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| Helping young children understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle
School contextGreenford Primary School is a rural school in west Dorset with 125 children on roll, 24 of them in the Foundation class. At Greenford we firmly believe that ‘Every Child Matters’, and try to instil in all our children, from the Foundation Stage onwards, a responsibility to take care of themselves, and to educate them to understand that diet and exercise matter. We live in a consumer society where the pace of life and the pressures on children through advertising, and through their peers, are ever increasing. While we understand that we can do very little to slow the pace of change and progress, we have a responsibility as teachers to show children, from as early an age as possible, how they can take appropriate and increasing responsibility for aspects of their own lives.Healthy lifestyles – sport and exerciseGreenford Primary is a member of the West Dorset Sports Partnership. The aim of the partnership’s sports strategy is to allow every pupil to have access to, and enjoy, high-quality physical activity as well as giving very able and gifted pupils a chance to make the most of physical education. Joining the partnership has been the catalyst for change in our approach to daily exercise and we have developed a programme of daily,Ghd Hair Straightener Australia, regular physical activity for all of our children.Following collective worship, each day starts off with a short whole-school aerobics session in the hall. The older children from Year 4 upwards,Ghd Styler Australia, demonstrate the moves, usually a maximum of three, and then using modern pop music, all the children in our school take part in each routine. Staff in attendance at collective worship, often including the local vicar, also join in. This is now an established part of our school routine and takes no more that six to seven minutes out of the school day. In this way, we know that every child has started the day with a short exercise session. The session involves following instructions – both verbal and visual, developing a sense of rhythm, listening to music,GHD Styler Australia, sharing an experience with a large group, taking responsibility to lead a session, developing leadership skills, and most importantly, having fun. All children regardless of age or ability can take part – differentiation is by outcome – and does not need to be recorded. Children in the Foundation Stage see this as an activity which they can take part in – in a non-judgemental way. There is no right or wrong involved – each child is encouraged to develop their own expertise as the moves are introduced, and each day try to get a little better. When the weather is dry we go for a five-minute power walk around the school instead of aerobics. Like the ‘Pied Piper’, all the children and staff walk a circuit twice around the school. This is another good way to ensure that all the children take part in a daily activity which increases their heart rate and encourages them to walk. In addition, the outdoor environment is used as often as possible to support the curriculum and encourage children to realise the benefit and pleasure which can be gained from working in the open. At Greenford we have developed orienteering as part of our whole-school curriculum. This is introduced in the Foundation class by setting up a string trail which can be undertaken both indoors and outdoors. The children follow the trail, collecting pictures on the route and recording their trail using traditional orienteering punches. This is then developed by providing photos of areas of the school grounds which the children have to visit – in order – developing their observational skills, recording techniques and skills of teamwork. The pictures are differentiated – some photographs are whole objects, others close up sections of a particular item or location. In this way all the children can undertake the same activity at an appropriate level of challenge. Children can also set trails for others to follow with reasonable ease – and they enjoy challenging their peers.Healthy lifestyles – healthy eatingGreenford Primary School has a healthy eating policy. Although our influence over packed lunches is limited we have adopted a ‘fruit only’ policy at mid-morning break. For our youngest children this is relatively easy to implement. Through the Fruit for Schools scheme, all our Key Stage 1 pupils are provided with fruit each day. Fruit is eaten in the classroom before break commences. Staff share fruit with the children, and this is seen as an important part of the school curriculum. There are cross-curricular links which can be made – personal, social and emotional education and maths in particular. This is also an opportunity for staff to talk to children in a more informal setting, and to act as a role model to the children. The approach we have adopted towards healthy eating is we feel is a sensible one. Children are not told to ‘never eat sweets, chocolate or burgers’ but rather that they have informed choices that they can make. In this way we encourage them to eat a balanced diet. It would be pointless to preach a ‘no treats’ approach. We believe we are realistic in our attitude and that children will remember the reasons why they should think more carefully about their choice of diet.For further information go to: www.greenford.dorset.sch.uk The exclusionThe head teacher wrote to the parents of R and F telling them that neither R nor F could come back to school, but that they would be given help in completing their course at home. 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