Nottingham School Wellness and Physical Activity Informational Meeting Thursday, March 12, 2009

1. Nottingham SchoolWellness and Physical ActivityInformational MeetingThursday, March 12, 2009

2. NSD Wellness Policy • Nutrition Education • Physical Activity • All Foods Available on School Campus • School-Based Activities Designed to Promote Wellness

3. Nutrition EducationInfluence healthy eating behaviors • Health education curriculum standards • Consistent nutrition messages • Model healthy eating and living • Engages food service program • Integrated units of study within content areas

4. Physical ActivityOpportunity to develop knowledge, skill for specific physical activity, maintain physical fitness, regularly participate, understand benefits • Encourage students to get 60 minutes of physical activity in a day • Daily recess period – 20 minutes • Physical Education Class • Integration into the academic curriculum • Co-curricular athletics • Engage in bodily-kinesthetic activities

5. Physical Education • Instruction based on Physical Best Program • Basic Training Principles • Aerobic Fitness • Muscular Strength and Endurance • Flexibility • Assessing Fitness Knowledge • Self-responsibility and Attitudes • Kindergarten – weekly for 20 minutes • Grades 1- 6 – weekly for 45 minutes • Grades 7 & 8 – three rotations of 15 days * Physical Education schedule commensurate with schools in the state.

6. Integration into the academic curriculumEngage in bodily-kinesthetic activities within the classroom

7. All Foods Available on School CampusProvide nutritious, fresh food and improves upon the USDA and state dietary guidelines. • Nutritional standards for foods and beverages • Educational experiences support curriculum implementation • Student observances celebrated through a variety of activities (other than the use of food)

8. Provide nutritious, fresh food • Pear Bear Program – • Increasing elementary aged students’ selection of fruit and vegetables and introduces the students to speed walking • Reduced priced pears for school and parents • Partnership with USDA and Northwest Pear Bureau • School participation begins this spring

9. School-Based Activities Designed to Promote Wellnesscreate an environment that provides consistent wellness messages and conducive to eating healthy eating and beingphysically active • Clean, safe, enjoyable meal environment • Provide adequate time to enjoy meals • Prohibit food as a reward • Serve as role models • Recognize the importance of daily recess • Explore and promote activities beyond the school day

10. Explore and promote activities beyond the school day • Wider Horizons • Wellness Grant for Staff • National Recess Week • Pear Bear Program – Speed Walking

11. Wellness Policy Profile

12. Developmentally Appropriate Daily Physical Activity Policy • Excerpt from Ed 310.03… • Adopt a written policy relative to developmentally appropriate physical activities and exercise… • Recommend that all students in elementary school through high school and suggests all staff at the schools participate in developmentally appropriate physical activity and exercise for a minimum of 30 to 60 minutes each day…