On the back of the fact that annual fitness tests are going to be phased into schools for teenagers and a new pilot scheme in Glasgow that's providing early morning sessions of Yoga for kids before lessons begin, it looks like fitness is pushing its way on to the time table.

Now I am not sure if I totally agree with the fitness tests, it depends what it is, I mean if you are going to put a slightly podgy and inactive 13 year old though procedures like the bleep and the good old fat calliper test, I don't think that's going to make them go "Yay! I love fitness, why have I been so inactive for so long, and I'll never eat another Rolo".

Also if they do get phased in I am wondering if the fitness tester will have the same negative Kudos as another spot check visitor, the nit nurse. We called ours Nitty Nora - and she did look like Miss Trunchball, I swear if the nits caught a look at her, they'd swiftly jump off any head they were residing upon - either that or just die. Maybe that's why she had such a great track record for extermination.

Anyway I digress, back to the premise of the post. This fitness in schools got me thinking back to when I was in uniform, sporting the Pendeen County Primary badge and my worst nightmare was a wet playtime, stuck in the classroom playing with decrepit fuzzy felts or reading Meg and Mog. Nah, get me out playing British Bulldog, Sevensies, or the best playground game ever '44 in'. Seriously though, I wonder if kids still run around like loons each break time, as we did when we were 11.  Maybe we should start a reintroduction of retro schoolyard games, if so what would you include?

On a final note, I feel comfort in the fact that some things don't change, I have just looked on the website to find my old school badge and there is big fat link CLICK HERE to seek advice about head lice, clearly Nitty Nora has lost her touch.