Haydon Wick Healthy Eating Week

Haydon Wick Healthy Eating Week Monday 2nd December – Friday 6th December

Michael Pook went back to his old stomping ground as Swindon Town Football in the Community launched their healthy eating project at Haydon Wick Primary School recently.

The 22 year old midfielder attended Haydon Wick as a youngster and returned to the classroom to judge a poster competition and eat a nutritious meal designed by the current pupils, which was all part of another successful education week for the community team.

 

The week started with Dave Morrison, Adam Wainwright and Shane Hewlett giving Year 4 and 5 pupils a talk about the importance of a healthy lifestyle for everyone – especially footballers – and they set about designing a healthy menu for Pook to try later in the week, which included homemade soup, pasta, vegetables, salad and fruit.

The youngsters then took part in a press conference where Town Legend Jon Trollope, Youth Development Officer Clive Maguire and former chairman Mike Spearman answered questions on the history of the club, having been prepared by the Swindon Advertiser editor Dave King.

A poster competition was next up as the youngest children in the school sketched their favourite player- with Ben Jack, James Ejsmont, Sophie Allen and Ella Corcoran all getting Pook’s thumbs up for the most convincing portraits.

 

Pupils also undertook coaching sessions and Haydon Wick headmaster Simon Cowley said it had been a great scheme, admitting, “We really enjoyed the week of activities provided by Swindon Town Football Club. The school encountered football fever with a visit from a Swindon legend, football coaching sessions for every pupil, a press conference on the history of Swindon Town and a first team player joining children for a healthy lunch.”