Broadwater Healthy Living Week 2020

Broadwater Healthy Living Week 2020
Dear Parents,
National Healthy Eating Week has been postponed but we are still holding Healthy Living week at
Broadwater from the 8th-14th June.
The week will promote the importance of being active, eating healthily and cooking healthy food. You will
find attached a challenge sheet and activity diary for your child to complete. We have an activity diary for
Years R-3 and Years 4-6 so please complete the correct one. They can be completed online or you can
print it off for them to fill in. Children attending school will receive paper versions. Year 6 who
are in, will be completing their activity diary in school.
If your child is completing the challenge sheet online they will want to open the word document, type their
answers and right click on the hearts to fill them with colour. Otherwise, we would advise printing the PDF
version to fill in. The teachers would love to see what they have done so please encourage your child to
send the challenge sheet and activity diary back on the class email (eg Yr2@broadwaterce.org) or take a
photo of the completed sheets to send in.
If they are unable to do that, please don’t worry because they can always bring them in when they return
to school. If your child is in school, they can bring the completed challenge sheets and activity diary to their
teacher by Friday 19th June. Below is an outline of some of the challenges for you to explain to your child;
Get Active

Get active for at least 60 minutes every day and complete Mr Lund’s daily challenge.
Why?

    •   Being active helps keep your heart healthy and strengthens muscles and bones.
    •   Being active can help us relax and stay happy.
    •   Being active is something we can do as a family.
Mr Lund’s Challenges (Either read below or watch his daily videos which will be on the website. The
videos will show you how to complete the activity indoors or outside)
Every day for Healthy Living week, Mr Lund will set a challenge that you can complete and record your
scores on your challenge tracker. These challenges can help you on your way to your minimum of 60
minutes physical activity each day.
The challenges will be released as daily videos via twitter, the school website and your parents email
address where you can get the full instructions and a demonstration of each challenge. There are brief
details below if you can’t access the videos.
You will get 2 minutes for each activity and can attempt each challenge as many times as you like! You just
need to record your best score on your challenge tracker. If you don’t have the equipment then improvise!
MONDAY Challenge 1 – Catch and run
You need to complete 3 catches against a wall or in the air and then run around a marker that has been
placed several metres away. You score 1 point for each completed circuit.
Suggested Equipment: ball, pair of socks, trainer as a marker
TUESDAY Challenge 2 – Dribble slalom

Place 4 evenly spaced markers on the floor. Dribble and snake your chosen item through the markers (in
and out) and score 1 point every time you get to the other end.
Suggested equipment: toilet rolls, trainers, mugs, racquet, bat, ball, orange or frying pan

WEDNESDAY Challenge 3 – The two-move workout
Choose your two favourite exercises that you can perform on the spot (eg. Press ups, star jumps, sit ups
etc). Perform your first move 10 times then your second move 10 times. Then, perform the first move
again and continue to repeat this process. You score 1 point for each completed set of 10.
Suggested equipment: none required!

THURSDAY Challenge 4 – moving the objects side-to-side
Place a starting marker. Now place 3 markers along one side with your chosen objects on top of them.
Add another 3 markers parallel to them with a decent sized gap down the middle. You must move the
items 1 at a time from one side to the other and then run back to the start to complete a circuit. Next,
repeat but move the objects back to their original place. You earn 1 point for each completed circuit.
Suggested equipment: cups, t shirts, balls, socks, oranges and trainers as markers

FRIDAY Challenge 5 – shooting game
Have a starting marker. Choose an object that you can throw into a target that you have placed a few
metres away. Every time you miss, you must do 10 speed bounces over another marker. You score 1 point
for every goal you score.
Suggested equipment: ball, hoop, wash basket, bin, ball, sock, beanbag, trainer or t shirt as a marker

Can you now create your own Get Active challenge for someone in your family? If your parent has a
twitter account we would love to see your attempts at the challenges or any games you have made. Please
ask them to comment or send your videos as replies to the daily tweets that will go out. The more
creative the better.
What will you do for your 60 minutes of exercise each day this week? Can you do something different
each day? Make sure you record all the exercise you do on the attached activity diary.
Please note: Year 6 children who are in school will be completing the activity diary at school.

Get Healthy

Challenge 1 – Fruit and Vegetable riddles
How many different fruit and vegetables can you eat this week? Eating fruit and vegetables is an important
part of a healthy, balanced diet, as they are a good source of fibre, as well as having lots of essential

vitamins and minerals. Different types and colours of fruits and vegetables contain different combinations of
important nutrients like fibre and vitamins which our bodies need to stay healthy.
Can you find the mystery fruit or vegetable described on the challenge sheet? Can you eat one of those
mystery foods if you have them in your house or write a riddle for a fruit and vegetable you can eat?

Challenge 2 - A rainbow of fruit or vegetable
Try to be creative. The rainbow has become the symbol of gratitude for the NHS whist also we know we
should eat a rainbow of colours in our fruits and vegetables. Try to make a rainbow on your plate using any
fruit and vegetables your adult allows you to have. Make sure an adult supervises you cutting any
fruit or vegetables. Draw a picture in your home learning book of your rainbow showing the fruit and
vegetables you chose to use or take a photo before you eat it.

Challenge 3 – 5 A Day for a week

Fruit and vegetables provide important vitamins and minerals to help keep us healthy. Fruit and vegetables
also provide fibre for a healthy digestive system.
We should eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Fresh, frozen, canned, dried and juiced
all count. We should try to have a variety. A rough guide to a portion is the amount that fits in the palm of
your hand. Unsweetened fruit juice and smoothies should be limited to a maximum of 150ml per day.

Challenge 4 – Drink plenty
        We need to drink at least 6-8 drinks a day. We should drink more when it is hot or when you are
        being active. Drink plenty of water and have milk too. Drink no more than 150ml of juice or
        smoothie per day. See if you can drink 6-8 glasses a day for the week. If we don’t drink enough we
        can become dehydrated which will make it harder for us to concentrate.

Get Cooking

Creating meals together with your family can be lots of fun. The following two websites have lots of
healthy recipes for you to try. During Healthy Living week try to pick at least one to make. It could be a
healthy snack or a meal. Your adults might already have a favourite healthy recipe they would like to share
with you and that is fine too. There are so many to choose from and it would be great for you to spend
some time looking for recipes you would like to make with your adult. You could write a list of ones you
like the sound of to make in the future.
https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/recipes/

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes

If you don’t want to make any of the recipes above, then try to create some delicious healthy snacks
instead. Here are some ideas;

I hope you have lots of fun during Healthy Living week and the teachers can’t wait to hear what you have
been doing.
Message for specific years
The week beginning 15th June those of you in years 2, 4 and 6 will be asked to complete an important
survey for Active Lives which will ask you about some of the activities you have done this week. Your
activity diary will help you remember what you have done so please fill it in. Your parents will get
information on how you can take part in this survey soon.
Have an active, healthy week.

Mrs Vyse
(Healthy Schools Coordinator)