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Kids tuck into healthy grub with Grab5!

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Kirsty
The Grab5! team went in class by class. Everybody in the school tried something and were all rewarded with a sticker or wristband.

Ruth Gainsford, Alison Mackway and Helen Dalton-Hare were all dressed up as peas and carrots. Lots of people liked trying new things.

There were pomegranates, peach pastries, fruitcake, banana custard, oranges, fruit kebabs, smoothies and strawberries.

Grab 5 is a Government project to try and encourage children aged 5-11 to eat more fruit and vegetables: all the foods were free.

Gilbert
Healthy eating means having a balanced diet. If you want a healthy diet you should have a little bit of everything, because if you have too much of anything it isn't good for you.

You should have about as much fruit and veg as you can fit in your hand. If you have a bit more than a handful it doesn't do you any harm: tinned fruit is good too.

Any fruit is good except if it has any sugar it won't be healthy. If you eat five portions you are 20% less likely to get heart disease or cancer. But I still think that fresh fruit is much better for you.

Eleanor
We are trying to encourage kids to eat more fruit and veg. I'm not saying that we don't eat fruit and veg at our school but we want to eat more fruit!

We had a 5-10 minute talk about fruit and veg and I bet you didn't know that if you eat fruit and veg now, you're' 20% less likely to have cancer and heart disease.

After that we went to the hall for free food. The menu included muesli bars, current buns, fruitcake, peach puffs, peach pastries and loads more!

So thanks to Ruth, Alison and Helen for doing it: and none of this would be possible without Kirsty Wiggins for organising all this. So remember Grab5!

Lucy
We were all excited when Miss Ekins our Headteacher announced that Grab5! were about to come into our class. When they came in we were all amazed that Ruth was in a carrot costume and Alison and Helen in pea costumes.

After they had given us a talk about healthy eating we went in the hall and suddenly saw loads of food which included muesli bars, current buns, rich fruit, peach puffs and strawberry yoghurt cake, French melon toast, fruit kebabs, a selection of fresh and dried fruits, strawberry shakes and mixed fruit.

Then our cook Sonia gave us a smoothie each which were delicious. On a different table Grab 5! had provided us leaflets and posters and had put posters up on the walls. It was amazing. Thank you Miss Ekins for providing this wonderful land of fruit and Sonia the cook.