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 * Fitness at Furlong!**

At Fair Furlong school in Withywood, last year they went on camp in Burton Hill. The children had to climb a big hill but they couldn’t manage it.

In lessons the children were very close to falling asleep and weren’t awake. Therefore, the teachers discussed about giving the children more exercise to wake them up in the mornings. Mrs Purnell (A teacher at the school) said, "Children should be more healthier." So they called an athletics couch called Mr Hopkins.

This all started in the middle of September and Mr Hopkins is only booked until Christmas. So now the children could get some more exercise to be more fit and more healthy. The sort of things they will be doing is aerobic like star jumps and jogging on the spot. The teachers think its good because the children are more awake in lessons. Some teachers are even enjoying it themselves. The teachers are thinking about teaching the children themselves. They get to pick the music each morning.

One of the other reasons they are doing this is because it will make the children all awake when they are in lessons and they will enjoy the lessons a lot more. The children, who don’t like exercising in the hall, they go out in a little group with a teacher.

Mrs Purnell said that Mr Hopkins isn’t coming back after Christmas and they will talk about doing it themselves.