Obesity & Healthy Life Styles Statement/Policy Reviewed: October 2018 Next review: October 2020 Signed: Diane Osborne Chair of Management Committee S Pritchard-Jones Head Teacher Rationale: To promote the health and well-being of staff and pupils. Shepwell Short Stay School has Healthy Schools status. At Shepwell Short Stay School we are committed to supporting and embracing the governments Obesity Strategy and Plan for action. Here at Shepwell we understand and encourage the importance of a healthy balanced diet. To promote this our lunches and snacks provided at school comply with School Food Standards regulations. Our school curriculum is committed to encouraging a healthy and balanced lifestyle across all subject areas. The Healthy School’s initiative is designed to respond to growing concerns over healthy weight in children and schools. young people and a need for more physical exercise and sport participation across all Our aim is to help pupils make informed decisions, helping them to select healthy food & drink options and improve their fitness through exercise. We also encourage pupils to make healthy decisions regarding mental and sexual health. Procedures/whole school approach: to provide for the spiritual development of staff and pupils to raise self-esteem of pupils we encourage our pupils to take part physical activity. This includes our PE lessons, directed physical activities during breaks and lunch times and afterschool clubs. to provide emotional support for pupils through mentoring, onsite counselling, linked adults, NHS professionals and dedicated British Values/PHSCE life style choice days to provide medical advice for pupils through NHS professionals to provide communication channels for and pupils to participate in and feedback on school development to operate systems reduce the likelihood of stress, identify problems at an early stage, and which respond to the needs of the individual to provide a range of healthy eating options to ensure that the curriculum supports and develops a healthy lifestyle for pupils. providing a breakfast free of charge providing healthy school lunches for pupils eligible for FMS including a range of salads and fruit pupils are permitted to drink water at all times of the day pupils are encouraged to bring healthy packed lunches the health professionals including CAMHS monitor the weight, height and growth of pupils and will offer advice accordingly We support this in the taught curriculum: In food technology lessons British Values and ASDAN lessons, In lessons, including sex education activities In Science lessons and gardening timetabled In and extra-curricular sports clubs ‘Activities’
Obesity & Healthy Life Styles Statement/Policy Reviewed: October 2018 Next review: October 2020 Signed: Diane Osborne Chair of Management Committee S Pritchard-Jones Head Teacher Rationale: To promote the health and well-being of staff and pupils. Shepwell Short Stay School has Healthy Schools status. At Shepwell Short Stay School we are committed to supporting and embracing the governments Obesity Strategy and Plan for action. Here at Shepwell we understand and encourage the importance of a healthy balanced diet. To promote this our lunches and snacks provided at school comply with School Food Standards regulations. Our school curriculum is committed to encouraging a healthy and balanced lifestyle across all subject areas. The Healthy School’s initiative is designed to respond to growing concerns over healthy weight in children and young people and a need for more physical exercise and sport participation across all schools. Our aim is to help pupils make informed decisions, helping them to select healthy food & drink options and improve their fitness through exercise. We also encourage pupils to make healthy decisions regarding mental and sexual health. Procedures/whole school approach: to provide for the spiritual development of staff and pupils to raise self-esteem of pupils we encourage our pupils to take part physical activity. This includes our PE lessons, directed physical activities during breaks and lunch times and afterschool clubs. to provide emotional support for pupils through mentoring, onsite counselling, linked adults, NHS professionals and dedicated British Values/PHSCE life style choice days to provide medical advice for pupils through NHS professionals to provide communication channels for and pupils to participate in and feedback on school development to operate systems reduce the likelihood of stress, identify problems at an early stage, and which respond to the needs of the individual to provide a range of healthy eating options to ensure that the curriculum supports and develops a healthy lifestyle for pupils. providing a breakfast free of charge providing healthy school lunches for pupils eligible for FMS including a range of salads and fruit pupils are permitted to drink water at all times of the day pupils are encouraged to bring healthy packed lunches the health professionals including CAMHS monitor the weight, height and growth of pupils and will offer advice accordingly We support this in the taught curriculum: In food technology lessons In British Values lessons, and ASDAN lessons, including sex education In Science lessons and gardening activities In timetabled ‘Activities’ and extra-curricular sports clubs
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