Shape up!Shape up!

Vasaramäen kouluVasaramäen koulu

16.5.200716.5.2007

Shape up -ideagroupShape up -ideagroupfrom grades 3-6,from grades 3-6,

2 pupils/class2 pupils/class START: What kind START: What kind

of a person is of a person is healthy or feeling healthy or feeling good? Pupils good? Pupils pondered this pondered this through pictures of through pictures of various kinds of various kinds of people and make people and make posters.posters.

The idea group working…The idea group working…

Drink more milk –Drink more milk –competition!competition!

School campSchool campOutdoor activitiesOutdoor activities

Wellbeing- evening walkWellbeing- evening walk

Wellbeing- evening for the whole Wellbeing- evening for the whole family. Evening walk at school family. Evening walk at school surroundings, tasks at control surroundings, tasks at control points where families can discuss points where families can discuss different kind of topics on health. different kind of topics on health. At schoolyard there will be a At schoolyard there will be a feedback box at the end of the feedback box at the end of the walk. walk.

After walking everyone got a After walking everyone got a healthy snack.healthy snack.

In the first evening there was In the first evening there was about 100 persons walking about 100 persons walking around Vasaramäki!around Vasaramäki!

Class 2c won the price of Class 2c won the price of collecting family walks in the collecting family walks in the evenings! Congratulations!evenings! Congratulations!

““A candy research”A candy research”

““A candy research” by 3rd gradeA candy research” by 3rd grade. Children . Children wrote down all the goodies they ate during a wrote down all the goodies they ate during a week.week.

School lunchSchool lunch How to make all the How to make all the

students eat the school students eat the school lunch? There are pupils who lunch? There are pupils who do not eat at all or take only do not eat at all or take only a little bit. Obesity is not the a little bit. Obesity is not the only problem; idealization of only problem; idealization of thin people is also a big thin people is also a big problem. problem.

Each class made a Each class made a suggestion of a good meal suggestion of a good meal and some of them were and some of them were prepared with the school prepared with the school catering personnel for the catering personnel for the whole school.whole school.

Every child of the 6th grade Every child of the 6th grade has worked one day as a has worked one day as a helper in the school kitchen.helper in the school kitchen.