“The Heart of Winter” Wellness Challenge

Our second wellness challenge of the school year supports the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Each year our school participates in the National ‘Jump Rope for
Heart’ campaign as well as the Heart Healthy Schools program. Both are geared towards promoting healthy eating and physical activity while promoting the
goals of the Heart and Stroke foundation. Our challenge will run from January 18th to February 27th and will focus on a different component each week. These
challenges include: on-screen time, healthy eating, water consumption and jump rope games & fitness skills.

So how do you participate?

To sign up for this challenge you are asked to make a minimum 1$ donation to the Jump Rope for heart campaign. If your donation will exceed 10$ we ask that
you consider making this donation online to the Jump Rope for Heart page for NMS. This will allow for less money to be exchanged by hand during this pandemic
and will also allow for other family members to participate from outside the household bubble. Please make sure you let us know so we can track names of par-
ticipants. We would hate to miss anyone! Please send your dollar with this sheet or a note to the school to confirm your participation.

From there simply print off the log sheet and use it to track your progress (either individually or as a family). Return the form after March Break to receive your
certificate of participation. For students who are in Grade 3-5, this challenge is counted towards your end-of-year NMS Stripes points.

Challenge Timeline

January 17– 30: Healthy Eating (Taste the Fruit and Veggie Rainbow)

January 31– February 13: Screen Time Challenge (Virtual vs. Reality)

February 14—28: Water Challenge ( All Hearts for H2O)

During this time we will be promoting ‘Jump Rope for Heart’ in PE class as well as offering some skills
and tips on our announcements and Weebly Page .

https://physicaleducationnms.weebly.com/

January 17-30
Healthy Eating Challenge
Taste the Healthy Rainbow!
At School:
Classrooms will have a Rainbow
tracking sheet to log fruits and veggies
in snacks and lunches.
At Home:
Use the Rainbow tracker below to add
in your servings outside of school
hours.
You can color code by your vegetable
choice, or just color one space per
serving (1 Cup) .
February 14-28 January 31– February 13
Water Challenge Screen Time Challenge
All hearts for H2O! Virtual vs. Reality!
At School: At Home:
Our water fountains log how many Check-off an image below for every
day that fewer than 2 hours are spent
bottes of water are saved in a day
in front of a screen. Send us a picture
thanks to reusable water. We will
or message about an activity you did
track how much water is used from
the start to the finish of the challenge. instead of screens through :
Teachers can also track other water in Twitter @MemorialNasis
their classes .
The forms link on our PE Weebly Page
Or through email to your teacher or
At Home: leah.okeefe@nbed.nb.ca
Try to fill your thermometer with an 8
0z glass of water for every line. Can
you reach the top in 2 weeks?
January 17– February 28
Jump Rope Challenge
Jump Rope for Heart!
At School:
PE Classes will be geared toward jump
rope or jumping/cardiovascular events
to encourage heart health. Health Tips
will be advertised in the school
throughout the challenge.