Homework Club in Action

This term the student councilors thought of starting a homework club to help students with their homework. This term they are helping the Year 3's. 

Healthy Eating Tip by the Student Council

Grow your own

Growing vegetables and herbs at home can be a fun way to teach children where food comes from and to encourage them to eat a more varied diet.

They’re more likely to take at least a little bite of broccoli or carrots if they’ve helped to plant and pick them. If you don’t have a garden, a window box can be just as effective.

Honesty Poem by Raul

Healthy Eating tip by the Student Council

Learn when to stop

Although children are born with the ability to stop eating when they are full, it can often be hard for parents to judge whether their kids have eaten the right foods, and enough of them.

Teaching children to listen to their tummies and to ask themselves questions about quantity and quality, such as “Is my tummy full?” or “Will I feel sick if I eat those extra biscuits?” will give them the opportunity to develop their ability to sense fullness.

Welcome to Term 2

The value for this term is going to be Honesty. Being honest means always telling the truth and doing the right thing at the right time.

Health Tip by PCS Student Council

Choose healthier snacks

 It’s easy to reach for chips or biscuits when you and your children feel like nibbling on something, but these snacks tend to be low in nutrients and high in calories.

Instead, try to keep your cupboards stocked with healthier snacks such as fruit, air-popped popcorn, unsalted nuts and unsweetened yoghurt.

Healthy tip by the student council

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit and vegetables provide carbohydrates, are high in fibre and contain lots of vitamins and minerals, making them the perfect snack food. School children need at least 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables each day. A serve is the amount that fits into your child’s hand. Encourage them to choose from a rainbow of colours, e.g. a red tomato, purple grapes, orange carrots, green broccoli and yellow capsicums.