Our Health is our Wealth

Leading by example
Every year we increase our awareness and understanding of what it means to be a school founded on water, good food and regular exercise.
For our students to ‘Kia pai taea tatou - be the best they can’, they need to be healthy and fit. Here’s how we make sure that happens:

Yendarra is a ‘water only’ school, and has been since 2006. Our water fountains are carefully maintained to ensure they’re always working. Children bring their own water bottle to school and can refill whenever they like.
Healthy lunches, nutritious snacks and kai ensures our tamariki ability to think clearly and behave well.

We are often asked by parents, what makes a healthy school lunch?
These are some ideas that we have gathered from our children's lunch boxes providing by their whānau:
* Home made sandwiches made from bread sometimes containing seeds and grains
* Sandwich filling ideas could be salad, nutella, marmite, cheese, jam, luncheon, egg
* Boiled eggs
* Celery and carrot sticks with hummus
* A small pot of yoghurt
* Fruit
* Vegetable salad sometimes without any mayonnaise or other dressings
* Corn cob
* Leftovers from last night's homemade dinner
* Cheese and onion toasties
* Small serving of rice crackers or seaweed

Healthy food makes for healthy bodies and minds. Yendarra School recognises that we need to provide a healthy and safe environment. We acknowledge that tamariki and staff who follow healthy, nutritious practices will create a foundation for future achievement and healthy life habits. We want everyone to be healthy, live longer and we thank you whānau for your tautoko - support.