healthy schools

Darrick Wood has achieved the Bronze Award from Healthy Schools London.

To achieve the Award the School had to demonstrate how it is educating pupils and students in these four areas:

• Healthy Eating
• Physical Activity
• Personal, Social, Health and Economic Wellbeing
• Emotional Health and Wellbeing

General Information

The food we eat has a great influence on our health. We have a huge range of foods to choose from. There is no such thing as good and bad foods, it is all about the quantity of each food consumed.

We should:

• Enjoy our food
• Eat a variety of different foods
• Eat the right amount to be a healthy weight
• Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre
• Don’t eat too much fat
• Don’t eat sugary foods too often
• Look after the vitamins and minerals in our food eg by not overcooking food

The balanced plate shows the proportions of foods which make up a healthy diet. The proportions are important:

Plenty of starchy food like bread and potatoes, especially wholegrain varieties

Plenty of fruit and vegetables – 5 portions a day

Smaller amounts of protein and dairy foods

Not too much sugary or fatty foods

A good diet will keep you healthy and prevent obesity, heart disease, diabetes, tooth decay, poor skin and anaemia in later life.