Malfroy is Sunsmart

Last Tuesday we did a presentation to our school assembly.

We wanted to promote being sunsmart and showed a powerpoint of types of melanoma and what sunburn can do to our skin.

We think showing the pictures was a good idea because they were real and kids dont want to get melanoma after seeing these pictures.

We also told them to slip, slop, slap and wrap.

Kai at the Right Price

A new project is being run in Western Heights and Mangakino communities over the next few months. Kai at the right price is a project to ensure families have access to quality fresh produce at an affordable price.

Here's how it works - the shop that is involved offers two different size packs every week, which will contain a selection of fresh, seasonal produce. These will always be priced at either $10 or $15. On a given day the buyer picks up their re-usable bag with their produce.

For Western Heights contact Produce Plus on 07 349 1207

For Mangakino contact Mangakino Four Square on 07 882 8122

Where to Next? Brainstorms

Here are some examples of what students would like to achieve in Health Promotion, at their schools, in the near future. These brainstorms were generated at the latest Health Promoting Schools Hui which was held at Selwyn School, Rotorua.

Whakamaru School

Mount View School

Malfroy School

Kaingaroa Forest School

Selwyn School

Nerves

LAST ASSEMBLY I SANG A SONG. I MADE IT UP ON THE GUITAR AND I MADE WORDS FOR IT.

Sun Safety

This year at HPS we have been talking about sun safety and blogs. This year I have learnt more about sun safety and we have met new people throughout the year and that has been cool. Next I hope that Whaea Donna could explain more so that I can learn more about HPS .

By: Shaiyan

HPS

Last year for health promoting we have been doing a lot of interesting things. We had lots of fundraisers like discos, pj day, wacky hair day, pirate day and much more. Today we had to brain storm some things that we wanted to do about our school and we want to make a lot of changes..... and today we had a hps hui where other schools came and we did work. We also learnt about sun smart safety.

By: Tayla

Our new canteen

When I heard that we were getting a new canteen I was like ''Mmmm'' so that day when it started I went to go and order my lunch and was happy and full of joy. At lunch time I went to go and get my lunch but I couldn't because the whole kitchen was full of kids that were hungry. On the way when I was walking to my friends I was like "YUMMY" for my lunch I had hot chips and delicious tender hotdogs.

...THE END...

By Pipiana Te Amo

Today we are having a HPS hui.

We leart about cancer and the name of types of cancer.
We did a brain storm about how we could be more sun smart or road safe.
We also wrote some ideas for the sun safe competion. For example we want it to be funny and humorous. The main thing is we want a shade over the little park.


NAOMI

Drinking Fountains.

Three weeks ago our class has been doing a project on R.P.S Drinking Fountains because the state of them are not nice.

So our group, Brandon, Jamie, Kawa and Saiasi have done a project about our gross drinking fountains at our school.

We did a survey on behalf of the school and none of the people would drink out of the fountains. People said to get a water cooler in our survey and that is what happend. Thank you

Sasori out!!!!!! : ]

sun safety

We need to wear sun hats and sunblock and to not get skin cancer.
At our school, Mountview Primary, we're trying to be sun smart in our school. In our school we are trying to build tents and lots of shade. We need to help people to not get sunburnt so there isn't a chance they will get skin cancer.

gardens

At Malfroy we have been growing plants since last year. We have grown strawberries, beetroot, asparagus and beans. We have lots of gardens around the school. Room10 always

waters the garden after morning tea and after lunch. Mr Francis is proud of the effort that

we have put into the gardens.

Gardining down at Ohinemutu

Down at Ohinemutu we do gardening because it's part of our learning and our topic.

Every Thursday and Friday we go down to Ohinemutu to learn about compost, fertilizer and planting plants. After we do all these jobs, we get to have free lunch but before that we have to do lots of jobs and also taking some pictures.

I predict in the future we will be great at planting.

The End.

sunsmart

Last week we had cross country with the primary schools. We did not have sunscreen with us. We didn't have shade. Mrs Kemp will provide us some sunsceren and shade next time.

Information on Sun Smart

Diffrent types of cancer

Melanoma

Squameas

Basal cell

The UVB and UVA rays come from the sun and they are present even if you can't see them.

If you get burnt when you're young when you get older you could get cancer which no-one likes.

It is best to wear bucket hats and brimmed hats becasue they can cover you from the sun.

James and Peta

New Member For Selwyn

Well she is not really new she is one of the longest participating student at Selwyn, her name is Daisy.
She has helped make hps a bigger team after dragging her best friends into the i.c.t suite where there journey of hps has begun.

She had started a year earlier.



WELCOME BACK DAISY !!!

By Fern

Hat Parade!

WHAKAMARU SCHOOL!


Today at the hui we were talking about sunsafety. Whakamaru schools idea was to have a hat parade. People will make thier own hats and show them off. Jodie decided that we will have a first, second and third.

Senior School at RPS !!! :D

Senior School 10/11, are helping the community by planting native plants . We also did a wet land , we put the wet land on the lake to clean the water . The plants that are on the wet land in the lake are sucking up all the dirty water making clean . At Ohinemutu we are learning gardening skills so that we can do the same at school . All the informatoin we get from our tutors we take back to school and share with everyone else, so that the whole school can be part of it . Senior School has made a garden by the classes we have put up are wooden fence so it can hold in the dirt . The boys in room 10 came out of the class to fill the garden up, we will be planting vegetables.

One Thursday morning when senior school was doing the wet land project, the newspaper man came and took photos of us and our wet land . We really enjoy planting .

The End

SunSmart Information

Melanoma is a cancer that is very deadly and you get it from being in the sun to long.
You can still get cancer when it is not sunny because the uvb rays will still be there.

Jasmine & Michael

Gardening.

For the last five months, Rotorua Primary School has been going down to Ohinemutu to plant some native plants on land and also on water.

This is working with the community to tidy up the environment so we can learn to keep our school clean and tidy.

Also we are learning about planting plants, so we can plant plants at Rotorua Primary School.

we sang ''lazy song''

Last week a director named Mike Johnson came to our school to do a music film. We were lip singing. We had singers, dancers, and actors. It was really fun. We had to find props for our film. We started practising and it took a long time. Our dance was cool. The director edited the film and the film was really cool to watch. The director was funny and so was his assistant. They also taught us the LOVE YOU sign.

by Judaea

junior tabloids

On the 16th of September the juniors went to their tabloids. Tabloids are when juniors or seniors go and it's at Maratiti. The juniors said they had a lot of fun .
The juniors said "we had lots of activities and this boy Regan won both of them for the boys."
bye bye.

Bronze Accreditation

Healthy, sunsmart and active.

We have been putting together our bronze accreditation powerpoint, we have been having to get photos of healthy things.

Bjarni, Joshua

Health Promotion

We have learnt how to keep our bodies safe from Melanoma. We have decided to always wear a hat so that you won't get skin cancer. Today we have learnt a lot of things from other kids ideas. We have learnt that boys can get skin cancer at the back of their necks and also on the tops of their ears. The skin cancer society lady was speaking about how Bob Marly died. Bob Marley died from skin cancer because he did not look after himself by not wearing a hat or putting sun screen on.

By:Teri & Cullen

HPS Cluster

Today we had an HPS cluster hui. Some of the schools from Taupo and Rotorua came we met a lady, Mel, who talked to us about skin cancer and how to avoid it. Then Mel told us that Bob Marley died of skin cancer and everyone thought he died of smoking.

Summer & Kayla-Rose

Heath Promoting

Today we are having a Hps Hui (Health Promoting). We are learning about skin cancer and melanoma. Hopefully the message spreads because people who are getting very sick and everyone will know what they are going through. At Selwyn School we fundraised for shade trees to keep us safe from getting sunburnt and getting cancer. We got free sunhats from Mel and there is a limit so other schools can stop getting sunburnt too. So back to the fundraising, we did Pj Day, Pirate Day, Wacky Hair Day, a Disco and a lot more fundraisers.

So Be Sun Safe Everyone!!!

By Legacy Shay Ruhe Haimona. 28/09/2011

Heath Promoting Schools!

Today we learnt to be sun smart and then we learnt how you get Skin Cancer. For exsample: Bob Marley was a famous singer and he died from skin cancer on his foot! So then we did a brain storm about what we can improve at our school about sunsmart. The ideas we got was, to try and convince our school children to wear hats and put on sun block throughout the sunny days. And then we talked about what we were going to do about the shade in our school! We thought about having a veranda on the fields and courts! So after that we talked about where we were going to put our powerpoint, we thought to have it at our school assembly and our broadcast! After that we showed everyone what ideas we came up with! It was really fun and enjoyable (: SO KEEP SUN SMART!

By Shaquana & Tiana

Heading for Sun Smart

When we get back at school we are going to start our power point about sun smart.
We are going to start by making an animation it will say "be safe and wear sun screen when it is sunny ".

We are going to fundraise for shade in our school , meaning getting cover shades so we can play in the shade.

Our school has people who are keen to spend their lunch time solving problems. There names are The Super Crew. They are going to now carry sun screen around and give it to kids who need it. Our duty teachers are going to walk around with sun screen also.

We are going to try to convince kids to wear hats and sunscreen so they dont get sun burnt.

Do we need a Canteen at RPS ?? !!

Two students (Shanelle and Niya) from Rotorua Primary School have been looking at having a Canteen at Rotorua Primary School. The teachers think that this canteen won't work because we dont have enough students, but then our teacher ( Hemi ) said we should have a lunch pack that ( Moniques aunty ) will bring to us for only $6 . This is a good idea if we can't have a canteen.

The End

Health

Today a lady called Mell came in and talked about Sun Safety. She talked about skin cancer (MELLINOMEA)hopefully I spelt that right but this is how you say it (MELL- I- NO-ME-A)
She also said you can get sun burned when the sun isn't even out.She said BOB MARLEY didn't die of smoking weed he had skin cancer on his foot.So keep sun smart or safe.

BY NAOMI AND MAKAIA PLUS TAYLA

Sun Smart Poem - Limerick

Melanoma is Bad,
In the Future you will be sad.
Don't get sunburnt,
Because it will really hurt.
Please don't get sunburnt like some dads.

Sarah & Truence

cross country

whakamaru school just recently participated in the pinelands school cross-country and we all were wearing hats we gave it our best shot and didn't give up. We also had a sausage sizzle to raise money for years 7 and 8 camp next year.

Touch

Great day at selwyn school

hey guys, i had a great day at selwyn school with Donna Guy whos very nice thank you and Whaea Carey thank you so much. Kiara.

Projects

Thinking about our health involves some reading and writing.

Front Entry

This is our amazing entryway that we pass by every day on the way into school.

Healthy Food

Plan for some healthy food choices!

Talking

We have good friends that we can talk to.

my friends

my friends are funny hahaha

Selwyn

Selwyn is a awesome school and the best school in the world

Problem Solving

Feeling able to talk about your problems and listening to advice are things we learn about at Kaitao.

ff

I LOVE SELWYN FROM THE MINUTE I SAW IT

Cat attack

One day when my cat was licking my hand nice and kindly then i looked away for just a second and then she attacked me i started bleeding a little but im ok now! kiara

SHS

Paki.FernTaylaLegacyMakaia

Rippa Rugby.

Hi. I'm Tayla. Last term I did a rippa rugby tornament on Wednesday. There were lots of other schools and teams that went too. We also had a year 3 and 4 team that went as well.
My day was awesome! We had lots of support there and we placed. I'm not sure what it was but we made it into the Bay of Plenty reps which was really, really awesome! The next week we went to our other tournament in Paengaroa to play against the best teams around New Zealand. When we were there, out of about 8 or 9 teams Selwyn came runners up for the silver plate. We also had support there. We had a very cool day and we went to school so proud. And that is my story about...
Rippa Rugby
The End!

School Playground

At Kaitao Middle School we have really cool playgrounds that you can climb on and over. People enjoy them alot and go on them every day and play games like tag and just go on the many activities we have.

Kaitao Middle School Health Room

At Kaitao Middle School we have a really cool Health Room, Students learn all about what it is to be healthy and all about pubutal change. We learn about managing your emotions, how to talk to each other and many other things.

Netball

I have a good experience in netball. I have been hoping that it will be a success and it has been because I have been playing for 2 years and it is cool. It has been hard because we have been facing all the A teams which let us down a bit because we have lost. We have been put down a lot and we have been thinking it isn't fair. My thing is sports because I can express myself and that is so cool. When I play sports I love particapating and contributing which is when I can express myself. I have a lot of friends that love sports too. One day I hope that I can have a future in sports. My teacher Matua Glenn started a club called the Sports Academy which has an amount of 24 students. That is cool because he likes sports too. We also had support.

This is Matua Glenn

Selwyn SHS

Selwyn SHS is a group of a few girls that strive to keep their friend healthy by promoting health to thier school and comuinty . Today we had a hui and a few other schools came from all over the bay we all met in Selwyns I.C.T i an here with a few of my friends Tayla,Naomi,legacy and Makaia !!!

Selwyn School Gets Bronze!

We are so excited to let you all know we have made it to Bronze Accreditation! Woopee!

Boxing

At our school we do boxing. It helps us with our mental fitness and helps us get healthier. We have the three D's. They are called dedication, discipline, and determination.

Boxing

Boxing has helped me keep healthy and fit. We do it twice a week and once a day in Rotorua. We exercise every day to keep strong and energized up. It is also fun to do and learn.

squash

sqush is fun it keeps u fit and
active its fun when you hit

Our New Canteen

lately this year at Whakamaru school we have just started a new Canteen
but our food has to have a heart tick on the packet because we do health promoting
school so if the packet doesnt have a heart tick then we can not have them but coming up next term we are going to have some new stuff .We save the money for our student council .

New Canteen

We've put in a canteen!!

We are selling volcanos,mince and cheese pies,mince pies,potato top pies (all pies are small or large),popcorn,sausage rolls and jucies.
All of our food has a heart tick!!!

Waka Ama

my schools year 5s to 8 got to go to Waka Ama at the rowing club.

Compost

We have our own composting place that we still haven't used.

unicycles

when i was a year 3 i stated to ride unycycles i was pretty bad when i first started but eventually i started to get better then i became really good so i was the first girl in year 3 to now how to ride a unycycle

Feijoa Trees

we just got some new feijoa trees they are growing well and there are no feijoas on them yet but the flowers are turning into buds. We cant wait to eat them when they are ripe.

Squash

At my school Kaingaroa Forests primary we have a cool game could Squash its fun and it will make you fit and make your body more agile. The rules for squash is, you have a partner, two racquet and one ball and then one person starts it off and then you start hitting the ball to the wall but if you miss the ball and it passes the line then that person is out. It burns off the fat around your body you sweat when you are hitting the ball becouse you really want to stop but you cant unless you get out and thats why every one likes it.



.....THE END.....

Skipping At Malfroy.

Every day me and my friends play skipping. We play before school at morning tea time and lunch time. It is fun to play we do single jumps and we play double dutch it is so easy to do. Sometimes it takes practise but we get used to it. Boys even want a turn but we say go and get your own skipping rope.

Selwyn Sun Safety

At Selwyn we are a sunsmart school which means in terms one and four teachers and children wear a sun hat whenever they are out of the classroom regardless of the weather.

Kaitao Middle School slogan.

Our school slogan is:

Kia Puawai i Roto i Te Whanaungatanga-To blossom within the family concept.


This is displayed at the front of our school and it is in every class at
Kaitao Middle School. This is reflected on every thing we do at Kaitao Middle School.We promote our school slogan through our puawai voucher program which rewards people that show our school values.

Our values are:
.respect
.responsibility
.compassion
.honesty

Techno Relay

WE had a Techno Relay last term
Each class was put into teams and they had to dress up as somthing. My team was 'Famous People' so I went as a person from the rock band KISS.
each person had to run laps around the school. We all had to get money from people we know. We brought it to school as a fundraiser.

New Canteen

At Whakamaru School we put in a Canteen. We are selling volcanos wich is a volcano shaped bread with spagetti and cheese in the middle. We are also selling mince and cheese pies,[large and small,] mince pies,large and small,]jucies, suasage rolls, potato top pies[large and small,] and popcorn!!! The canteen is a big hit somethings are big hits in periods of time.

No More Rubbish!!

We have decided to do something to help minimize rubbish in our school. Each class will be in charge of rubbish cleanup each week.
This has worked great so far, but I am wondering if one day we can go as far as to eliminate rubbish bins altogether???

Morning Tea

We had a yummy morning tea on Monday to welcome a new team member.

Road Patrol

today on road patrol we crossed 5 people that's it. And 1 lady crossed as soon as i put the signs out!Kayla-Rose.

A celebration Asembley

This year selwyn school won the bronze award for health promoting and were going for the silver award now

this year im a permediator and a
health promoter
my goal for nextyearis
to be a school leader i have three good friends makaia tayla and fern
i go to selwyn school my teacher is matua glenn
i like to read capton under pants

Waka Ama

All of rm1 and the year 5s went on a waka at the rowing club in Mangakino we all had fun.It was a great experience.

Waka Ama

Over the last 3 weeks we have been doing waka ama and when we go there we learn about heathly eating and food. Sometimes we go to the gym and have good workouts it is cool.

Waka Ama

We go to waka ama every Tuesday we get to go on wakas and cook a healthy lunch for every one.

health promoting meeting

Hi guys, at the moment im at a meeting with alot of students, that are at selwyn school and im having a great time thanks to all of the people here its all such a smiley day hehe. :)

Big Celebration

This year selwyn got the bronse award for health promoting in schools.
And now i am a peer medeator.
Next year im trailing for school leader.
Fern, naomi and tayla is my best friends.
my teacher is Matua Glenn.
my school is selwyn and i am a year five
i love to read GERONIMO STILTON books with my friend naomi.
AS you may not know i am now a health promoter.
P.S MY FRIEND NAOMI IS A FREAK OF CAPTON UNDER PANTS AND
GERONIMO STILTON LIKE ME.!!!!!!
(:

Next cluster hui

Information about the next cluster meeting can be found here

The Latest HPS Newsletter

Can be downloaded here

Professional development days

Details about HPS professional development and cluster meetings can now be found here

Selwyn Gains Bronze

Congratulations to Carey Bennett and the Selwyn Primary Student Health Squad- first school to gain accreditation!

Read more here

Assistance grants for students

I have just receive information regarding a new scheme from OfficeMax where schools can apply for grants to assist students in need with funding for trips, uniforms, resources, etc. Further information can be found here

HPS Animations 3!

Chris from Room 9 shows us what to do with our food scraps!

HPS Animations 2!

Manaia from Room 2 shows us how to be SunSmart.

HPS Animations!

Check out our latest Road Safety animation. Troy from Room 4 created this in the ICT Extension Programme.

Cessation Practitioner Training

A free smoking cessation practitioner training workshop is being held in Rotorua at the end of April; this workshop prepares individuals to become quit coaches, so enables the participant to support the school community to quit smoking.

If you are interested in attending please contact me directly and I can forward the details.