Health Promotion Flag
We were delighted to receive our second Health Promotion flag today. Thanks to everyone who helped us achieve this, in particular parents Jill and Kate, pupils on the committee, all staff and Tara from the HSE.
Yoga
Yoga started back today! We are all feeling very relaxed after it.
start with 1 a dayFood shopping cardThis is a handy card for when you are doing your shopping. It uses the traffic light system to show how much sugars, fats, saturates and salt are in products. It can be found on the Irish Heart Foundation website.
Useful downloadsHere are a few downloads you might find useful. They include healthy lunch boxes, healthy lifestyle and some information on Health Promotion Schools.
Food pyramidBelow is a copy of the latest edition of The Food Pyramid. There is also a link to Safe Food Ireland which has more information.
www.safefood.eu/Healthy-Eating.aspx Useful WebsitesHere are some websites that you might find useful
Child Safety: Here you will find links to different safety concerns you might have including water safety, farm safety and road safety. This site is run by the HSE. https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/child/childsafety/ Road Safety: Here you will find more information on road safety. There is also a link to Seatbelt Sheriff and Hi Glo Sliver which is run in school. /www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Road-Safety/Road-safety-for-kids/ https://www.seatbeltsheriff.ie/ HSE: Eat Smart, Move Smart: A downloadable book on healthy eating and getting active. www.healthpromotion.ie/hp-files/docs/HPM00835.pdf http://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Road-Safety/ https://irishheart.ie/ https://www.safefood.eu/Home.aspx https://greenschoolsireland.org/ Activity at home: Some useful websites for using at home. Go Noodle, you need to sign up to this but it is free. It includes dances and meditation. You Tube-search Cosmic Kids Yoga, has good yoga videos for younger children. Also Zen Den, which has simple mediation for children. Our new priorty!
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Scoil San Nioclás has been awarded the HSE ‘Health Promoting Schools Yellow Flag'.
The flag now flies outside shows that the HSE has formally recognised the school as a Health Promoting School.
The HSE ‘Health Promoting Schools Yellow Flag’ is presented to schools that have been successful in completing the new national ‘Schools for Health in Ireland’ programme. The progamme helps children develop a framework of values, attitudes, understanding and skills that will inform their actions and decisions in all areas of their lives.
The ‘Health Promoting Schools Committee’ set up to oversee the development of the programme was led by Mrs Traynor,, parents’ representative Isobel, a number of pupils from the school and HSE Senior Health Promotion Officer, Monica McCrory.
During the three years of our involvement in the programme we have embarked on a wide variety of health promoting activities, including the development of a Healthy Eating Policy, Oral Health Awareness, Physical activity awareness, Anti-bullying week and Friendship week.
The process was enjoyable and beneficial to all and we are very proud to be a ‘Health Promoting School’
The flag now flies outside shows that the HSE has formally recognised the school as a Health Promoting School.
The HSE ‘Health Promoting Schools Yellow Flag’ is presented to schools that have been successful in completing the new national ‘Schools for Health in Ireland’ programme. The progamme helps children develop a framework of values, attitudes, understanding and skills that will inform their actions and decisions in all areas of their lives.
The ‘Health Promoting Schools Committee’ set up to oversee the development of the programme was led by Mrs Traynor,, parents’ representative Isobel, a number of pupils from the school and HSE Senior Health Promotion Officer, Monica McCrory.
During the three years of our involvement in the programme we have embarked on a wide variety of health promoting activities, including the development of a Healthy Eating Policy, Oral Health Awareness, Physical activity awareness, Anti-bullying week and Friendship week.
The process was enjoyable and beneficial to all and we are very proud to be a ‘Health Promoting School’
Friendship Week 2014
What a fantastic week we had celebrating Friendship! Everyday between breaks we had stations which were made
up of team-based activities. Activities included the welly toss, fill the basin, ball work, parachute games and polydron activities. All the children worked together and it was fantastic to see! Senior classes also took part in an Anti-bullying workshop- thanks to Melissa from the ISPCC who ran this. Well done to Miss Shortt for organising a fantastic week. Have a look at some of our photos...
up of team-based activities. Activities included the welly toss, fill the basin, ball work, parachute games and polydron activities. All the children worked together and it was fantastic to see! Senior classes also took part in an Anti-bullying workshop- thanks to Melissa from the ISPCC who ran this. Well done to Miss Shortt for organising a fantastic week. Have a look at some of our photos...