The Childhood Day Mile resources page!
We’ve got lots of resources to help you plan, including paying in instructions, activity sheets and suggestions of how you could move your mile.
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Ideas for the Childhood Day Mile
Here are some of our favourite ways schools took part in the Childhood Day Mile last year, as well as some new ways you could move your mile. But don't forget to get creative and make up some of your own! Share your pictures on social media and tag us with the hashtags #ChildhoodDay and #ChildhoodDayMile.
- Use Bing’s Childhood Day Mile resources from the downloadable activities - this includes colouring sheets, ideas and cut-out ears.
- Walk a mile all together or part of the mile in groups.
- Hop, jump or skip.
- Dance a mile – maybe you could play some of your favourite music.
- Dress up for your mile.
- Relay a mile! You could do a relay using the spinner which is on its way in the post. Pupils can get into two teams and take turns using the spinner to decide how they'll travel their part of the mile.
- Walk a mile with a favourite toy.
- Walk a paper dog - use our activity sheet with dog templates to choose from a Dachshund, Labrador, Rottweiler or Spaniel to cut out, colour in and take on your walk
- Kick a ball – take turns to kick a ball for part of the mile.
"We had so much fun! I was running so fast and I tried my best. It was a great day!"
- Primary school-aged child who took part in the 2023 Mile
- Let the spinner or finger flexor decide how you’ll move your mile. Children can each make a finger flexor, or take turns using the spinner to decide how to move a mile.
- Litter pick up for a mile.
- Walk a mile all together or part of the mile in groups.
- Hop, jump or skip.
- Dance a mile – maybe you could play some of your favourite music.
- Dress up.
- Conga line.
- Relay it! You could do a relay using the spinner which is on its way in the post. Pupils can get into two teams and take turns using the spinner to decide how they'll travel their part of the mile.
- Walk a paper dog - use our activity sheet with dog templates to choose from a Dachshund, Labrador, Rottweiler or Spaniel to cut out, colour in and take on your walk.
- Sport it up! Take part in your favourite sports activity like kicking a football, dribbling a basketball, or hitting a hockey ball for part of the mile. Pupils could be in groups doing a different activity.
- Pass a bucket of water for a mile – the pupil at the back can run to the front of the line ready pass back the bucket.
- Play games on your walk. Have a look at our Traditional Games and Treasure Hunt activity sheets for suggestions.
- Swim a mile or part of a mile in groups or as a relay.
- Let the spinner or finger flexor decide how you’ll move your mile. Children can each make a finger flexor, or take turns using the spinner to decide how to move a mile.
- Litter pick up for a mile.
- Walk a mile all together or part of the mile in groups.
- Dance a mile – you could play some of your favourite music.
- Dress up.
- Conga line.
- Relay it! You could do a relay using the spinner which is on its way in the post. Pupils can get into two teams and take turns using the spinner to decide how they'll travel their part of the mile.
- Sport it up! Take part in your favourite sports activity like kicking a football, dribbling a basketball or hitting a hockey ball for part of the mile. Pupils could be in groups doing a different activity.
- Pass a bucket of water for a mile – the pupil at the back can run to the front of the line ready to be passed back the bucket.
- Swim a mile or part of a mile in groups or as a relay.
The easiest way to fundraise - GiftT
GiftT offers a really easy and inclusive way to fundraise. If you choose to fundraise this way, you’ll be sent access to a page with your own unique QR code and sponsorship form.
"It was so easy having the QR code for our parents to add their donations. It really cut down admin for the school, we only had to distribute the code. Would definitely do it this way again."
Assistant Headteacher, Wentworth Primary
If you’d like to use GiftT, please email [email protected] and let us know so that we can set up an account for your school. On your account you can find your school's personal QR code. You’ll be sent your GiftT log in details via email.
- Log into your account with the details sent via email.
- Copy your school's donation link (which you’ll receive via email) or QR code (which you need to download from your account) into an email for parents and carers or download the sponsorship form with your QR code already included. When you log in to GiftT, there will be a 'download sponsorship form' button in red.
- Print and send home sponsorship forms with pupils or send the email out to parents and carers.
- It's time for pupils to start collecting their donations and sponsorship! They can ask trusted family and friends for donations using their QR code with permission from parents and carers.
- You can use your log in details to keep track of how much money your school has raised. Once your event is finished there's nothing left to do - the money will automatically be sent to us.
- You don’t need to return sponsorship forms if you’ve raised money via GiftT.
Remember to share your fundraising with parents and carers. We’ve got a letter you can share on your school's social media site too.
Paying your money in
All registered schools should receive a welcome letter with paying in instructions. If you've misplaced this letter with your supporter ID, or haven't received your welcome pack yet, please complete and return this paying in form. Your supporter ID may also be found on your Childhood Day emails.
You can pay in money:
- directly to Barclays Bank via the pre-coded giro in your welcome pack
- via cheque sent to NSPCC Schools Service, NSPCC, Bumpers Way, Bumpers Farm, Chippenham, SN14 6NG
- online
- by phone on 020 7825 2505.
Or your school may be using one of our cashless options like ParentPay, GiftT, JustGiving or IRIS ParentMail.
JustGiving
Raising money has never been easier with JustGiving QR codes. You can see your QR code by typing ‘/qrcode’ at the end of your page's URL. Save or screenshot this and include it on posters, emails and letters. Children can spread the word to their family and friends to encourage them to donate to your Childhood Day Mile event!
Remember to share your fundraising with parents and carers. We’ve got a letter you can share on your school's social media site too.
Returning sponsor forms: You'll find instructions for paying in money you've raised within your welcome letter or the paying in form. If your school has sponsor forms to return to NSPCC to enable us to claim gift aid, please return them by confidential and secure post (such as second class signed for). Address details can be found within your welcome letter or the paying in form. You don’t need to return sponsorship forms if you’ve raised money via GiftT. If you have any queries in relation to paying in the money you've raised, please email [email protected].
