What's On at Henderson North School
Nude LunchesWe are encouraging ‘Nude Lunches’ at Henderson North School.Children who come with a nude lunch regularly will be rewarded with a treat.
Teachers are regularly talking about healthy foods and how important they are for children’s growing bodies and how children who have sugary foods and snacks are often less focused in the afternoon after lunch. We have also been talking about how food is wrapped in silver foil and plastic wrap, which is not good for our planet. The school is promoting “Nude” lunches. This is lunch that does not contain any plastic wrapping and uses re-usable plastic containers to hold foods like chips, cut up fruit/veggies or yoghurt. We are trying to eliminate rubbish from our school grounds. |
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Some ideas:-
★ You could wrap a sandwich in paper lunch wrap, a brown paper bag or a paper towel – As these are all compostable.
★ You could buy chips, crackers and biscuits in larger packs - then put small amounts into reusable plastic containers. This is also a lot cheaper!
★ You could buy large yoghurt or 'Easiyo' and send it to school in smaller containers that can come home to be washed. Also cheaper!
We will encourage children to bring their rubbish home to reduce the load on our school waste services.
Please try to help our school and
our planet by thinking about
packaging in lunches. Please try
to reduce your impact on the planet. By doing this we are also teaching our children to be kaitiaki (guardians) for the future of our planet earth.
We would really appreciate your help with this.
★ You could wrap a sandwich in paper lunch wrap, a brown paper bag or a paper towel – As these are all compostable.
★ You could buy chips, crackers and biscuits in larger packs - then put small amounts into reusable plastic containers. This is also a lot cheaper!
★ You could buy large yoghurt or 'Easiyo' and send it to school in smaller containers that can come home to be washed. Also cheaper!
We will encourage children to bring their rubbish home to reduce the load on our school waste services.
Please try to help our school and
our planet by thinking about
packaging in lunches. Please try
to reduce your impact on the planet. By doing this we are also teaching our children to be kaitiaki (guardians) for the future of our planet earth.
We would really appreciate your help with this.
Unsweetened Drinks Policy
At our Board of Trustees Meeting last week, August 2017 we agreed on a ‘No Sweetened Drinks Policy’ at Henderson North School. Please see our policy below. Rationale We care about the health of our students Sugary drinks are one of the most significant causes of poor oral health and contribute greatly to childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes. We care about their achievement Sugary drink consumption is associated with problem behaviours. Studies have found poor diet and nutrition are associated with lower academic achievement. Our Commitment We will ensure parents and students receive clear, consistent messages about the importance of healthy choices and the impact of sugary drinks by: • continuing to educate students about the importance of healthy drink choices and the benefits of consuming water. • actively promoting water as the best option in school publications. • ensuring staff commitment to model healthy drinking habits. And we will create an enabling environment by: • actively discouraging sugary drinks being brought to school by students. • providing water (and plain reduced fat milk) as the only drink option for students. • allowing students access to water during class time. • not associating our school with programmes that promote sugary drinks. • ensuring school lunch options don’t include sugary drinks • ensuring sports teams will only use water as their source of hydration. • not selling sugary drinks as part of school fundraisers. |
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We have a mission - we want to install a bigger, better working garden full of delicious and nutritious edibles that our students are growing, harvesting and cooking! We also want to update and upgrade our current kitchen into a wonderful space for students to cook in. This is where we need your help - please click on the Vote Here button EVERYDAY. Each vote equals $5 towards our project. We need 5,983 votes - together with family and friends WE CAN DO IT!!!
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Bright Foundation
CK Ranchhod (left) and Murray Merai (on the right) are co-founders of the Bright Foundation, along with Ayunita Ranchhod and Jane Merai.
Jane is the co-founder who originally reached out to us at HNS.
Every week they donate 20 loaves of bread to HNS through Fresh Choice Glen Eden.
This year they have supported HNS families to pay for uniforms and stationery.
We are very grateful for their support. Thank you!
Here is their website https://www.brightfoundation.co.nz/
Jane is the co-founder who originally reached out to us at HNS.
Every week they donate 20 loaves of bread to HNS through Fresh Choice Glen Eden.
This year they have supported HNS families to pay for uniforms and stationery.
We are very grateful for their support. Thank you!
Here is their website https://www.brightfoundation.co.nz/
