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Hazlehead Health Week - January 2008
Health promoting activities played a big part this week at Hazlehead Academy. As part of its drive to promote healthier lifestyles amongst its pupils the PE, Home Economics and a number of other departments took part in a week of special events.
Home Economics put 200 pupils through a "Junkfood Roadshow". Pupils were treated to a range of entertaining activities such as pizza making, interactive question and answer sessions with lots of relevant visual aids and seeing what actually goes into your favourite foods! Those who saw it will never forget the beefheart - straight from the abattoir or the simulated processed burger with its masses of sugar, salt, fat and yes - beef heart! Pupils were able to put thoughts of burger out of their minds by tucking into a healthy pizza prepared by our own volunteers. Comments from pupils included "That was great!", "I wish I was a vegetarian!", "I wish we could have more of this" and "I'll never eat another burger!"
 

Ms Davidson of the Music department took lunchtime classes in dance. All sorts of funky dance moves were introduced to the pupils who had a great time. Boys were rather thin on the ground but perhaps some can be persuaded to take part next year!

Activities in the PE department were given a fresh look this week with some new sports. This included skipping (bringing back old playground games which pupils thought was great fun), self defence (Mr Fraser gave instruction on what to do if attacked with a knife etc - best advice though was to run away!), boxing fitness (putting pupils through strenuous exercise routines) and the fitness room (working on cardio-vascular routines, steppers, bikes and rowing machines).

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