Penrith South Public School Jess Andrews20%Tammy Lloyd20% Georgie Gilder20%Tanya Sinclair20% Melina...

Penrith South Public School

Jess Andrews 20% Tammy Lloyd 20% Georgie Gilder 20% Tanya Sinclair 20%

Melina Anne Louise Keating 20%

Image from: Google Maps (2012). Retrieved from http://maps.google.com.au/

CONTEXT ANALYSIS

Penrith South Public School

Health Issues

* Sun Safety

* Stranger Danger

* Childhood Obesity

* Water Safety

School Community* Co-educational government school

• 368 students from Kindergarten to Year 6

* 7% Indigenous students

* 14% students speak language other than English

* 24.7 full time equivalent teaching staff

* 7 non teaching staff members

Geographical Location

* Penrith Valley

* Greater Western Sydney Region

* Approximately 54km from Sydney CBD

* Fringing on the Blue Mountains

* Diverse socio-economic backgrounds

Educational Values* Improving learning outcomes

* Schools sports and physical activity program

* Strong pastoral care system

* Promotes and supports health risks

* Adhere to Government School Policies

(Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2011).

Health Priority AreaChildhood Obesity - Nutrition

We have allowed 1 in 3 of the world’s kids to become overweight

1 in 4 Australian children are obese (Nicola Roxon, 2007, 1,2).

1 in 2 adults are already overweight or obese (Nicola Roxon, 2007, 1,2).

We need to prevent these alarming statistic from becoming worse (Nicola Roxon, 2007, 1,2).

Access Economics estimate that the total cost of obesity to the Australian economy was 58 billion dollars in 2008 (Crowle & Turner, 2010, p. 14).

More people are overweight or obese than suffer from several of the existing Health Priority Areas combined (Roxon, 2007, 1,2).

58% of the population is classified as overweight or obese (higher than the NSW average of 50%).

6th largest population of any local government area in NSW The city of Penrith has a young population 21% of the Penrith population are made up of 0-14 year olds which is

the largest age population in the area (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011).

Global

National

Local

(Hive Health Media, 2012, para. 3).

Areas That Lead to Children’s Weight Gain

Indirect Influences

Parents and families - Income - Parents’ work habitsPhysical Environment - Urban sprawl - Access to sports/recreation areas - Fast food outlets - SafetyKnowledgeSchool environmentPeer behaviours and preferences

Energy Intake

Food consumption (especially energy-dense nutrient-poor foods)* Soft drink consumption

Energy Output

* Physical activity - Sport participation - Walking to school* Sedentary activities - Television - Computer/video games

Childs Weight

(Nicola Roxon, 2007, 1,2).

SYLLABUS INFORMATIONRationale: • Community awareness about the importance of healthy lifestyles has increased.• Well informed decisions improves childhood obesity.• Developing students’ knowledge, understandings and practical skills leads to better health. • Students can look after themselves and others• Students who understand and value themselves as individuals exercise more control over their own lives.• Understanding health issues empowers students to make appropriate decisions including those about conflicting messages from a range of sources.

Aim: Develop knowledge and understanding, skills, values and attitude to lead a healthy life through informed choices about nutrition to decrease the possibilities of childhood obesity.

Objectives:

Values & Attitudes Skills Knowledge

• Students develop appreciation of and commitment to healthy ways of living.

• Students confidently develop skills in making, communicating and acting upon health decision.

• Students develop knowledge and understanding about ways to enhance personal and community health and well-being.

Subject Matter: Personal Health Choices – examines the process of making lifestyle decisions and putting them into practice. This strand considers the personal health decisions that students make about their lives relating to nutrition. Incorporates skills of communicating, decision making, interacting and problem solving.

Board of Studies NSW (BOS). (2007). Personal development, health and physical education syllabus.

Sydney, Australia: Board of Studies

OUTCOMES & INDICATORSEarly Stage One PHES1.12 Display basic positive health practices• Talks about different foods that keep them healthy• Makes simple choices about good food and bad food or sometimes food• Uses draw or paint software to draw healthy foods• Identifies a range of food and groups them according to their sources, eg. Vegetable, fruit, meat, dairy

Stage One PHS1.12 Recognises that positive health choices can promote wellbeing• Describes that people have a balanced diet to stay healthy• Recognises a variety of food is needed for good health• Makes personal health choices relating to nutrition and gives reasons for their choices• Identifies different foods that can keep them healthy

Stage TwoPHS2.12 Discusses the factors influencing personal health choices • Explains the need for good health practices • Discusses food needs for growth and activity

Stage ThreePHS3.12 Explains the consequences of personal lifestyle choices• Analyses personal food intake to identify the balance of choices made• Make judgements on the reliability of information from different sources, e.g. Labels, websites, advertising• Discusses the factors that influence personal health choices• Identifies the positive and negative effects of food choices on the body• Discusses how other people/media influence food intake

Board of Studies NSW (BOS). (2007). Personal development, health and physical education syllabus.

Sydney, Australia: Board of Studies

PolicyOur Nutrition and Health Policy

Last updated 1st August 2012

Rationale:

Penrith South Public School will be a health promoting school, where children are encouraged to eat healthy food. Students will be taught about nutrition and healthy food and drink options. Through guidance, we can form attitudes and behaviours that promote healthy eating within the school community.

Aim:

Healthy eating and drinking is one of the most important elements in following a healthy lifestyle, this policy aims to promote healthy eating amongst the school community. It will empower students to have an active role and take a responsible approach in making healthy decisions now and in the future.

Implementation:

This policy will be implemented as a whole school approach with the support of the syllabus document. Teachers will work collaboratively to devise engaging and beneficial programs related directly to nutrition and healthy eating. Students learning will be scaffolded through progressive units of Personal Health Choices from Early Stage One to Stage Three. Nutrition extends beyond the classroom and the school canteen will reflect the schools values on healthy eating and will continue to follow the Fresh Tastes @ School - NSW Healthy Schools Canteen Strategy. A school canteen provides opportunities to compliment and support student learning. The partnership between parents and community members is an important element in supporting and reinforcing the aims of this policy. The school website will provide information for parents and the wider community with relevant information and will keep them in touch with programs that are implemented within the school.

Review: This policy will be reviewed annually and any necessary changes will be amended.

Reference:

Personal Development, Healthy and Physical Education K-6 NSW Syllabus

Healthy Kids eat well, get active

Program – Growing Healthy Food Unit: Life’s Changes and Choices

Outcome: PHS3.12

Stage: Three

Duration: 1 hour

(Note, this learning activity could be adjusted to suit any year group)

Quick Overview: Children will be planting a class vegetable patch. This lesson will be part of an ongoing unit. This is lesson number three, after the previous two lessons where the students build and organised the garden.

Resource: variety of vegetables (students would have chosen these in previous lesson), watering can, shovels, gloves

Procedure:

1.Organise students onto the floor and brief them about the lesson

2.Hand out chosen plants to students

3.Give a demonstration of how to plant seed

4.Students put on gloves to dig their hole and plant their seeds.

5.Student water their seeds for the first time an continue to water seeds until they achieve their desired results.

(McCain School Veggie Patches, 2009)

(McCain School Veggie Patches, 2009)

ProcedureCommunicating with Parents

• School portal: Parents and guardians will have access to the school portal where they’re able to access the latest information and communicate with their child’s teacher, staff and other parents.

• Newsletters: A weekly newsletter will be sent out, informing parents about all news and current events.

• Parent teacher interviews: These will be conducted once a term and will update parents on their child’s progress.

• School social media site: Parents will have access to schools social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

• P&C meetings: Parents and Citizens’ Association meetings will be held monthly.

• Online photo gallery: Photo albums of different events and activities will be uploaded to the school website for parents and guardians to view.

SCOPE and SEQUENCE

ES1 Stage 1 (odd)

Stage 1 (even)

Stage 2 (odd)

Stage 2 (even)

Stage 3 (odd)

Stage 3 (even)

Term 1 Healthy Choices PHES1.12

Choosing a healthy life PHS1.12

Personal Health Choices PHS2.12 COS2.1

Life’s changes and choices PHS3.12GDS3.9

Term 2SafetySLES1.13 DMES1.2

Play Safe SLS1.13

Safety First SLS2.13 PSS2.5

Safe Practices SLS3.13 DMS3.2

Term 3Getting AlongINES1.3IRES1.11

Working Together COS1.1INS1.3 IRS1.11

Importance of relationships IRS2.11INS2.3

Lets Cooperate PSS3.5INS3.3

Term 4 Growing upPSES1.5GDES1.9

Everybody is different GDS1.9.PSS1.5

Always Changing GDS2.9DMS2.2

Positive Relationships IRS3.11 COS3.3

SCOPE and SEQUENCE Stages 4 and 5

Stage 4(odd)

Stage 4 (even) Stage 5 (odd) Stage 5 (even)

Term 1 Be Healthy 4.64.94.14 4.15

Healthy Habits 4.64.84.12

Influences. Decisions and Consequences 5.65.75.125.16

Term 2 Managing Change 4.64.74.12

Shifting Knowledge 5.75.8 5.125.16

Term 3 Health Matters 4.64.84.12 4.16

Working Together 5.75.85.155.16

Term 4 Images5.15.65.115.12

EVALUATION

CHALLENGES

Long term benefits of our nutritional plan

are hard to measure

100% support from parents towards our nutritional

initiatives is a difficult process

Students’ lives hinder the

acceptance and implementation

of nutritional advise and practices

Media is persuasive in

targeting young children,

influencing their attitudes,

choices and decisions

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Healthy Kids

www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/

PEI Healthy Eating Alliance

http://www.healthyeatingpei.ca/toolkit-section6.php#a06

Healthy Kids Association https://healthy-kids.com.au

The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation http://www.achper.org.au/

Nourish Interactivehttp://www.nourishinteractive.com/

Health Kidshttp://kidshealth.org/kid/

Fresh for Kids http://www.freshforkids.com.au/index.html

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2011). Population/People. Retrieved from

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@nrp.nsf/Latestproducts/LGA16350Population/People12006 2010?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=LGA16350&issue=2006-2010

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). (2011). My School: Penrith South Public School. Retrieved from http://www.myschool.edu.au/MainPages/SchoolProfileRep.aspx?SDRSchoolId=41701&DEEWRId=0&CalendarYear=2011&RefId=eK98%2fbG3bFilysKkY3qTTA%3d%3d

Board of Studies NSW (BOS). (2007). Personal development, health and physical education syllabus.

Sydney, Australia: Board of Studies

Crowle, J., & Turner, E. (2010). Childhood obesity: An economic perspective. Melbourne, Australia: Productivity Commissions Staff Working Paper.

Hive Health Media. (2012). World obesity stats – 2010 and beyond. Retrieved from

http://www.hivehealthmedia.com/world-obesity-stats-2010/

Hope for Families. (2009). What is childhood obesity. Retrieved from

http://www.hopeforfamiliesinc.org/2008/11/26/what-is-childhood-obesity/

McCain School Veggie Patches. (2009). How does your garden grow? Retrieved from http://www.mccainveggiepatches.com/content/home/infokids/veggiepatchstarted.aspx

NSW Education & Communities. (2012). Penrith South Public School. Retrieved from

http://www.penrithsth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/home

Penrith City Council. (2012). Sustainable penrith indicators. Retrieved from

http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/sustainability/Indicator-PC16-2011.asp

Roxon, N. (2007). Tackling childhood obesity in Australia summit. Retrieved from

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/sp-yr07-nr-nrsp111207.htm

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