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1K A DAY - THE LATEST EDUCATION TREND

By Jake Duncan & Hyland Gracie

The 'One Kilometre a Day' was inspired by John and Robert Naylor, brothers from the eighteen hundreds who documented their walk from John O'Groats to Lands End. This distance is about 1,407km!

In 2016 many teachers began getting their classes out walking, running or jogging 1km every morning. There are lots of benefits to covering 1km per day. It can actually improve our physical and mental health and helps to stop obesity too. Can you really argue that this is anything other than a positive thing to introduce in your school?

We decided to put it to the test for one school week!