By Richard Mcallister Reporter
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Children from Walton and Lees Hill CE Primary School have spent a week learning about healthy eating and exercise.
Acting headteacher Fiona Stobbart and other staff at the school in Lees Hill, near Walton, put on a range of challenges as part of Healthy Eating Week, which ran from September 28 to Sunday.
Each day the children had a number of health challenges to complete.
These included eating more wholegrains, varying their veg, drinking plenty of liquids, moving about more, being “mind kind”, getting active together, and eating together.
Fiona said: “Rather than focus on one thing each day, we incorporated each challenge into the whole week.
“Each day our snack shop featured a whole grain choice, some children designed a healthy packed lunch following the shared story of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’, fruit kebabs featured in the infant class and the junior children made apple crumbles and apple muffins, using locally grown apples.
“Children also learned about the different types of food and what it meant by a balanced diet.
“On Friday, we ended Healthy Eating Week with a walk to school.
“The whole school met at the top of the hill past school and walked just under a mile to school that morning.
“The views were stunning, the weather was kind and we were certainly all ‘mind kind’, which was the health challenge for Friday.”
She added that the event was aimed at raising awareness and getting children into healthy lifestyles.