Happy Holidays

Enjoy your time with family and friends

Swimming at the Ymca

This week we are enjoying a swim at the Y! Thanks Miss A for organizing this event

Convenience?

Check out the prices on meals you think are convenient and handy!!!

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Upcoming Events Sponsored by 5-2-1-0

Nov: Poster Contest 

Dec: Healthy Recipes for Families and a change in the PE schedule to give students more opportunities for physical activities

Jan: After the First Snow Day, the school will have a school wide recess to build a snowman

Feb: Wellness Day 2/15

Mar: Hoops for Hearts

Apr, May, June: Walk to School Days, School Family Breakfast,  Bike Safety Days. 

Website for Families

Visit the following website to get ideas and activities to keep your children healthy all year long:
http://www.letsmove.gov/get-active

Celebrations

Even our celebrations that have nothing to do with Healthy Living have taken on healthy aspects----Here the students dance during the assembly for NECAP celebrations

5-2-1-0 Kick Off

Our school had our 5-2-1-0 kick off last week and the students were excited about the Broccoli Eating Contest and the Dunk the Junk Race between two families in our school. The message about getting our school and students to make healthy choices was received loud and clear. One of the most exciting things we did to celebrate 5-2-1-0 was to collect food to support our local food pantry and families.

World Food Day at OTES

Greetings all you wonderful OTES families

We will be celebrating world day of food!

On Wednesday Oct. 24

Send in food to supply our local food cupboards!

 Pre-k/Kindergarten= tuna, chicken protein items

First grade= canned tomato sauce, tomatoes

Second Grade= soup, ramen soup

Third Grade= pasta products

Fourth grade= canned vegetables

Fifth grade = cereal

Let’s see how much OTES can collect!!!

10 Tips for Kids

Here's great website to continue to think about how to keep kids healthy---10 tips to healthy kids. Everything here makes great sense! You can do it!
http://www.eufic.org/article/en/expid/10-healthy-eating-tips-kids/

Great Resources for Parents

We visit the "Let's Go" site to find lots of information and ideas about the 5-2-1-0 program for our school. Here's a copy of the website for your family to bookmark and use throughout the school year.
http://www.letsgo.org/in-your-community/resources-for-parents/

Healthy Kids at OTES

Visit this site to get some great information about keeping your child healthy and attending school





http://www.livinghealthyschools.com/clean_cover_contain.html

5-2-1-0 Continues at OTES

5--Fruits and vegetables every day

2--Cut screen time to two hours or less each day

1--Participate in at least one hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.

0--Restrict soda and sugar-sweetened sports and fruit drinks.  Instead, drink water and 3-4 servings/day of fat-free/skim or 1% milk.