The Voice Edition 42 - The Robert Napier School

The Voice Newsletter of The Robert Napier School; July 2008 Page 10
Healthier Lunchboxes
“A lunchbox provides a valuable contribution towards a child’s nutritional requirements
for a day.” Mintel.(2002). Research carried out by the Food Standards
Agency has said that students who have a packed lunch are eating too
much salt, sugar and saturated fat. At the Robert Napier School we are
committed to improving the health of our students and so are encouraging
both parents and students to follow the Healthy Lunchbox Checklist.
Have you included...
• A good portion of starchy food e.g. wholegrain bap, thick sliced wholemeal
bread, chapatti, pitta pocket, pasta or rice salad?
• Plenty of fruit and vegetables, e.g. an apple, Satsuma, handful of
cherry tomatoes or carrot sticks, mini-can of fruit chunks or small box
of raisins?
• A portion of semi-skimmed milk or dairy food, e.g. individual cheese
portion or pot of yoghurt?
• A portion of lean meat, fish or alternative, e.g. ham, chicken, beef,
tuna, egg or hummus?
• A drink, e.g. fruit juice, semi-skimmed milk or
a bottle of water?
Your New Peer Mentors…
The following students will be Peer Mentors from September and
will either be on duty in the Peer Mentor Room (the MFL office), or
will be on hand at break and lunch times on the playground and field
for you to go to if you need some support.
Peer Mentor Managers: Emily Mather and Paige West (11T)
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
YEAR 11
Mason Lynch, Charles Roberts, Michael Keers,
Kelly Graves, Danielle Dunster, Devon Costen,
Alysha Sarpong, Kesley Birch, Michael Crosland,
Georgina Moore, Sam Barnes, Laura Crowhurst,
Margaret Harris, Sandi Holland (Harvey),
Hannah Dunning, Callum Carr.
Zac Mann, Christopher Edwicker, Sasha Pay,
Jess Swadling, Charlotte Carrigan
Sarah Gibson
Enjoy your lunch!
Amber Cloughley, Sophie Cahill
The Peer Mentors are now from all year groups (except year 7) so
you will always have someone around to help you if you are being
bullied or if you just want someone to listen to you. In your form
rooms there will be the new Peer Mentor poster with the timetable
of when each student is on duty, so you can drop by to see certain
peer mentors or make an appointment.
By V Woodrow
Getting it Right!
Year 5 Bastille Day
Year 5 students from Saxon Way Primary School
attended a cross-curricular day at Robert Napier on
the 26 th June. They took part in 3 lessons to learn
more about Bastille Day. They started the day learning
some key French phrases with Miss Rakotonanahary.
Most students managed to avoid the guillotine
and so preceded to their cooking lesson with Mrs
Woodrow. Here they used their culinary expertise to
produce a range of dishes that would have been
eaten at the time, which they were able to take
home with them.
The final lesson of the day was drama. They produced
a variety of tableaux to illustrate the storming
of the Bastille with Miss Cuell after a few fun
and energetic warm ups. By the end of the day the
students had
learned a lot
about the holiday
as well as
having a great
time.
Miss L.Duffield
Community Events
Co-ordinator.
Please, if you ever need support or
need someone to talk to use them, they
have been trained by Kidscape
to listen effectively to your problems –
You never need to suffer in silence!