<big>Keeping Healthy
Be Healthy
We learn about healthy foods and we make healthy sandwich snacks
The personal development and well-being of the children is of the highest priority in the school.
Healthy lifestyles are encouraged in the following ways:
- Children are ensured physical exercise through the PE curriculum and timetable and regular playtimes.
- They are encouraged to eat healthily, for example, we introduced a "fruit break" several years ago and this is now re-enforced by the "Fruit in Schools" initiative. No sweets/snacks are allowed at playtimes. Pupils have water bottles in class, available at any time.
- Pupils bring packed lunches which are generally of high quality and we have regular discussions with children about healthy lunchboxes. We encourage parents through the weekly newsletter, "Mells School Recipe Book" (see below) etc.
- Science and PSHE curriculum includes work on healthy eating and keeping healthy through regular exercise.
- Sports opportunities, such as swimming, netball, dance and gymnastics encourage a healthy active lifestyle.
- The recent acquisition of the new school field and the freeing of the school hall in April, will allow us to expand sports provision.
- Drug education is provide to all pupils and promotes understanding and awareness and aims to discourage misuse of drugs, including tobacco as the children grow up.
Following our teaching programmes, the majority of our pupils willingly adopt healthy eating patterns and the health of our children is generally very good.
Attendance figures are good and contact with parents regarding sick children is excellent.
The Mells School Recipe Book
(Order your Mells School Cookery Book from school, £5.00 each + £2.00 postage)
There are well over 100 recipes, including vegetarian meals, pages of help and advice and it is all created and illustrated by the children and families at the school, collated by Dawn Moore. Highly recommended!
Below is a sample page and some advice from the book about healthy eating.
How to Encourage Healthy Eating (an exerpt from the recipe book)
We all know that it is important to encourage our children to eat a well balanced diet and enjoy plenty of exercise but these days we are constantly bombarded with information on nutrition and health; it can be difficult to know what to put into practice.