5210 - Let's Go!

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Schuylerville Elementary School students participated in the 5210 Let’s Go! Challenge for 1 month tracking their
healthy habits on a chart.  (To learn more about 5210 go to:  http://www.letsgo.org/) The purpose of this activity was to encourage healthy eating and physical activity.

 

CORE CURRICULUM CONNECTION:

NYS Health and Physical Education and Family and Consumer Sciences Learning Standard 1- Personal Health and Fitness: Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness,
participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health. 

 

PLANNING OF CHALLENGE:

The Schuylerville Green Ribbon School Project and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County partnered
together and asked K-5 students to track how well they meet the following recommendations for a healthy lifestyle:

• • 5                Eat at least 5 servings of fruits or vegetables each day
  • 2                Get less than 2 hours of recreational screen time each day
  • 1                Get at least 1 hour of physical activity each day
  • 0                Drink 0 sugary drinks
• Cornell Coop Ext. hosted a booth at the Annual Health Fair on October 24, 2013 to launch the program.  The challenge ended Nov 22, 2103, but GRS continued to promote these messages throughout the year and give students opportunities for healthy eating and physical activities.

 

 

EXECUTION OF CHALLENGE:

The following letter went home to teachers a couple of weeks before we issued the challenge:

To: All Elementary Teachers 

From: Green Ribbon School Project: Health & Wellness Committee

Re: 5210 Let’s Go!       Date: 10-17-13

The Schuylerville Green Ribbon School committee and Cornell Cooperative Extension are excited to promote the 5210 Challenge.  We’re asking that you give each child in your classroom a 5210 Challenge to take home this week. The back side has a letter to parents explaining the 5210 message and the challenge.

Please note that the letter instructs parents to return the 5210 Challenge to their child’s teacher no later than Friday, November 22.  Make sure the student’s name is on the challenge and place them in the Green Ribbon Schools Folder.

Thank you for helping to encourage the healthy habits promoted by the 5210 message. 

 

The following letter went home to parents a couple of weeks before we issued the challenge:

5210 Let’s Go! Challenge

From: The Schuylerville Green Ribbon School Project

To: All Schuylerville Elementary School Parents

The Schuylerville Green Ribbon School project and Cornell Cooperative Extension
Saratoga County are excited to encourage physical activity and healthy eating
through our 5210 Challenge.  Research shows that healthy children:

            5          Eat at least 5 servings of fruits or vegetables each day

            2          Get 2 hours or less of recreational screen time each day

            1          Get at least 1 hour of physical activity a day

            0          Drink 0 sugary drinks

The Green Ribbon School Project in cooperation with Cornell Cooperative Extension is
asking parents to help their child track how well they meet the above
recommendations for a healthy lifestyle by completing the chart on the back of
this letter.

Win Prizes: For each week the challenge is completed (4 maximum) your child’s name will be entered into a drawing for some great prizes.  For a bonus week bring the 5210 Challenge with the first week completed to
the PEP Health Fair Cornell Cooperative Extension exhibit table on Friday, October 25. While you’re there
try the fun and fantastic Fender Blender!

Start tracking now! Hand the 5210 Challenge in to your child’s teacher by Friday, November 22. One week completed= one chance to win. Four weeks completed = 4 chances to win.

The Schuylerville Green Ribbon School Project will be promoting these messages throughout the year and giving students opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity so they can reach these goals. For information about the
Schuylerville Green Ribbon School Project check out their facebook page: www.facebook.com/SchuylervilleGreenRibbonSchoolProject

 

The following is the chart that went home to the parents with the letter (above):

 

RESULTS OF CHALLENGE:
The Challenge had over 100 paricipants.  We gave out health-related prizes (such as reuseable water bottles) to over 25 students.  We were pleased with the results given it was the first year.  Going forward, we will modify the plan and ask students to monitor their habits for 1-2 weeks rather than a month.