Saint Josephs N.S. Killenummery Our Health Promoting Schools Project 2014-2016

Ann Lawlors talk Ann Lawlor gave us a talk about the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) programme. We were doing a lot of work in this area already but we picked a few new areas to work on. We elected a HPS committee & we worked on this programme over the past 2 years.

Mary Rooneys talk Mary Rooney came to us and talked about our mental health. She gave us cardboard to make a box.We called it a happy box and we decorated it. She also gave us a sheet with a flower on it and we had to write what we would do when we were bored. She talked about the importance of being happy.

Health promoting schools committee We picked two children from each class 2nd-6th to be on our committee .We also have 2 parents Christine & Aisling & our teacher Mrs.Rooney.

The three areas we worked on are Our Action plan The three areas we worked on are A: Promoting safety B: Promoting mental/emotional health – Anti bullying C: Promoting physical activity

OUR MESSAGE IS TO SLOW DOWN ON THE ROADS ROAD SAFETY OUR MESSAGE IS TO SLOW DOWN ON THE ROADS

Guard Padraig Corrigan

Sponsored walk/WOW Days

Paul Hickey Cyber Safety

Fire Safety Conal Gilhooley gave a talk to 3rd – 5th class on oct 7th 2015. He talked about preventing fires and what to do in the event of a fire.

Mindfulness Mrs Rooney attended a course and follow up lessons were done with each class. Mindful messages were put up @ the school-Mrs.Rooney’s door & the toilet door.

Worry box Each class got a worry box.This was a box that if the pupils had any worries they could write or draw about their worries. At anytime of the day the pupils could put the worries in the box and at the end of the month the worries were dumped.

Mr Potato Head Mr Potato Head is the infants reward scheme. If the infants do something good or say something nice to each other they get to put a piece on Mr Potato Head. When Mr Potato Head is complete, they get a treat such as making a milkshake or a smoothie each.

Friendship Benches

Aisling Dunne-Keeping ourselves clean & Healthy Aisling Dunne who is a parent on our HPS committee gave us a very informative talk about germs & the importance of keeping ourselves clean & healthy. She showed us how to wash our hands properly. She also gave us a few tips on how to prevent spreading germs eg sneeze into a tissue or our sleeve etc.

Promoting physical activities

Kevin Conlon -Realta programme We enjoyed playing games and listening to talks each week as part of the Realta programme.

Laya Health Care We took part in the Laya Health Care Super Troopers programme. We enjoyed doing physical activities with our family.

Jigsaws Each class drew jigsaws showing all the pieces that go together to make a happy healthy school

Operation transformation We sent off pictures of our healthy lunchboxes to Operation Transformation.

Thank you for taking the time to look at our presentation By all the committee