Blaydon St Joseph's Primary School

Fluffy the Chick Has Arrived

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:15:27 +0000

Fluffy the Chick is our latest addition to the school community. Fluffy hatched yesterday while the reception children were looking on in awe. If you would like to see the moment Fluffy hatched, you will have to save the movie by right clicking and selecting "save target as." The video should save and you can then play it.
Fluffy The Chick.MOV
Hopefully we will have more chicks hatching shortly.

This week's Newsletter

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:20:34 +0000

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Letter to Carers_Parents 16 Mar 2012.doc

This week's Newsletter

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:57:05 +0000

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Letter to Carers_Parents Feb 24 2012.doc

School Packed Lunches

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:57:41 +0000

Gateshead Council have all schools in Gateshead to remind parents about the importance of a healthy eating and for those children who eat a packed lunch in school the importance of healthy packed lunches. Thanks to Jamie Oliver, school dinners in Gateshead and across Britain have had a radical overhaul. But what about the lunchboxes we might pack for our children?

Ideas for a Packed Lunch Box

A balanced packed lunch should contain:

Starchy foods. These are bread, rice, potatoes and pasta, and others.
Protein foods. These are meat, fish, eggs, beans and others.
A dairy item. This could be cheese or yoghurt.
Vegetables or salad, and a portion of fruit.
Starchy foods are a good source of energy, and should make up a third of the lunchbox. But don't let things get boring. Instead of sandwiches give kids bagels, pitta bread, wraps and baguettes. Use brown, wholemeal or seeded bread, not white bread.

Children often like food they can eat with their fingers, so chop up raw veggies such as carrots or peppers, and give them houmous or cottage cheese to dip the veggies in. Breadsticks and wholemeal crackers are great finger foods and they can be spread with low-fat soft cheese or eaten with reduced-fat cheddar and pickles.

Replace chocolate bars and cakes with fresh fruit, dried fruit or unsalted nuts. Vary the fruit each day and get them to try new things, like kiwi or melon.

You could also make up a tasty fruit salad. Be inventive and encourage your children when they try something new.

Making the change
It may take a while for your children to get used to a healthier lunchbox. But it will be worth it for their health, so keep trying.

You can help by eating a wider range of foods at home, as a family. For ideas on how to introduce more fruit and vegetables into your family's diet, google '5 A DAY and your family'.

Reading supermarket food labels can help you to buy healthier foods for your child's lunch, and for family meal times.

Chocolate and cakes can be saved for occasional treats.

Below are three information sheets provided by the School Food Trust giving parents information on packed lunches. One sheet contains ideas for low cost packed lunches, one for low effort packed linches and one for vegetarian packed lunches.
These downloads are in adobe acrobat format.

sft_low_cost_packed_lunch_menus.pdf

sft_low_effort_packed_lunch_menus.pdf

sft_vegetarian_packed_lunch_menus.pdf

School Closure February 9th and 10th 2012 for Teacher Inservice Training.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:53:28 +0000

May I remind all parents / carers that the school will be closed for all children on February 9th and 10th (Next Thursday and Friday). The teachers will be in school on those two days to undertake training for the new reading scheme we wil shortly be introducing into the school.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:48:23 +0000

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Letter to Carers_Parents Jan 27 2012.doc