Flowing Wells Breast Cancer awareness Wellness Week

Wellness Week
October 26 – 29, 2015

Monday (Oct 26) – Breast Cancer Awareness

·       Get Up and Move Day

o   Hula Hoop Activities

Tuesday (Oct 27) – Breast Cancer Awareness

·       Commons Area (Bookstore Area)

·        lunch table: Nutrition facts/questions and prizes

Wednesday (Oct 28) – Pink Out – Zumba    

·        Everyone wears Pink

·        Lunch time Zumba Flash Mob

o Get Energized!!!

Thursday (Oct 29) – Taste Test Thursday

o   (Smoothies Day)

·       Nutritional Trivia – Spin the Wheel

Friday (Oct 30) – Zombie Parade/Walk

·         Parade around , dance with all of us (STUCCO and SWAT) at lunch

Color Run 2015

Color Run 2015!

MAY 17TH, 2015 

RACE STARTed ON THE SIERRA SOCCER FIELD SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FIRST ANNUAL COLOR RUN! REGISTRATION OPENS AT 7AM RACE STARTS AT 8:30 STICK AROUND FOR THE 10 AM AFTER PARTY

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THE COLORME FIT FUN RUN FINISH FESTIVAL:

THE FUN ISN’T OVER WHEN YOU CROSS THE FINISH LINE! IN FACT, IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE WELCOME TO MEET UP WITH ATHLETES IN THE GENERAL FESTIVAL AREAS. PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR RUNNING THE COLORME FIT FUN RUN, THEN COME JOIN THE POST-RACE PARTY!

HOPEFULLY YOU SAVED YOUR PACKET OF COLOR FOR THE FESTIVAL! WE WILL HAVE A COUNT DOWN WHEN OUR LAST RUNNER JOINS US TO CELEBRATE FINISHING THE RUN!

January 2015 Smarter Lunchrooms 

A smarter lunchroom is one that nudges kids towards nutritious foods. Over 30 million children are fed by the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). We believe that this program is an opportunity for kids to select and consume a balance diet. The Smarter Lunchroom applies research-based principles that lead children to make healthy choices when provided with the full spectrum of choice.

Goals: increasing the number of Students that select Fruit

Employ signs and verbal prompts to draw attention to fruit and encourage students to take some

Fruit is often overlooked because it is hard to see and reach, hidden under a sneeze shield in a drab metal bin. Move the fruit into the spotlight! Increasing students' exposure to fruit (especially in traffic-jam areas like near the register) increases their likelihood of seeing it, which increases their chances of taking it, and then of eating it. Additionally, bright and contrasting colors make food look more appetizing and the appearance of variety prompts diners to eat moreabout Employ signs and verbal prompts to draw attention to fruit and encourage students to take some

Display the Whole Fruit

Fruit is often overlooked because it is hard to see and reach, hidden under a sneeze shield in a drab metal bin. Move the fruit into the spotlight! Increasing students' exposure to fruit (especially in traffic-jam areas like near the register) increases their likelihood of seeing it, which increases their chances of taking it, and then of eating it. Additionally, bright and contrasting colors make food look more appetizing and the appearance of variety prompts diners to eat more.

 Students have a set menu to choose from that has no changes through out the school year

Before: milk cooler opened against the traffic, making it hard to open the door and stop everyone behind you and choose milk for your beverage.

Increasing the number of Students that select Targeted Entrée

Display the creative/descriptive age-targeted names on a poster or menu board outside the cafeteria

Healthy targeted entrées (especially new recipes) are often overlooked because they are hard to see, hidden behind a serving counter.  They are also downplayed with drab, boring names like “bean burrito” or “turkey.”  Students trust known commodities like burgers and pizza; they need a prompt to try something new and different.  Jazz it up!  Move targeted entrées into the spotlight!about Display the creative/descriptive age-targeted names on a poster or menu board outside the cafeteria

Give targeted entrées creative/descriptive age-targeted names and display the names on cards next to or with the targeted entrées on the serving line.

Healthy targeted entrées (especially new recipes) are often overlooked because they are hard to see, hidden behind a serving counter.  They are also downplayed with drab, boring names like “bean burrito” or “turkey.”  Students trust known commodities like burgers and pizza; they need a prompt to try something new and different.  Jazz it up!  Move targeted entrées into the spotlight!

• about Give targeted entrées creative/descriptive age-targeted names and display the names on cards next to or with the targeted entrées on the serving line.

Make the entrée with the greatest nutrient density the first or most prominent in line.

Convenience counts! Hungry students are more likely to order the first item they see.  Use this to give healthy “target entrees” an advantage.

Before: Milk coolers had lots of chocolate milk and very little white white to choose from

Juice machine was placed before the milk cooler which made students more likely to grab a juice than a milk

After: Posters and point of decision signs and reminders were hung by all the lines. This made the cafeteria brighter and reminded students to choose healthier options, and gave information about why the healthy choice is better for them.

Students re-named the items on the salad bar and we created window clings to show case the fun new re-designed names.

Increasing the number of Students that select Vegetables

Create a SNAC (Student Nutrition Action Committee) of students responsible for the naming of and creating signage for veggies

The odds are, a group of motivated students is savvier to what appeals to their peers than any adult is! Engage the student talent in your school to help make lunchroom changes that truly appeal to young people - and get free help to maintain your changes

• about Create a SNAC (Student Nutrition Action Committee) of students responsible for the naming of and creating signage for veggies

Display the creative/descriptive age-targeted names on a poster or menu board outside the cafeteria

Vegetables are often overlooked because they are hard to see and reach, hidden behind a serving counter or under a sneeze shield. They are also downplayed with drab, boring names like "beans" or "corn". Jazz it up! Move vegetables into the spotlight! Increasing students' taste expectations increases their likelihood of noticing and taking vegetables, and then of eating them. Additionally, signs grab students' attention and direct it to the vegetable options

• about Display the creative/descriptive age-targeted names on a poster or menu board outside the cafeteria

Give Vegetables Creative Names

Vegetables are often overlooked because they are hard to see and reach, hidden behind a serving counter or under a sneeze shield. They are also downplayed with drab, boring names like "beans" or "corn". Jazz it up! Move vegetables into the spotlight! Increasing students' taste expectations increases their likelihood of noticing and taking vegetables, and then of eating them. Additionally, signs grab students' attention and direct it to the vegetable options.

Point of decision signs made it clear to students to choose fruit or that they can take a fruit to go.

 Lamps and lighting help to "spotlight"special products that deserve more attention

Students created themes for the menu board including super heroes, Disney princesses and other pop culture references:

Brand new milk coolers and placement helped students pick more milk as their beverage of choice.

http://smarterlunchrooms.org/get_involved

Robotics

This week the kids explored the significance gear ratio and what an important role it plays in the motion of robotics. For example the two gears that we discussed were the master and slave gears. We explained that the two gears work in unison with the slave gear following the master gear, hence the names. The students were also introduced to the transfer of energy. This allowed students to conceptualize how things in the real world work, for example the function of fair rides and watches.  

There was also a mathematical component to the lesson.  Students were able to observe how the diameter of the pulleys affects the speed of the dancing bird’s movement.  They also compared the diameter and rotational speeds.   

Physical Activity

This week’s activity was a game called Nurse Tag. This is a team game that includes simple rules, but making strategies and acting on them may be difficult. Here’s the game: there are two taggers and two nurses in a group of children. The taggers’ job is simple; they tag everyone possible including the nurses. Now, if a student is tagged once they immediately cross arms on their chest. However, if they are tagged a second time with their arms crossed on their chest they have to kneel until a “nurse” tags and “heals” them. A strategy would be doing everything possible to protect the nurses, keeping it intense an interesting.  If a nurse tags the down nurse he or she is free as well if both nurses are tagged, the game is over. This taught students the importance of strategy and that sometimes it’s better to have a plan then to just try and win. 

Arts and Crafts

This week in Arts and Crafts we began making fairy gardens. Because the children have been reading the book the secret garden it was good to allow them to make their own secret gardens. This included decorating and coloring water bottles that were cut to look like little homes. The children were able to explore their own creative side and it allowed them to imagine what the secret garden looked like. During this lesson the pillar of responsibility was discussed. It was essentially explaining how even if fairies are mythical creatures, they still require care. The mentors asked how the children could care for the fairies and what they would need. They related the fairies to a common household pet. 

Reading

On Monday we read Secrets of the Garden. The kids followed along while one of the mentors read. The purpose of the activity was for them to learn about the food web. The food web is a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. The following day we made a lesson plan strictly about the food web and how it works. There was printed pictures that the kids used to put together to make a food web. We also talked about Carnivores which are meat eaters, Herbivores which are plant eaters and Omnivores which eat both meat and plants. Then we compared and contrasted the differences and similarities of the three. The kids enjoyed creating their food web.