As part of our IB/CIS Self Study one of the sections is on Student Support. A component of this section looks at the school’s promotion of healthy eating and how we encourage our families to live a healthy lifestyle. Obviously our strong Sports and Arts program encourages our children to participate in a wide range of activities but it was felt by the teachers, who were part of the group completing the review, that the school could do more around healthy eating.
It was generally felt that a large number of children come to school with food that could be a lot healthier, food that is generally high in sugar or fat and there was a real concern amongst the staff that children were not bringing enough fruit and vegetables to eat.
Obviously we cannot force parents to pack fruit and vegetables and we are certainly not wanting to come across as the “food police”, however the issue was significant enough to be brought up by a number of staff at this self study group and is also significant enough that the student council will be promoting healthy eating (nude food).
The feeling was that perhaps some parents are not aware of what is being packed as they are away on business or leave for work before the children leave for school.
There is plenty of research to suggest that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind so we would strongly encourage you to ensure your child/ren is/are having a lunchbox full of healthy snacks rather than burgers, chips, other fatty foods, chocolate and sweet things.