MANGO Mania WEEK #3:
Keeping the drinks in snacks healthy
Did you know that fruit drinks, pop, and sports drinks usually contain lots of added sugar, very few vitamins and may contain caffeine? For example, one 700ml bottle of sports drink has 10 teaspoons of sugar – the same amount in one can of pop. These are not considered healthy beverage choices.
The Dietitians of Canada recommend:
-Children 1 to 8 years old get 6 cups of fluid (liquid) per day (1 cup = 250 ml)
-9 to 13 years old girls should get between 8-9 cups per day
We would like to congratulate the following students who placed in the Chatham Legion 3 Remembrance Art contests.
Robin Ross, 2nd place in the Colour poster contest
Shelby Adams, 1st place in the Colour poster contest
Michael Rutter, 2nd place in the Black and White poster contest
We would like to thank all those that participated in the poster contests this year and for the Chatham Branch 3 Legion for holding this annual contest.
Making Healthy Snacks Fun!
Snacks are important and children should enjoy eating them too. If we enjoy something we are more likely to do it. This document provide you with tips on how to get your children interested in the snacks that they are eating beginning from helping to select them at the grocery store to opening up their lunch box to see what will make their recess time more exciting. Read on for some exciting ideas and recipes.
159 students had perfect attendance at Saint Andrews for the month of December. We recognize those students with perfect attendance each month and their photos are proudly displayed outside of our gym.
Well Done Students
Healthy Snacks
This month the focus for the Mango Mania Blitz is on Healthy Snacks. Keep looking for our weekly posts about these “mini meals” that are very important to children and their ability to play and learn. Snacks are important to both children and adults and we will provide some snack ideas as well as some advice on how to make snacks appealing to your children. January 27th -31st will be Mango Mania challenge week so children will be encouraged to bring healthy snacks to school.
Our Dessert Auction raised over $135.00 and we would like to thank our staff and family members that baked and bid on the beautiful desserts that were donated. All monies raised went to a family in need and was presented on Friday December 20th.
Thank you again Saint Andrews
December 19, 2013
Due to the weather on Wednesday, December 18th, the Saint Andrews Cocoa House was canceled. There were a number of students that wanted to participate, so tomorrow afternoon, December 20th, we will be having a small Student Cocoa House. If your child would still like to participate, please have them fill out the bottom portion of this note with their name and what they will be performing. Please make sure that they return this to their homeroom teacher tomorrow morning. If they need music for their performance, please have them bring it to school with them.
Unfortunately due to weather and road conditions, we had to cancel the Cocoa House and Desert Auction. However, if you are interested in placing a bid, please send your bid in with your child to give to their teacher. We will announce the winner on Friday, December 20, 2013.
