Thanet Athletics Club

The Tesco Great School Run is a 2k fun run staged at schools across the UK encouraging children to take part in exercise for fun, and to help make physical activity part of each school’s and every family’s lifestyle.  The Tesco Great School Run is now in its 6th year and the aim for 2010 is to involve over 1 million children from all across the UK.   As well as the run itself, there are a host of online resources for teachers to use in their classrooms in the build up to the event.  These encourage healthier lifestyles and positive attitudes towards physical activity.  Leading up to the event week, the Tesco Great School Run tour will be visiting schools around the country featuring celebrity guests to help create excitement and drive the key messages of the campaign.   There is also an interactive school assembly DVD based around the campaign’s three  themes:

• READY – the theme is motivation: how to get children enthused and kept on track
• STEADY – the theme is nutrition: eating for energy and well-being
• GO – the theme is active leisure: activity for health and fitness

Every school that signs up will receive a free teachers’ pack that consists of

• a set of race numbers for all children taking part in the event
• a poster to hang on a school notice board
• a teachers’ booklet – a guide to help teachers to get the most from the event, the campaign and the supporting web-based education programme. It’s a resource that can be kept in the staff room for reference purposes so that everyone involved will know what’s available and how it can be used to get children ready for the run. The booklet also includes the interactive school assembly DVD.

This year’s Tesco Great School Run is up and running, culminating in the finale week between the 14th – 18th June.  Your school’s event can take place on any given day in that week.   Registration and further information is available at www.greatschoolrun.com.