Launch Day -Healthy Eating Policy and Cook Book

We had a wonderful day on Friday last as our Health Promoting Committee launched our new Revised Healthy Eating Policy and Fifth class launched their entrepreneurial business,the fantastic “Ravishing Recipes” cookbook.

The school was a hive of activity the whole day lomg with all classes involved. Dance and fitness classes, food art, healthy pizza making, sugar displays and planting vegetables were really enjoyed by the pupils.
At 1:30 the Health Promoting Committee officially launched our new Healthy Eating Policy. They told everyone all about it and how we plan to make the school even healthier. All the school community were consulted and even a nutritionist with expertise in childhood nutrition gave input. On the day there was fruit and veg tasting stands with samples of fruit and veg for parents and pupils to enjoy.
The new policy can be viewed on our website or by clicking on this link
Lisnagry National School Healthy Eating Policy

 

Fifth Class pupils then launched their cookbook they created as part of the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. The Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) is a 10 – 16 week entrepreneurial education programme for primary school pupils. This innovative programme opens the minds of the pupils to the joy of entrepreneurship at a time in their lives when they are full of imagination and open to new possibilities. The programme helps participating pupils to develop a number of skills including literacy, writing, presentation, drawing, technology, research skills, numeracy, financial, consumer awareness, storytelling, listening skills, creative thinking, problem solving, team building and collaboration skills.

The programme has a significant personal development impact on participating pupils, building confidence, self-awareness and self-esteem, and an appreciation of individual skills and talents.
The pupils have been very busy requesting and receiving recipes from parents, staff, family friends and various celebrities over the past few weeks.

“Ravishing Recipes” is a credit to the fifth class pupils and their teacher Ms Bourke and a testament to the huge work they have invested over the last number of weeks. We are very proud of them.

This will definitely be a ‘Must Have’ cookbook and is on sale now for just €10.

Below are some pictures from the launch day