Nutrition and Physical Activity Talk

On Wednesday 19^th February, Elaine Shea, Sports Development Officer with Limerick Sports Partnership visited our school and spoke to all the children about the importance of  nutrition and physical activity. The children learned all about the importance of a varied balanced diet and enjoying lots of different foods. She showed the children actually how much sugars are in some of the treats they like to eat. It was a fantastic presentation and the children gained a lot from it.

The top tips for the children were :

• Regular meals every day, breakfast, lunch and dinner

•Drink plenty of water

•Think variety, balance and portion size.

• Use the pyramid to guide what you eat

•Keep treat foods to a minimum

•Increase your activity.

Here are some pics from the talk!

We have a Healthy Eating Committee in Lisnagry made up of teachers and students who help promote healthy eating initiatives in the school and committee members communicate ideas from the committee meetings to their own classes. Our new healthy eating policy, reviewed earlier this year is available to view in the documents section of the website. We also have tips for healthier lunchboxes in our parents section .Our healthy eating slogan is “Eat fruit and veg in Lisnagry, then good health won’t pass you by”. We hold competitions in all classes each year to design a poster to illustrate our healthy eating slogan. The winning pictures are displayed on the Healthy Eating Notice Board in the school.

Healthy Eating Poster Competition 2014

1st to 6th classes were asked to design  a poster to go with our healthy eating. Each class chose one poster to enter  the competition.  The class with the winning poster got some extra time on the astro turf. The Infants had to colour in a lovely healthy eating picture. Thanks to everyone who entered! Here’s a photo of the winners!

From The Healthy Eating Committee.