|
The
Healthy Lifestyle Fortnight 2009 (HLF) is an event to
raise awareness on healthy living and to equip pupils with
the knowledge on ways to keep oneself fit and healthy. 5
main topics on health were covered during the
carnival-like event – Nutrition, Exercise, Managing
stress, Eye Care and Smoking. Eye Care week and the talk
on ‘Being Smoke-free’ was combined with the HLF 2009,
rather than having a separate event/ programme, as they
are subjects that are also based on ‘taking care of
self’.
There
were many activities within HLF 2009 which allowed for
more opportunities for pupils to learn about keeping
healthy lifestyle habits and knowledge through a variety
of activities.
Activities
within HLF 2009:
o
HealthAmazing Race –
P1-6 pupils had to look for clues around the school, write
the answers to the questions (from 4 different locations)
in their individual HLF card and get back to the pit-stop
with the right answers. The top 10 pupils get a token.
o
Exhibition Panels –
Panels are provided by HPB over the 2 weeks – ‘The key
to good health’ which is on nutrition and exercise,
‘Yes, you can!’ which is on managing stress and
keeping positive and ‘Choose life, not smoking’.
Pupils are to read and fill-in-the-blanks on their
personal individual cards. Classes are rostered to go down
to visit the exhibition panels besides their recess and
free time.
o
Reading
of Food Labels lesson – HE teachers
conducted this lesson package prepared for them which
teaches pupils to read food labels, specifically looking
for fats and sugars. Those in upper primary are expected
to look for dietary fibre and sodium as well.
o
Pre-Assembly talks are
conducted by various HPCA department teachers on a variety
of health topics, from sharing of online health games to
having vision breaks. These talks are capped at 10 minutes
after the morning assembly.
o
Sandwich-making
competition for P1-6 is conducted during HE lesson (2nd
week) where pupils are to prepare a healthy sandwich in
groups. This hands-on activity created a buzz among pupils
as they were excited over the healthy ingredients that
they were required to bring and create a sandwich in the
next HE lesson.
o
Fruit-eating day is meant
to be on the first week of every month. HLF 2009 started
off the fruit eating day for the month of April where
pupils go to the canteen 5 minutes earlier to get their
fruits or eat fruits that they have brought from home.
o
Art competitions varied
among the levels. P1 & 2 created a ‘Fruit and
Vegetables’ headband/ masks and wore it during one of
their recesses during the 2 weeks, P3s created a fruit and
vegetable bunting which they displayed outside their
classrooms (helping to add colour to the event), P4 &
5 created a mascot of a fruit or vegetable within their
group and they were rostered to wear them during one of
their recesses in the week. P6s created posters on healthy
living.
o
Fitness Challenge (P1-6).
P4-6 pupils were to run the 1.6km
and the top 10 gold awardees were given a token.
P1, P2 and P3 ran the 400m, 600m and 800m respectively.
o
Mass workout was done
twice over the 2 weeks on Friday mornings,
7.30-8.00a.m.
o
Assembly programme was
conducted for P3-6 on exercising with exercise bands by
external vendors ‘Step-with-it’ and another talk on
‘Choose life, not smoking’.
|
