#behealthybeactive

We have been researching #behealthybeactive foods and emptied our lunch boxes out and looked at the packets some of us had. Some had too much salt and others too much sugar so we decided what we would like for lunch today and other days at home. We found a fruit plate made like a turkey fluffing it's tail up that someone was making for american Thanksgiving and made three of them. we had lots of fun making fruit kebabs from them. we then made pizzas and used up all the fruit in smoothies. We had a cool day.

How far does our food travel?

Our smoothie findings: Lots of people said the one they thought looked the best wasn’t the same as the one they thought tasted the best. Lots of people thought the really green spinach one was weird and looked kinds gross but then said once they tasted it that it wasn’t that bad. Lots of people liked the berry and yoghurt ones. Everyone thought the recipe with the egg sounded yuck but said they couldn’t really taste it.

Artificial vs Natural Colours

I hope you think twice about what you choose next time you come upon either a real fruit drink or one with artificial flavours.

The students chose strawberries, grapes, and bananas. The each had a fruit muffin and a squeezy yoghurt( oops I forgot to bring spoons!). they enjoyed the fruit, muffin and yoghurt ...played on the swings and then had to head back to school

We made the trip in to a " Mission" and the students rose to the challenge. "I never realised that about how they set stuff out" said one student " yeah, they are putting all the unhealthy stuff on the ends and making it cheap" said another. "I'm hungry said another"...we talked about how it is not a good idea to food shop when you are hungry!!

It was a beautiful Wednesday in Whangarei when 10 students set off for an adventure to the local Countdown. We discussed the health benefits of walking the 1km rather than going in the van. Our Mission was to choose a healthy picnic we could share for a morning tea at the nearby park. Students left in high spirits with stories of how much ice cream and chocolate they would buy! The criteria had been set that they must try and buy all their food from the outside part of the supermarket ( produce, deli, and dairy). They could venture down the sugar filled middle aisles but only if the Nutritional labels showed the item was low in sugars, fat , artificial and high in protein, fibre and vitamins etc.