed that there are multiple benefi ts of exercise for children and young people. Exercise does not need to be formal or
structured. Walking vigorously or simply playing outdoors shows great benefi ts for both physical and mental development. Many schools across Kent, Sussex and
Surrey have embraced the idea that exercise is benefi cial to pupils by participating in a health initiative known as the Daily Mile. It involves children running, jogging or walking one mile every school day in a non- competitive, 15-minute exercise session. Simple to implement, children run in their uniforms, outside in the fresh air, whatever the weather and there’s no set up, tidy up, or equipment required. One school in East Sussex has even installed a running track and outdoor gym equipment with the help of a £10,000 Health Improvement Grant from the county council. Pupils at Park Mead Primary School in Upper Dicker, Hailsham, love the energising start to their day. The school was one of 183 across the
county to receive a share of £1.8 million funding which is aimed at improving physical and mental health of school children. Other schools have been able to improve
their playground equipment, change their snack and lunch menu in line with healthy eating guidelines, launch gardening clubs and more. A new funding programme has now also allowed an extra £7,000 per school, which has been put to good use in order to integrate health and wellbeing into the school environment.
Five Ashes CE Primary School, near
Mayfi eld, for example, has used the grant to improve its outdoor play area. The additional monkey bars, slide and climbing wall gives far more scope for exercise and fun. • Visit
www.schoolsdailymile.co.uk/funding
Mind the gap!
Every year an estimated 29,000 school- leavers take a year’s break before plunging into their university studies, with many choosing to go travelling. Whether to ‘fi nd themselves’, to get away from their parents or just get a killer Instagram feed, for many young “gappers”, the further away the better. So new research from leading
provider of foreign exchange services in the UK, No 1 Currency, makes for fascinating reading as it shows an enormous difference in value between various gap year destinations. The average gap year youngster has a budget of around £5,000 and researchers have calculated how long
this would last in 14 of the most popular gap year countries. The best value for money seems to be the home of salsa dancing Colombia, where £5,000 should last around nine months, whereas the same amount will last just six weeks in what turns out to be the most expensive country – Australia. The sinking pound has driven up the cost of going Down Under, and just one day in New Zealand is said to cost four times as much as a day in Thailand. Cheaper destinations include
China, where the budget should last almost seven months, Thailand, Peru and Chile, where a stay could stretch to just under six months. • Visit
www.no1currency.com
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