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King Charles I School is a Healthy School:

A Healthy School is one that:

Addresses the needs of pupils, the staff and the wider community not only within the curriculum, but across the whole-school and learning environment.

The aim is to develop an ethos and environment in school that supports learning and promotes the health and well-being of all.

KING CHARLES AIMS TO:

support children and young people in developing healthy behaviours

help raise pupil achievement

help reduce health inequalities

help promote social inclusion

through the 4 broad themes:

Personal & Social Health Education - pupils are provided with the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about their lives.

Physical Activity - children/young people are provided with a range of opportunities to be physically active. Children/young people, staff and parents/carers understand how physical activity can help them to be healthier, and how physical activity can improve and be a part of their every day life. The whole-school community is encouraged to undertake physical activity.

Healthy Eating - children/young people have the confidence, skills, knowledge and understanding to make healthy food choices. Healthy and nutritious food and drink is available across the school day.

Emotional Health & Well Being - through the promotion of positive emotional health and well-being, children and young people are helped to understand and express their feelings, build their confidence and emotional resilience, and therefore their capacity to learn the emotional health and well-being of children/young people and staff is supported across the school.

Healthy Schools Week - What Went On?

In our Healthy Schools week we appointed some healthy spies to observe eating habits and sporty activities that were occurring around our school, this helped show how healthy our school was, we found some excellent results and also some areas that could be improved.

There were a lot of people eating healthy snacks at break and the canteen put on some healthier alternatives over lunch, however, we did notice that a large variety of crisps and chocolate were being consumed by Year 11 off site.

Healthy Schools Contact Details

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Facts

Go to healthyschools.gov.uk for lots of facts, hints and tips.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast provides children with the energy and nutrients that lead to increased concentration in the classroom.

Only 1% of primary schoolchildren's packed lunches meet the nutritional standards set for school meals in England!

Studies show that opportunities for children in the UK to be active are declining. Car journeys to school have doubled in the last 20 years with almost 30% of children going to school by car, less than 50% walking and just 1% cycling.

The number of overweight and obese children in the UK has risen steadily over the past 20 years. In 2004 it was estimated that 14 percent of boys and 17 percent of girls aged two to 15 were obese.

In Great Britain about 450 children start smoking everyday. By the age of 15 years old 23% of young people are regular smokers.

56 per cent of 15-16-year-olds report having drunk heavily in the last 30 days and 30 per cent report have done this three or more times in the past 30 days.

Upcoming Events

School Production of 'Footloose'.
February 07, 2012 - February 10, 2012
(School Events)
Half- Term
February 13, 2012 - February 17, 2012
(School Closed)
Year 9 Options Evening
February 23, 2012
(General)

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