By Michael Newhouse
THEY may be young, but for the students from St Albans East Primary School healthy eating and wellbeing isn’t about dry biscuits and tasteless crackers – it’s actually quite enjoyable.
Yes, learning to be healthy can be fun, and earlier this month more than 15 families from the school found out just how enjoyable it really can be, as they joined in games and interactive learning activities at the school’s Family Health Night.
Run by the Hume Calder Life Education centre, the course taught parents and children about building a healthy lifestyle, and opening up honest communication inside families.
They played a game of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, where parents and students had to work together to answer questions about healthy food and lifestyle.
Grade 3/4 teacher Sophie Stefanidis at St Albans East Primary said the children really got a kick out of healthy learning.
“The kids loved it,” Ms Stefanidis said last week.
She said healthy eating was a daily part of everyday life at the school, with the children having lots of little breaks during the day for what she called “brainfood”, consisting of snacks such as nuts, fruits and other nutritious parcels.
“Basically it’s healthy living, having a break, having some time out too,” she said.
The feedback from the kids has been great, according to Ms Stefanidis, with several saying they got a real kick out of the night.
