What is it?
Welcome to the Tesco Great School Run - 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 our aim is to involve over 1 million children from all across the UK. This year's event will be better than ever . . .
As well as the run itself we have 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, we have a fun Tesco Great School Run tour visiting schools around the country featuring celebrity guests to help create excitement and drive the key messages of the campaign.
Access to three great school assemblies on DVD by TV presenter, Jamie Rickers along with 400m Olympic medalist, Katharine Merry are 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 an interactive school assembly DVD based on the programme's three key themes.
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.
