Fruit & Veg Rock at Koondrook Primary School

We all know we should eat 5 serves of vegetables a day, right?...But did you know that the average person only eats half that? This week is Nutrition Week and Koondrook Primary School students want to encourage everyone to discover new ways to add vegetables to your day – eat a rainbow of different coloured vegetables each day, and try something new along the way…

At Koondrook Primary School the students grow lots of vegetables, herbs and fruit. The school chooks are also happy to contribute! Fresh produce is used to cook up delicious treats in the classroom. Excess produce is sold each month at the local farmer’s market - raising a healthy profit as well as healthy kids!

The school even took out lots of prizes at this week’s Barham/Koondrook & District Annual Show – 1^st and 2^nd prize for 6 eggs any colour, 1^st prize for 10 snow peas, 1^st prize for a pot grown herb (oregano), 1^st prize for pot grown strawberry, and 1^st and 2^nd prize for a bunch of 3 beetroot. What a sensational effort!

It’s Walk to School month and each morning students walk or jog twice around the school oval; some go fast, others go slow, more content to walk and talk. Regardless of the pace, getting some fresh air and exercise is a great way to kick start the day.

 

All eleven primary schools across the Gannawarra Shire are participating in this year’s Walk to School program with students encouraged to ride, walk or scoot to and from school, the school bus or while at school, throughout October.

The Walk to School program promotes the importance of children being Active and Healthy in their communities and fitting at least 60 minutes of physical activity into their daily lives. Getting actively to school, the school bus, or while at school not only helps keep children fit and healthy, it also helps them to stay alert, to concentrate and improves learning outcomes.

The Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to Scool program is rolled out across the Gannawarra Shire as a Gannawarra Local Agency Meeting (GLAM) partnership project. This is a partnership between Gannawarra Shire Council, Northern District Community Health, Kerang District Health, Cohuna District Hospital, Mallee District Aboriginal Service, Victoria Police, with support from the Southern Mallee Primary Care Partnership.

Walk to School is a VicHealth initiative. For more information go to: www.walktoschool.vic.gov.au

Follow along with the Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program: www.facebook.com/HealthyGannawarra and the Gannawarra Walk to School BLOG: www.gannawarrawalkstoschool.blogspot.com.au