Nau mai Haere mai, Welcome to BestStart Pukuauta and Plunket's session on healthy hearts, bodies and minds.
BestStart and Plunket have a positive relationship together and we were very lucky to have Plunket come and do some work with our preschool on our healthy heart, body and mind.
Today it was about learning how to exercise and keep our bodies strong. We also played card games with different kinds of foods to help us understand what food groups are good for us and what food groups we should eat less of.
We danced, stretched and sat quietly for a few minutes to give our brain a rest and allow it to grow. Having Plunket come in and teach us about these things also works really well alongside our Healthy Heart programme that we have installed here at the centre.
This programme has allowed us to gain a Gold Healthy Heart award for our food. This means our cook prepares all food on site with no added salt, sugar or preservatives. All our meals are made fresh daily and we add all the right carbs, dairy, wholegrains, fruit and vegetables in each meal prepared. We also focus on healthy exercise for our body and mind.
Feel free to come and smell the amazing food smells and see this Gold Healthy Heart Award in action!