Clinton News Record, 2015-07-01, Page 7Students speak up for 'Good food, good attitude'
Laura Broadley Clinton News Record
Jon Hoogenes and Connor
Lovering compare the nutrition
labels on cereal boxes as a part
of the "Good food, good attitude"
program at Bayfield Foodland
last Thursday. Students were
taught what to look for on each
label and also how to determine
what the numbers mean to their
overall health.
Laura Broadley
Clinton News Record
The Bayfield Foodland
was taken over by students
picking items off the shelf
and closely examining nutri-
tion labels on June 18.
The event was a part of the
"Good food, good attitude"
project organized by Huron
Centennial students as a part
of the Ministry of Educa-
tion's Student Voice
Initiative.
Student Voice is an oppor-
tunity for Ontario students to
share their ideas and shape
how and what they are
learning in their classrooms.
The program offers grants to
help students create and
implement projects that help
connect their real life to what
they learn at school.
Schools can apply for
grants to fund SpeakUp pro-
jects, which give students
the ability to take action on
issues they feel are impor-
tant to themselves and their
fellow students. The projects
are results -focused and
encourage students to get
their message out to the
wider public, to "speak up':
The lack of nutrition in
student lunches at Huron
Centennial Public School
prompted a call for change.
The group decided to focus
on nutrition education and
proposed their project to the
SpeakUp program last Sep-
tember. They were approved
earlier this year.
The group has made
healthy smoothies and
lunches at school and the
event at Foodland was in an
effort to bring what they had
learned to a real life
situation.
Students were asked to try
different types of milk
(homogenized, almond and
fat-free) and snacks (pop-
corn, chips and pretzels) and
decide which one was the
healthiest option.
Students were asked to
connect healthy choices to a
budget while reading nutri-
tion labels and determining
the right balance of fat, calo-
ries and sodium.
Lauren Hayter, a member
of Huron Centennial's
SpeakUp, said she has
learned to make healthier
lunches and after school
snacks.
"Healthy foods can taste
good," she said.
Grade eight student, Sam
Dupuis, said that it's impor-
tant for students to have a
say in what goes around in
the school, in the area and
even globally.
"People don't know as
much as they should about
what they're buying," he
said.
Fun & fitness at Huron Centennial
Photos by Laura Broadley Clinton News Record
Students at Huron Centennial Public School enjoyed the warm
weather on June 19 during the school's fun and fitness event.
Students fundraised for a new school playground and participated in
games and challenges for the day.
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Lauren Hayter, left, and Emma Pritchard prepare the milk and
snack demonstration to help students decipher which are the
healthiest options. Student leaders organized the event and led
each group of students through a series of activities.
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