Healthy Eating Active Living

New Frontiers School Board
Healthy Eating Active Living
Issue #3 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 2014
The NFSB H.E.A.L
committee (Healthy
Eating and Active Living)
is a collaboration between
all shareholders of our
schools, centres and
community partnerships.
Representatives from each school, Quebec en Forme, the
C.S.S.S.and N.F.S.B. are invested in providing information,
opportunities and ideas to help our families live healthier lives.
As a cost and paper-saving strategy, we will be publishing our
bi-monthly issues electronically on the New Frontiers School
Board website www.nfsb.qc.ca.
Read about what our schools and communities are doing to live
healthier, more active lives, and get some easy tips and resources
to increase your HEAL at home with your family!
École
Mary Gardner
À MGS toutes les classes ont un DVD de
différents workout qu’ils peuvent faire lorsque le besoin de bouger se fait sentir. Les
classes de maternelle adorent! Facile et très
pratique.....il suffit de se lever et de bouger!
À l’école MGS, tous les enfants mangent des
collations santé: fruits, légumes, fromage
ou yaourt . L’école fournit même une collation santé aux élèves qui n’en n’ont pas!
Une bonne façon de développer de saines
habitudes alimentaires et d’avoir de l’énergie
pour se rendre jusqu’à l’heure du lunch.
Harmony’s new spin
on being active!
A new junior spin bike has been added to the
daily routine of groups, allowing students to
spin for a few minutes during class in order to
help them focus and learn better.
Learn more about the
benefitsof
exercise
on
learning
Click here
for tips & information from
Quebec en forme
MILK MONDAYS Each Monday
students are given a serving of milk. Milk is a great
source of calcium, which is essential for healthy
bones and teeth. Milk also contains protein, which
helps to rebuild muscles after exercise.
WALKING WEDNESDAYS
Did you know that October is the International
Walk to School Month? Although a little tough
for many of our students to walk to school due to
distance and safety, O.E.S has set aside 15 minutes
at the end of every Wednesday where students
walk a .7km route with their teachers. According to
our students, walking helps them be more active,
helps them wake up, gets them out in the fresh air,
causes less car pollution and best of all....they get to
socialize with their friends!
FRUITY FRIDAYS On Fridays,
each class receives a fresh platter containing a
variety of fresh fruits. Fruits are an excellent
source of vitamin C & A, which help in the
prevention of diseases. By providing the students
with a variety of fruits, we hope to introduce
them to a new fruit that they enjoy eating, These
initiatives are supported by a $5,500 grant received
through the Breakfast for Learning Program. These
funds support initiatives targeting the nutritional
needs of students. For more information on this
grant, please visit www.breakfastforlearning.ca .
Ormstown
Elementary
HEALing
All Week
Long!
What recipes will you
pass on to your child?
Preserve those recipes and
make a “family tree” using
recipes that have been passed
down from generation to
generation.
Heatlhy Habits Begin at Home
Although not always easy, it’s important to sit down as a family at dinner time.
Not only does this allow for conversation between parents and children, but it
also helps to create healthy eating habits! Plan menus together, or assign ageappropriate cooking jobs to your kids. Jamie Oliver, reknowned chef and healthy
eating advocate, identifies the importance of children learning about food and
developing cooking skills that they will use later in life.
Meet Quinn, Grade 6 student at Centennial Park School
NFSB’s Healthy Kid of the Month
M
y healthy, active lifestyle begins at home. We cook and eat homemade meals
and stay active during the summer biking and nature walking on Ile Saint
Bernard. We also run in the COLOR ME RUN. It’s an awesome experience that
everyone should try! In the winter we do a lot of downhill skiing, tubing and
tobogganing. I am one of three students who organize the Irish Dance program. We
start dancing in October and put on a school wide show for St. Patrick’s Day.
This month’s challenge
Take a photo of your family’s cooking fun, or an old family recipe,
and send it, along with a description, to [email protected]
Spend time being active with your child. You
will create a lifetime of memories together
and who knows, you may get in shape along
the way -- and feel like a kid again yourself!
www.nfsb.qc.ca
A publication of the New Frontiers School Board H.E.A.L. Committee