ST.EITHNE’S PRIMARY SCHOOLDERRY

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

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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

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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