Physical Wellbeing
At school we as teachers' monitor your children's wellbeing; physically.
Snack attack
"Snack Attack" encourages students to bring their own healthy snack to school, they need to ensure they do not eat the snack during either of the regular assigned lunch times. This snack is for during class. A snack attack is when the learning manager provides the students with a short break to refuel their bodies with nutritious food. The break usually lasts close to 10 minutes. During this time students are provided with an opportunity to chat amongst themselves, relaxing and regaining their energy to then continue learning.
Justification
Dr Phill states that, "The importance of nutritional balance with foods that provide a high yield of vitamins and minerals cannot be overstated when it comes to enhancing your child's learning capabilities. Better-nourished children simply function more effectively on a cognitive level" (Dr Phill, 2013).
Dr Phill states that, "The importance of nutritional balance with foods that provide a high yield of vitamins and minerals cannot be overstated when it comes to enhancing your child's learning capabilities. Better-nourished children simply function more effectively on a cognitive level" (Dr Phill, 2013).
Lets get physical, physical, physical
This resource is called "Lets get physical, physical, physical", the idea of the activity is for students to be physically active during class hours, three times a day for ten minutes each time.
The students can pick from various activities such as; yoga, dance, red-red-rover, skipping ropes or even just a jog around the oval.
The students can pick from various activities such as; yoga, dance, red-red-rover, skipping ropes or even just a jog around the oval.
Justification
Blood flow to all the parts of the body including the brain, can be increased
through all forms of physical activity. The fresh oxygenated blood which the
brain is supplied with, enhances thinking speed, complex reasoning processes and
overall concentration. Introducing short bursts of physical activity during
learning; promotes clear thinking, boosts creativity and increases energy and
mental concentration (Dr Phill, 2013).
Blood flow to all the parts of the body including the brain, can be increased
through all forms of physical activity. The fresh oxygenated blood which the
brain is supplied with, enhances thinking speed, complex reasoning processes and
overall concentration. Introducing short bursts of physical activity during
learning; promotes clear thinking, boosts creativity and increases energy and
mental concentration (Dr Phill, 2013).
You can monitor your child's physical wellbeing at home too!
- Allow for children to have a say in their diet, discuss healthy and unhealthy eating options.
- Assign a family member to choose what to make for dinner, perhaps Dad chooses what is eaten for dinner on a Monday night., Mum Tuesday night 'Billy' Wednesday night and so forth. Encourage the children to get involved with deciding what is a nutritious meal and even encourage them to help with the cooking.
- Choose a fun family physical activity to participate in each afternoon; bike rides, afternoon family walks or just kicking the footy around the backyard.
- Involve your children in out of school sporting activities, such as; netball, little league, hockey, dancing, swimming lessons, little athletics and more
- SLEEP- Ensure your children get the sufficient hours of sleep which they need. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that school aged children (5-12) need at least 10-12 hours sleep each night (National Sleep Foundation, 2012).
Communication; how we can build a stronger teacher and parent relationship.
Lets start a class or even a whole school blog! The Blog allows anyone to add and edit posts. Post popular out of school sporting activities and organise teams. If you cooked a delicious, nutritious healthy meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner, don't hold back - share it on the blog, we all want to know about it!
Blogs are technology based, so the children should want to join in on the fun - what child doesn't love technology and socialising - even if it is chatting is about health foods and physical activity.
Blogs are technology based, so the children should want to join in on the fun - what child doesn't love technology and socialising - even if it is chatting is about health foods and physical activity.