A RUBERY school is appealing to Standard readers to help them secure their share of cash for a healthy eating project, writes Alice Rees.
Beaconside Primary and Nursery School are in the running to scoop the Tesco Bags of Help funding totalling either £1,000, £2,000 or £4,000. The cash comes from the 5p carrier bag levy.
The cash would fund the ‘Healthy Bodies – Healthy Minds – Healthy Us!’ scheme to show youngsters how to take a more ‘sustainable’ healthy living approach through cookery.
It would pay for a cooking and food preparation area and items and cookery workshops.
Chefs would come to school to speak to the children who would also visit local farms, allotments and supermarkets to explore healthy eating options.
The project idea comes as statistics show 9.4 per cent of children between the ages four and five and 17.9 per cent of Worcestershire children between the ages of ten and 11 are classified as obese.
Headteacher Lorraine Hadley said: “This will be done not only as part of the curriculum but as clubs before and after school and lunchtimes.
“We aim to change the trend of childhood obesity from reception to year six by educating children within our school and providing them with the life skills to cook and eat healthy.”
Tesco can vote throughout November and December by using the token they are given each time they shop.
