3H Program in Sekolah Kebangsan Jeli (1)

On the 25^th of April 2013, a group of 9 students from Uniersiti Malysia Kelantan had organized a program with the students of primary school of Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeli (1). The primary school students was from 5 Cemerlang class with a total of 43 students. The name of the program that they organized was “3H: Healthy, Hygiene and Happy”. Through this program, three aspects of a healthy lifestyle was introduced and taught to the primary school students.

                The program was held from 8.00 in the morning until 12.00 noon. It was started with the Health Talk, given by Ahmad Faizal bin Mohd Yusoff for about one hour. Through the talk, which was one of the components in the ‘Health’ section, primary students were introduced with healthy eating habits, its importance and also about the effects of deficiency and over intake of a particular nutrient in the diet. This was seen as something very important since the foods nowadays, especially which are usually consumed by the kids, are not healthy and contain lots of chemicals and preservatives which are harmful and will give bad health effects through a very long time. Junk foods have been a very common type of foods and a main cause of obesity among kids around the world. Thus, balanced diet, as being recommended in the food pyramid, was stressed out in this program as one of the requirement to lead on a healthy lifestyle.

                The next section which was ‘Happy’ started at around 9.15 in the morning. In this section, the primary students have to do some missions and participate in a series of outdoor activities in order for them to complete their missions. To make this activity more fun and competitive, the students were divided into groups of five. There were a total of three checkpoints. The first and the second checkpoints were actually for the students to answer questions based on the Health Talk given previously. So , they can only gain high points by giving full attention and remembering the facts that was told in the talk. The third checkpoint was about games in which they have to participate in a teamwork based activities in order to be the best team among the others. During this activity, the students work together and through their laughter and spirits, it is clear that theya re enjoying themselves.

                After all the fun and active activities, the third section, which was the Hygiene section, took place by asking the students to practice the correct way of washing hands before eating that they was taught during the talk session. There are seven steps in order to wash hands correctly. Hand soap and tissues were provided by organizer. To reenergize our fellow participants, they were provided with sandwiches, watermelons and soy drinks after they had successfully wash their hands. Balanced food was prepared for them as one of the implementation of the healthy lifestyle. Right after the meal, a small activity, hand painting on a piece of white cloth, was done as a sign of commitment of all the participants on that day to practice the knowledge that they got on that day in their life. The hand painting activity was done successfully with all the primary school students enjoying themselves and painted the whole cloth into a colourful one.

                The event of the day was ended by the closing ceremony. In the closing ceremony, hampers were given to the group which obtained top three marks while the other groups were given consolation prizes. As a token of appreciation to the supportive administration of Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeli (1), gifts were given to Encik Che Zawawi bin Haji Abdullah as the principal and also to the head teacher of 5 Cemerlang class. Hopefully, the students will practice the knowledge that they gained at that day and lead a healthy and happy life.