More Schools Achieve National Healthy School Status
Pictured left are the latest Wirral Schools to achieve National Healthy School Status for 2007 at the Professional Excellence Centre. Pictured in the foreground are the Wirral Healthy Schools Co-ordinator Trish Barnes and Mayor of Wirral Phil Gilchrist.
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Seasons for Growth
Seasons for Growth is a loss and grief education programme suporting young people aged 6-18.
The core element of this programme is the promotion of social and emotional well-being for young
people who have experienced significant loss due to death, divorce, separation, relationship
breakdown or any other poignant event in their lives.
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Park High Slogans.
Over the summer half term the School Sports Co-oridinators at Park High in Birkenhead held tasters sessions of Basketball, Rock climbing, streetdance and Nutrition workshops with the Healthy Schools Team.
One of the activities asked students to design a slogan fro a healthy lifesyle.
Five winners were chosen each day and prizes will be presented by the Healthy Schools Project Officer.
Tuesday 29th May.
Joint winners of the design a slogan for healthy lifestyle competition on Tuesday 29th May are:
- Get with the groove and move! Hannah Burgess - Bebington High School
- Exercise; see the difference in your eyes! – Ross Handforth Mendell Primary
- Eating great will decide your fate! Liam Scarth – South Wirral High School
- Jump, jig, dance and play live life the fun way! Stephanie Balfour Woodchurch Road Primary
- Never smoke you get cancer in your throat! Cameron McMillan - Park High School
Runners up included:
- Less sugar, more energy, more energy= more fun! St Michaels and All Angels
- Less chocolate makes you move like a rocket. Katie Rutter Woodchurch Road Primary
- Reach you're goal don't dig yourself a hole . Adam Levin Wirral Grammar for Boys
- Bring fruit in, let energy out! Amy Martindale Wirral Grammar for Girls
- Jump up and down so the doctors not around. Abigail Watkins St Marys Primary
- Eat 5 A DAY then you can play! Aimee Clark South Wirral High School
- A Healthy way brings the sunshine each day! Charlotte Jones Woodchurch Road
- Eat healthy live longer Sophie McLoughlin Bidston Avenue Primary
- 5 portions a day the Wirral way! Stephanie Skillen Bidston Avenue
- Feel the pulse! Demi Paul Bebington High School
- Don't smoke, just live, don't smoke, don't die. Steven Scarsbrick Our Lady and St Edwards
- Keep the fat away with 5 a day! Dannielle Ellison St Mary's Primary
- 1 hour a day keeps you running your way - Kirstie Levell The Priory
- Go play footy so you don't feel like putty – Kieran Delamere Rock Ferry High
Wednesday 30th May
Joint winners of the design a slogan for the healthy lifestyle competition on Wednesday 30th May are:
- The more you smoke the more you choke. Ben Parsons Wirral Grammar 7B
- Be the ‘H' in Healthy
The ‘E' in Extreme
The ‘A' in Athletic
The L' in Live
The ‘H' in Heart
And the ‘Y' in youth! Andrew Fisher – Heygarth Primary - H2O to go! Maddie Parnell Brookhurst Primary
- You oughter drink water! Danny Cross Brookhurst Primary
- Jump in Jump out and shake the fat out! Chloe Smith Park High School
Runners up included:
- Eating five a day will keep you healthy and ready to play! Callum Vormowah St Georges Primary
- 1,2,3,4,5 get moving and stay alive! Georgia Hadwin Poulton Lanceyln Primary
- Lets get moving, feeling good, check you out! Ben Jones Bebington High
- Be like your heroes eat healthy ! Chris Smith West Kirby Primary
- Keep fit and don't be sick. Danny St Johns Juniors
- An apple a day keeps the doctors away. Matthew Higgins Poulton Lanceyln