2016 School Magazine

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS Health Promoting Schools or HPS as we like to refer to it, is a service group directed towards all year levels interested in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Healthy living seems to be something on topic at the moment, as a lot of young women especially, are hooked on the idea of regularly eating well and exercising. Healthy lifestyles are not the only thing we target towards our young girl audience as the proceeds raised from our numerous fundraisers throughout the year, are donated to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF). What’s great about the ACCF is that it is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to eliminating cervical cancer in not only Australia, but developing countries too. ACCF put in immense amounts of dedication to try and achieve this goal through education in not only Australia but once again, in developing countries as well as providing screening and vaccinations. This year, we shifted our fundraising focus towards promoting healthy living through everyday things we may not think much about at the time, for example, our healthy breakfast and water stall. Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but of course busy mornings at school can sometimes account for an unhealthy breakfast or even worse missing it all together. Our stall was a great success and helped give girls ideas on how to start their mornings both deliciously and nutritiously. Another common mistake girls make is not drinking enough water, especially in the winter months of the year, which is why our water awareness stall with the new and improved ‘Balance Girl’ reminded girls that ‘Panadol’ is not part of our food pyramid. Obviously as girls, this is an organisation very close to our hearts making the fundraising all that bit rewarding. We hope to continue our work with the ACCF to help promote a healthy lifestyle in both Australia and overseas for many more years to come. On Monday the 13 June 2016 in Periods 5 and 6, 245 BGGS Year 7s participated in Jump Rope for Heart. In the lead-up to this fun afternoon we learnt skipping skills in HPE lessons and watched a presentation by the Sherwood Arrows where they inspired us to learn tricky jumps. The afternoon was filled with individual skipping, partner skipping and group skipping in our houses and in a rainbow of house colours. The highlight was when Happy Heart joined us to take a few fun photos! The Heart Foundation is a charity dedicated to fighting the single biggest killer of Australians – heart disease. For over 50 years, the Heart Foundation has led the battle to save lives and improve the heart health of all Australians. The Heart Foundation’s sights are set on a world where people don’t suffer or die prematurely because of heart disease. Overall, we were happy to be a part of this fun afternoon and to raise a record amount of $11742.40 for this great cause. We would also like to thank Ms Rees for coordinating the afternoon. HANNA HUSSAIN (7O) AND JILLIAN CAMPBELL (7O)

TIANA VILLAESCUSA (11H)

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