Over the next few weeks, the children in Wandesforde NS will be taking part in 2 programmes to promote heathy eating and healthy living! The first is the Food Dudes programme, run in conjunction with An Bord Bia. The aim of the programme is to promote fruit and vegetable consumption in Irish Schools. We are very fortunate to take part in this programme and on the 6th November, the children will receive a portion of fruit and vegetables each day for 16 consecutive days. To encourage and reward the children for their efforts, each child will receive a prize for tasting and eating the fruit and vegetables.
The prizes vary from pencils to sports bottles and so many more great things! We do not want to give away the surprise just yet!! The children will also watch a dvd each day in class and receive letters from the Food Dudes encouraging them in taking part in this programme!
The second programme that the children will be taking part in is “FitKids”! This is a 7 week workshop promoting an active lifestyle through lessons based on gymnastics and agility games. The children will each receive 1 hour’s tuition from the FitKids team each week. With all these fun activities, the children are really becoming fit and healthy!
The food dudes sound great – was talking to other parents about it on twitter last night as it happens. Their kids now love melon and cucumber etc – all fruit and vegetables they would never have agreed to taste at home 🙂