Resources and delivery support

Some children may already be familiar with the Daily Mile through school, so this is a great opportunity to help them maintain consistency and positive habits during the holidays. It can also be a helpful introduction for those who may encounter it when transitioning into school environments.

In simple terms, the Daily Mile is about moving in your own way for up to 15 minutes, socialising, and improving overall wellbeing.

There are a range of resources available to support you in delivering the Daily Mile within your clubs. These include guidance on what the Daily Mile is, why it is beneficial, and practical tips on how to set it up. There are also enrichment activity sheets that you can download and print to enhance your sessions.

While we encourage this to take place outdoors wherever possible, we understand that not all settings have access to suitable outdoor space. We therefore encourage you to be creative and adaptable, for example:

• Creating indoor routes using cones or markers
• Using masking tape on the floor to map out a track
• Incorporating music and movement on the spot

There are many ways you can keep the energy and momentum of the Daily Mile engaging, such as:

• Using themes or characters
• Incorporating Walk and Talk cards to spark conversations
• Delivering it at the start or end of the day to encourage parent/carer involvement
• Mapping a route in a local green or community space, which may inspire children to continue the activity with family and friends outside of the club

We encourage you to share, tag, and celebrate how you are using the Daily Mile in your sessions with @essexactivate  on Instagram and Essex ActivAte on Facebook, we’d love to see it in action!

To help raise awareness about healthy lifestyle, with specific support on understanding Diabetes, why not utilise the training and resources below. From Learning, quizzes, interactive apps  and more, there is something for everyone to engage with.

Learning and Training for providers:

Educate Diabetes – free training: https://www.heal-med.co.uk/schooltraining

Understanding food labels: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/food-shopping-for-diabetes/understanding-food-labels

Utilise in your clubs:

DeApp (Diabetes Education App) – Education App with stories, games and education: Home | HEAL.med & Deapp (heal-med.co.uk)

Diabetes UK: Learning Zone will give you videos, quizzes and interactive tools with tasty food swaps and tips for managing diabetes day-to-day. They’re tailored just for you using special category data relating to your health and ethnicity that we’ll ask as you register. Then you’ll get all our courses completely free, and we’ll also email you updates and support for completing courses or checking in on how you’re doing.

Learning Zone – Discover more about your diabetes. | Learning Zone

Learn about Diabetes with Tom – Story video: Learn about diabetes with Tom (youtube.com)

Nutri Quiz: KiDS NutriQuiz (English) (typeform.com)

Kids and Diabetes:

https://kids.idf.org/resource/?utm_source=Adwords&utm_medium=Resources&utm_campaign=English&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIue6uscKHhQMVWZhQBh3j6AYdEAAYAyAAEgIC6fD_BwE

• Spring Scavenger Hunt
• Spring Tree Wordsearch
• Spring Yoga
• Spring Colouring
• Easter Cooking and Baking Recipes

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SIGN UP: Free Olympic and Paralympic Games inspired activity pack

Path to Paris is inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games, their sports and Values, and the amazing events that will take place in Paris next summer. There are a limited number of free packs available exclusively for HAF providers and we will send your activity pack directly to you! The pack includes:

• Worksheets to help young people track and celebrate their progress
• A SEND focused pack to tailor your facilitation to young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
• Stickers to reward and celebrate your young people’s participation and success

Download the pack for free here.

The Daily Mile

Easily integrate physical activity into your HAF provisions with The Daily Mile. Created by a Scottish Head Teacher Elaine Wyllie MBE in 2012, The Daily Mile is a simple initiative that involves children running, jogging, wheeling, or walking for 15 minutes in the fresh air with friends. The simple concept has taken the world by storm with over 90 countries involved across multiple continents. In England, over 2 million children take part from nearly half of the nation’s primary schools, so HAF settings provide a perfect opportunity to keep children involved over the holidays.  

Why do The Daily Mile in your HAF setting? Put simply, the children enjoy it; and it’s an evidence-based way of improving the physical, social and mental wellbeing of everyone involved.  

It’s a DfE backed initiative that does not require any training, equipment, or investment, and will achieve 15 minutes of the requirement for each HAF setting to deliver 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.

How to set-up The Daily Mile in your HAF setting? There is a full 8 step set-up guide via the weblink below. Crucially, The Daily Mile is a non-competitive activity where children can move at their own pace. The route should be on a safe mud free surface – no need for a specific track – with the aim of 5 – 10 laps dependent on space. Links can be made to other areas of your HAF provisions, e.g., nutrition, hydration, creative thinking, and The Daily Mile team have put together a number of resources on the weblink below to support you.  

Find out how to get involved with The Daily Mile here.

St John Ambulance

Lesson plans in First aid to teach to young children and staff across organisations, find out more below.

• KS2 Basic Life support First aid lesson plan and resources 
• KS2 Asthma First aid lesson plan and resources 
• KS2 Choking first aid lesson plan and resources 
• KS2 Head injuries First aid plan and resources 
• KS2 Emergencies and calling for help first aid plan and resources 
• KS2 Bleeding first aid plan and resources 
• KS2 Bites and strings First aid lesson plans and resources 

Physical activity

• Netball Skills with Louise 
• Karate for all with Richard
• Disney 10 minutes shake ups – Get the children moving with these fun games inspired by some of their favourite Disney characters.
• Boing Playgames – 50 inclusive, active and playful activities designed for every child in every type of space.

Enrichment

• Bath bombs 
• Crystal Growing

Cooking

• Fruit Skewers 
• Carrot Flapjacks 

Wellbeing

• Smoothie Massage 
• Cosmic Kids Yoga

You can find more videos on our Find Your Active YouTube channel, here.

Have resources you’d like us to share? Email Chloe here: [email protected]