Creating a Living Healthy School Team

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Creating a Living Healthy School Team
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Creating a Living Healthy Team

• What is a living healthy team?
• What are the benefits in your school?
• Who is part of the team in your school?
• How have you engaged students, teachers, parents,
  community members?
• What experiences have you had?
• What activities have you carries out?

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Steps to Living Healthy in Action

1. Gain commitment of the school
2. Form a committee
3. Identify strengths and needs
4. Develop and implement an action plan
5. Review, Adjust
6. Celebrate

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Selecting priorities and planning for action

• Look at what is happening.
• What areas can be improved?
• Where is the most potential for change?

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Mapping potential for change

• Red and Blue Activity
• Blue current practice
• Red potential strategies

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Healthy Eating
Teaching/Learning
Environment
Nutrition Course Nutrition Month
Activities Health Curriculum
School Food Guidelines Upgrading school
kitchens Breakfast Programs
PHN/Nutritionist sessions Local business
provide fruit for breakfast
Partnerships
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Action Planning
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Action Plans include

• Goal (lofty statement, change over long term)
• This school will have a supportive environment,
  free from bullying Harassment
• Objective/Outcome (specific, measurable)
• To lower the incidence of bullying
• Activity (several activities may be included in
  the plan)
• Host a workshop for parents to educate about
  ways to combat bullying at school

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Questions?
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Rememberthe turtle wins the race