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HEALTH PROMOTION INITIATIVE
School background* location
* enrolment
Reasons for involvement in HPI* new start* vision of principal and staff
THE PROCESS Two members attended course Presented ideas and rationale to staff Set up Healthy School Team Audit split between members to consult
with a variety of groups in the school: parents, pupils, staff
Areas of strength and areas for improvement identified
Areas for improvement prioritised Action plans developed Action implemented Action monitored and then evaluated Process then repeated
ACTIONS Review of all health related policies and
establishment of a drugs and alcohol policy and nutrition policy
Healthy options in canteen and healthy lunchboxes
Development of the school grounds including playground
Increasing physical activity of all the pupils
Improvements New updated health policies More choice in canteen and chips only
once a week Entrance into Munch Box scheme Stickers given out at lunchtime for healthy
choices Playground markings and equipment Planting of trees and flowers Pond area and sensory garden built Nature trials for each year group
developed Equipment purchased for lunchtime Increase in clubs involving physical activity
Extended School: Healthy School
A: Link between an Extended School and a Healthy School
B: Advantages of being an Extended School
Extended School: HealthySchool
The Government's aim is for every child,
whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they
need to:
Be healthy Stay safe
Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well-being
Every Child Matters: 2005
Extended School: HealthySchool
“It's vital that youngsters get regular physical activity to lay the foundations for good health as they grow up” Dr Mike Knapton of the British Heart Foundation:2006
Between 1995 to 2000 the proportion of overweight boys inEngland aged 2 to 19 years increased by 2 per cent. Theincrease for girls was by 3 per cent, so that by 2000, 20 percent of boys and 27 per cent of girls were overweight.
In a recent official survey, doctors found 16.6 per cent of boys and 16.7 per cent of girls aged under ten are obese
Three in ten boys and four in ten girls aged two to 15 are not doing the amount of physical activity recommended by the chief medical officer
On current trends, 22 per cent of girls and 19 per cent of boys between the ages of two and 15 will be obese by 2010
Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet, England 2006
Link: Extended School, Healthy School
Assessing Target Issues Within School
Surveyed parents Talked to Teachers
Sought children’s ideas
Extended Schools Action Plan Begin With Children
Diet Exercise
Link: Extended School, Healthy School
Breakfast club 8am-9am every morning Preschool outside supervised playtime Children can only take fruit at mid morning
break Healthier canteen menu: chips appear only
once a week Playground markings enhanced to facilitate
outdoor games at lunchtime Children able to access apparatus e.g.
skipping ropes to stop the “I’ve nothing to do” syndrome
Targeted lunchtime athletics club
Link: Extended School, Healthy School
AFTER SCHOOL
Homework Club
Boys Football TeamGirls Football TeamNetball Club/ TeamSwimming ClubCooking ClubEco ClubSummer Camp
Early years gymnastics club
Gaelic/Hurling coaching sessionsAthletics Club/Team
Extended School, Healthy School
Advantages Able to subsidise breakfast club: breakfast free
for all Able to subsidise break time fruit Able to pay qualified coaches in athletics and
football Able to help children attend Summer Camp Able to fund everyday homework clubs Take up of all clubs has been high: more
children seeing the benefits of physical activity Children/parents have been telling teacher how
much enjoyment has been derived from club attendance