Healthy Schools

Healthy Schools has always been a central focus here at Wyke Regis Junior School. Currently, we are actively working at Healthy Schools Plus level. As a school, we have chosen to focus on healthy living. We are aiming to create a school in which our pupils are happy, healthy and able to learn to the best of their ability.

Our action plan outlines how we are planning to achieve this:

1)    Ensuring that children have access to a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

2)    Encouraging children to have a healthy snack and drink at break time.

3)    Raise awareness of the importance of physical activity.

4)    Give children the opportunity to have a ‘voice’ and contribute their thoughts and ideas about healthy living.

Cycling Training Courses

Following the recent purchase of bike parks by the school council, we arranged several courses of cycling training to increase road safety awareness. Many children have already passed their level 1 assessment and are keen to progress to level 2. More courses are planned for the Spring Term.

Healthy Food Workshops

We have been very fortunate to welcome Wendy Holden from the Food Trust into our school to work with children, staff and families. The aim of these workshops was to encourage people to think about healthy food choices, understand how to create a balanced diet and enjoy tasting new foods.

Eco Bottles

Did you know that Britain throws away a staggering 9.1 Billion plastic bottles away a year! To reduce that amount, our school are going to help the environment by using Eco-Bottles. The Eco-Bottle is made entirely out of recycled materials. Not only that, it’s dishwasher safe, it has an easy fill wide neck design and it’s super strong! These bottles can be used throughout the school day for drinking water. Regularly drinking water has been proven to help concentration and contributes towards a healthy diet. These bottles are currently available from the office for only £2. Replaceable caps can also be purchased for 20p.

Extra Curricular Activities

At the beginning of this school year, our school council requested a wider range of extra-curricular activities. As a result of this, we have now added dance, a club for gifted and talented athletes, sports games for Y3-4 and are hoping to start orienteering in the summer term. The full list of activities can be viewed here.

Walk to School

In October 2010, we took part in International Walk to School Month. Every class recorded when they walked or cycled to school with the aim of being as healthy as possible. Many children were awarded the ‘Strider’ badge in recognition of their efforts and 8 lucky children won a ‘Walk to School’ T-shirt in the final competition draw. We are looking forward to even more waling to school success in May (National Walk to School Week).