Healthy Active Living and Learning

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Healthy Active Living and Learning

• Theresa P. Cone, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor
• Department of Health and Exercise Science
• Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

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Making It Work

• School Goal 3
• A Coordinated Approach - The Right Team
• Budget
• Implementation - Lets Take A
  Look
• Did It Work?

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A School Goal

• To promote healthy eating and increase the level
  of physical activity as a way to help students be
  healthy active learners.

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Why?

• Good health contributes to effective learning and
  achievement
• Children are present in school
• Children feel good about themselves
• Children can maintain focus
• Children can deal with stress

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Why?

• Good health is the result of a comprehensive
  outlook that includes home, community and school
• The staff develops a healthy environment that
  includes nutrition, safety, respect and physical
  activity
• The family home encourages good nutrition and
  promotes increased levels of physical activity
• The community offers opportunities for active
  participation in developing a healthy lifestyle

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A Coordinated Approach

• Comprehensive School Health Education
• Physical Education program
• Parent and community involvement
• School health services
• Counseling and psychological services
• School nutrition services
• Healthy school environment
• Health promotion for staff

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The Right Team
Administration Principal, Assistant Principal
Faculty Physical Education, Nurse, Counselors and Classroom
Staff Secretarial, Cafeteria, Paraprofessionals, Custodial
Students Pre K - 5
Parents/Community Parents, PTO
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Budget

• Ideal or Reality
• or
• Can they be the Same
• The Solution may Not be out of reach.

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Budget

• Line item resources
• Shared resources
• New resources

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Implementation Lets Take A Look

• A successful program that incorporated
• Health
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity

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Activities and Events

• Healthy Hero The H
• Bulletin Boards
• Pedometers
• Back to School Night
• Morning Announcements
• Family Fitness Logs
• Artist in Residence

• Monthly School Newsletters
• Walking Club
• In School Family Program
• Healthy Hero Players Theatre
• Family Fun-Challenge and Fitness Day

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Earning the H Branding

• Health Heroes Lunch room visits
• Visit to Nurse
• School Assemblies and Healthy Heroes Theater

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Bulletin Boards
F O O T P R I N T S
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Bulletin Boards
S T O P G O
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Pedometers

• 3rd grade teacher and students

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Morning Announcements

• Be Happy and Be Healthy - Drink Water, Eat right
  and Exercise
• Get up and get active. Join Health Hero 3 today
  for the Thursday Walking Club at 1245 in front
  of the school.
• Breakfast boosts brainpower. Children who eat
  breakfast are better able to remember
  information, problem solve, and think than those
  who skip breakfast.

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Morning Announcements

• Wake Up and Exercise. Try stretching, jogging in
  place for one minute and doing ten pushups and
  sit ups. You will start the day feeling ready
  for action.
• Did you make your move? Check out the bulletin
  board in the hallway outside the gym to see what
  activities you like to do.

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Family Fitness Logs

• Eat HealthyBe ActiveBe HappyBe Healthy
• Free Prize to the First 25 Families that return
  the form by (insert date)
• Join in the fun during the break and take the
  activity challenge.
• Can your family find a way to be active and eat
  healthy each day of the break?
• Complete the back side of this page and write in
  the activity your family did and the healthy
  foods you ate.

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Family Fitness Log
Date Activity How Long Family Members Healthy Food
Mon Walk 30 min Dad, Rachel Carrots, Milk
Tues Basketball 60 min Dad, Mom, Billy
Wed
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Family Fitness Log
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Newsletters District/School
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It Only Takes A Moment

• Take the stairs at the mall instead of the
  escalator.
• Ask to park the car at the end of the parking and
  briskly walk to the store.
• Jog in place during commercials while watching
  TV.
• Throw and catch a ball and see how many you can
  do consecutively without dropping the ball.
• Turn on an exercise video or an exercise TV show
  to learn new moves.
• Take a walk in the neighborhood and see how many
  different leaves you can collect.

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It Only Takes A Moment

• Suspend a rope two feet off the ground and see
  how many times you can move over and under the
  rope in 30 seconds. Challenge a friend or family
  member.
• At the next birthday party you attend, ask to
  play an active outside game like tag, soccer or
  basketball.
• Get up on the dance floor and move to the music.
  Any kind of dancing is good for your body.
• Try doing 25 40 sit ups each day to strengthen
  your back and abdominal muscles. Remember to
  keep your knees bent and hands can be touching
  your shoulders instead of behind your head.

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Family Fun/Challenge and Fitness Day
Healthy Communities Healthy Youth B e Healthy A
ctive S mart
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Family Fun and Fitness Day

• Each year Brunswick Acres School concludes the
  year with a celebration of our school community
  through a day filled with group games, individual
  and partner games and arts activities. The June
  celebration highlighted the Healthy Living and
  Learning initiative with a day of outside group
  and individual physical activities. The
  activities were conducted by 50 parent volunteers
  and the faculty and staff. Students participated
  in over 40 different activities that challenged
  their coordination, strength, cardiorespiratory
  endurance and flexibility in addition to using
  their cooperation skills. The day concluded with
  all students and faculty participating in a
  variety of fun active social dances.

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Assessment ?Program Impact?

• The planning team reviewed goals and activities
  along the way.
• Collected information/data at the end of the year
  from students, faculty and parents
• Developed Recommendations

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K-1 Healthy Snacks
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K-1 Bike Riding
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Grades 2-5
1. Did you notice the healthy bulletin board in
the hallway outside the gym or the healthy tips
posters located throughout the school?
Grade Affirmative Response
2 58
3 41
4 72
5 63
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Grades 2-5
2. Do you remember any of the morning messages
read three times a week?
Grade Affirmative Response
2 38
3 29
4 42
5 56
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Grades 2-5
3. Describe what you did this year to increase
your physical activity.
Grade Sample Response
2 played soccer, rode scooter
3 jumped rope, exercised at home
4 family fitness log, played badminton w/dad
5 watched less TV, jogged w/mom
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Grades 2-5
4. Describe a healthy change you made in what you
eat and drink.
Grade Sample Response
2 drank more water, ate bananas and milk
3 ate less chips, more carrots and cauliflower
4 ate baked chips, drank sugar free iced tea
5 ate more fruit and vegetables, less candy
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Family Survey
This year the school adopted a goal to raise
awareness in our students, staff and families
about the importance of an active lifestyle and
healthy eating. To assess the success of our
goal we need to gather information from students,
staff and the families. We ask that you take
three minutes to complete the following survey
and drop it in the survey box located in the
large gym. Thank you for your help. 1. Circle
the grade level(s) of your child or children K
1 2 3 4 5 2. Were you aware that
Brunswick Acres School adopted a goal this year
to raise awareness in our school community about
the health benefits of increased activity and
healthy eating? Circle Yes 86 No 3. Did you
notice the articles on exercise and nutrition in
the monthly Brunswick Acres School
Newsletters? Circle Yes 94 No If yes, were they
of interest or helpful? Circle Yes 85 No 4.
Did you notice the bulletin board in the hallway
or posters placed throughout the school noting
tips for healthy eating and activity? Circle Yes 7
6 No 5. Did your child or children mention any
comments about the activities conducted at school
promoting healthy eating and increased
activity? Circle Yes 82 No Any additional
comments or suggestions are welcomed. You can
write them here or on the back of the survey.
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Staff Survey
This year the school adopted a goal to raise
awareness in our students, staff and families
about the importance of an active lifestyle and
healthy eating. To assess the success of our
goal we need to gather information from students,
staff and the families. We ask that you take
three minutes to complete the following survey
and place it in Theresas mailbox by June 10th.
Thanks for your help. 1. Did you notice the
articles on exercise and nutrition in the monthly
Brunswick Acres School Newsletters? Circle Yes 93
No If yes, were they of interest or
helpful Circle Yes 100 No 2. Did you notice
the bulletin board in the hallway or posters
placed throughout the school noting tips for
healthy eating and activity? Circle Yes 100
No 3. Did your students mention any comments
about the activities conducted at school
promoting healthy eating and increased
activity? Circle Yes 60 No If yes, please
share some of the comments on the back of this
paper 4. Did you have an opportunity to increase
the activity level of your students or make a
change in their snack or lunch? Circle Yes 57
No If yes, can you describe what you did? 5.
Would you be interested in continuing with this
initiative next year? Circle Yes 89
No Additional comments or suggestions are
welcomed.
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Anecdotal Comments and Noted Changes

• The office staff reported a reduction in the
  amount of cake and candy left in the mailroom.
• Monthly faculty breakfasts included low calorie
  and low fat foods.
• The lunch room paraprofessionals reported that
  the students were eating more of the fruit
  offered on the lunch menu.
• Classroom teachers encouraged healthy snacks with
  parents and students.
• Several classroom teachers included physical
  activity in the morning meeting routine.
• Each grade level had available a bag of equipment
  for lunchtime recess. Students used the
  equipment for kickball, touch football, soccer
  and jump rope games.
• Students frequently commented to the physical
  education teachers and the nurse that they were
  eating healthy foods, drinking more water and
  being physically active outside of school.
• Cafeteria services made healthy changes to the
  menu.

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Thank You

• Dear PTO Members,
• We want to thank you again for your generous
  support toward the Healthy Active Living and
  Learning initiative through the purchase of the
  pedometers. We have received the pedometers and
  introduced them to the second grade classes and
  this week to the fourth and fifth grade classes.
  Ms. Cashmores class is using a set of the
  pedometers daily to motivate students to become
  active as part of a class goal for the year. Her
  students walk and record their progress as part
  of their daily routine along with learning in all
  subject areas.
• All the students are excited about using this
  wonderful piece of technology and seeing what
  they have accomplished. During the next few
  weeks, the remaining classes and staff members
  will be introduced to the pedometers. December
  will bring the kickoff of the lunchtime Walking
  club to encourage students to be active during
  the winter months.
• Thanks again for helping us achieve our school
  goal to increase awareness, physical activity and
  promote good eating. We are making every effort
  to fight the obesity epidemic that has become a
  health issue in our nation. We want our children
  to be able to make healthy choices that will lead
  them to be successful learners and enjoy a
  healthy future. Physical activity and good
  nutrition are the best preventative measures we
  can all take to lower our risk for disease. We
  know the pedometers will help our children to
  begin taking a step in the right direction.

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Acknowledgement

• The HALL initiative was recognized as an
  innovative program that positively impacted the
  school community through the designed activities
  and as a result received an award, a grant and
  was highlighted in a district newsletter.
• The HALL initiative was the recipient of the 2005
  John W. Alexander Outstanding Project Award
  presented by the Association for Children of New
  Jersey. The award included 300.00 for funding
  future projects.

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Resources

• http//www.kidsrunning.com/
• http//www.girlpower.gov/
• http//www.goactive.com/
• http//www.shapeup.org/
• http//www.projectfitamerica.org/
• Theresa Cone (conet_at_rowan.edu or
  tscone_at_comcast.net)

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Healthy Heroes

• Principal
• Health Hero
• 1
• Student
• Awarded
• Hs