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International Triathlon Union allows Barefoot Running
December 18, 2014
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Official rules from the ITU can be obtained at this page: ITU Downloads Page
Children study Barefoot at Primary School in UK
May 5, 2014
Primary school children have been told to wear only socks for lessons after shoes were banned in an attempt to improve children’s results.
Holmbush Primary School in Shoreham, West Sussex, declared that children should study barefoot after the school’s ‘Learning Council’, made up of Year Six pupils, found that ‘shoeless classrooms’ could help pupils learn.
After a trial, which was deemed successful by children and staff, the 240-pupil school’s governors agreed to make the policy official, and Holmbush became a ‘shoeless school’ in January this year.
The unusual philosophy, which originated in Scandinavia, where shoes bring in slush, snow and ice, suggests that children both learn and behave better when their feet are unrestricted by shoes.
Pupils are said to be gentler with each other, concentrate better, and other benefits include cleaner and more hygienic carpets.
Pupils at Holmbush, which is deemed ‘good’ by Ofsted, are allowed to go barefoot or to wear socks and slippers whenever they are in the school building, and only put on school shoes when they head outdoors to play.
Headmistress Rebecca Jackson said: ‘Shoeless classrooms were brought in to improve the learning environment.’