Be Healthy – Start walking today pack

Be healthy – start walking TODAY!

Walking is the simplest and easiest way to keep fit and healthy. You don’t need any special kit and it doesn’t take any preparation either… you just start walking! To help you encourage your class or club to get started, we’ve come up with an easy way to make every footstep count.

Here’s how it works:

• Select one of the challenges, where we′ve worked out how many footsteps it will take to walk a well known route. These can be found on our ‘Get Healthy Start Walking’ poster below.
• Measure the length of your playground or field (this could be a challenge for your maths or geography class) and have the children count how many times they’ve walked it.
• Get them to mark on the map where their combined footsteps have taken them.
• When you have walked your chosen route, give each child a certificate (you can download one free below)
• You can join together as a class, a whole school or a club. Perhaps you could do this as part of your fundraising plans!

Super Walker Resources

Super Walker Suggestions *
Encourage children to walk (run, cycle, hop, swim, skip…) i.e. to GET ACTIVE.

Log Sheet *
Chart the progress of the Super Walkers on this handy wall chart

Super Walker Certificate *
A certificate to congratulate the Super Walkers on reaching their target

‘Get Healthy Start Walking’ Poster *
Short and long routes for everyone are mapped out on this helpful poster

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