Thursday, 28th
September 2017
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13 Gaelscoil Mhainistir Na Corann Students Have A Healthy Outlook
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Modern living throws
many curve balls when it comes to providing a healthy lifestyle
for both ourselves
and our children. A recent study has found
that 1 in 4 Irish children are overweight. The national health check
carried out by safe foods Ire- land found that 54 per cent of parents of overweight children, and 20 per cent of parents of obese children, didn’t realise that their chil-
dren were not at a healthy weight:
While parents have con-
trol over their child’s diet, many of the factors influ- encing obesity are beyond their control. While the age old adage
says it takes a village to raise a child, the HSE in associa- tion with the Department of Health contend it takes a vil- lage to raise a healthy child. Through the Healthy Ire- land, ‘healthy Schools’ initi- ative our national school stu- dents are being encouraged to live active healthy lives.
The government’s most
wide ranging initiative yet is aimed at improving the health of the nation. Last Friday 22 Septem-
ber, as the country prepared to celebrate
culture night
2017, Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann were celebrating a culture change. One which focuses on
putting health and wellbeing at
lives. The national school are
the latest faculty to receive the Healthy Ireland, ‘Health Promoting School’s Flag’,
the heart of everyone’s
recognition of their effort in improving the health of their school community. Students, staff, parents and guardians have worked on
priority health are-
as with the help of LAYA healthcare’s ‘super trooper’ programme, for the past 2 school years. Through the
nator of the Healthy Schools programme
at Gaelscoil
Mhainistir na Corann said fifth and sixth class pupils help reinforce the positive health message amongst the student body. “The fifth and sixth class children on the eating committee
Super
Trooper programme sup- ported by Super Valu the students learn healthy habits from an early age so they can bring them into adult life.
Muinteoir Sibeal, coordi-
healthy reward
rosettes to the classes that have healthy lunches in their lunch boxes.” Margaret Crowley from
the HSE Health Promotion department says “Euro- pean research has shown many benefits of this type of
whole school ap- proach to health. Chief among these benefits are increased self-es- teem, safer and cleaner school environments, lowered inci- dences of bully- ing, a positive ap- proach to health issues, increased parent
involve-
ment and better student/teacher relationships to name a few.”
• Margaret Crowley HSE Health Promotion department
presenting a Healthy School certificate to Muinteoir Sibeal
• Students of Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann celebrating after receiving their Healthy School flag last Friday 22 September.
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