CHILDREN at Holsworthy Church of England Primary School are benefiting from a unique programme to improve their health and wellbeing.

As part of the 'Healthy Schools Plus' programme, teachers at almost 200 schools in Devon have been given the opportunity to target which areas of health education best meets the needs of children and their families at their particular school.

Based on their own research, schools chose to focus their efforts on one of four key areas of health: preventing teenage pregnancy, tackling drug and alcohol misuse, maintaining a healthy weight and promoting physical activity, or improving emotional health and wellbeing. At Holsworthy, staff have focused on healthy eating.

Over the last two years NHS Devon gave each school £2,000 to run a creative health initiative based on one of those four areas. Schools eligible for the funding were selected according to the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI).

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