Healthy Snacks

The children of Kirkmichael Primary School have come up with and agreed to the following rules for snacks;

  • You should always try to eat fruit and veg. 
  • You should always try to eat a snack for energy. 
  • You should never share snacks with others. 

Fruit and Veg Snacks        

All our pupils are encouraged to bring a piece of fruit or a vegetable for snack. We cannot tell children not to bring in crisps/chocolate and sweets, we can only advise, encourage and educate. They can of course also bring something else as an additional treat if need be. We are emphasising that no snack is not a healthy option, as there is a long time between breakfast and lunch (approx 4-5 hours), and they need to refuel for energy. Some children have breakfast around 7.30am and don’t get lunch until after 1pm.

Each class has a monitor from each House and a sheet for recording healthy snacks. Healthy snacks are awarded with two house points but there is no punishment for an unhealthy snack and the monitors are trained not to judge or comment. It is for individuals to take responsibility for their own choices.

We have increasing levels of expectation put on us by the Government and local authority to support, encourage and educate our children about health and wellbeing, of which healthy eating is obviously a significant part. One of our 3 School Improvement priorities for next session is Health and Wellbeing and this approach to snacks forms part of that process.

 

Health and wellbeing links to article 24; food and water all go into this article. 

 

Relationship, Sexual Health and Parenthood

Dear Parents and Carers,

This year for the first time we are using a new online resource recommended by the Scottish Government for teaching the pupils about relationships, sexual health and parenthood. This replaces the previous Living and Growing scheme which had been around for years and was outdated.

The pupils missed the input on this last year due to lockdown so we will need to cover a bit more this session.  The majority of this will be delivered during our health week which begins on the 14th of June.  A separate flier will be posted very soon giving details about our health week.

The website RSHP Home - RSHP has all the information available and I have copied the info for the parents section from the website below.  There is also a very informative Powerpoint for parents which can be accessed here.

For parents and carers there are information leaflets provided at each Level about Learning at School and Learning at Home. Just scroll to the bottom of each Level page to find these.

Any questions please contact me through the office.

Mr Loudon

Headteacher