Pupils at Seaton Junior School are hoping to become miles better after signing up for a national exercise scheme.

Schools across the country are getting involved in The Daily Mile and youngsters from Seaton Junior School are now taking part in it.

The initiative was launched in Stirling, Scotland four years ago in a bid to combat obesity and to boost fitness and concentration.

The lunch bell will go at 12 noon and the whole school will spend 50 minutes either running, jogging or walking on the playing field.

Children don't have to complete a mile a day, but are encouraged to build on their targets each day.

Amanda Dickinson, headteacher, said: "We've been researching ways to help implement wellbeing and fitness and we noticed it had been very successful in Scotland so we decided to do that in Cumbria.

"There's been a lot of research around exercise, mental wellbeing and physical benefits, but there's a massive importance in learning.

"It's going to be good in terms of concentration and it will energise them. It will give them a midday boost to recharge them for afternoon sessions.

"The great thing is that the children will run, jog or walk five miles a week and they've been really up for it."

The school signed up for the scheme to coincide with the Olympics which take place in Rio de Janiero later this summer.

The Daily Mile was added to the school day this week and has become a permanent fixture.