Kids were streets ahead in comp
Spittal Primary get special Beat the Street nod
An entire Rutherglen school has been awarded a special prize for their huge commitment to the recent Beat the Street challenge.
Spittal Primary took part in the sixweek challenge across Cambuslang and Rutherglen, and while they didn’t reach the top places on the leaderboards, more than 90 per cent of the school community took part.
And if that wasn’t amazing enough, 97.7 per cent of staff were issued cards.
Overall they gained 52,510 points – and had 6336 swipes at beat boxes – translating into 3168 miles travelled sustainably.
To reward this achievement Councillor John Anderson, the chair of the council’s Community and Enterprise Resources and Beat the Street engagement coordinator Raymond Hood went along to the school in Rutherglen to present everyone with a certificate and walking and cycling promotional water bottles.
Councillor Anderson said: “Every school in the area must be congratulated for the huge interest and enthusiasm they put in to get involved in Beat the Street
in their area.
“But the organisers wanted to give this special certificate of achievement to all the children at Spittal Primary School.
“I was delighted to meet some of the children to hand over their certificate and water bottles.
“While there were winners on the leaderboards, everyone who took
part and made small but positive lifestyle changes is a winner.
“Congratulations to all at Spittal Primary School for reflecting the true ethos of the game.”
The Beat the Street game saw 8535 people take part and together walk, cycling and wheel around the towns of Cambuslang and Rutherglen for points and prizes during September and October, with the aim of encouraging people to spend time exploring the green spaces around them and to get active as a community.
Beat the Street was designed by a doctor to get communities moving by helping people to make small changes, such as walking or cycling to school every day.
And a huge benefit to the community has been the competition helping to improve physical and mental health by embedding physical activity into everyday life.
During the game, children used fobs provided by the school.
Players were then tasked with finding their nearest ‘Beat Box’ which appeared on lampposts around the town.
There were 63 of these around the area and they had been adapted to make them more sensitive so that locals didn’t need to touch them – participants would hover their card or fob over the Beat Box which would flash to record points.
Beat the Street was delivered by Intelligent Health on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council with support from South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture, Smarter Choices, Smarter Places and the Scottish Government.