Our 2006-2007 Healthy Buddies™ schools have wrapped their year with the Program. We distributed surveys to find out what the teachers, administrators and students thought of their Healthy Buddies™ experience. See the SNAPSHOT table below for details!
Ninety percent (19/21) of schools participating in the Project during the 2006/07 academic year participated in Process Evaluation. Survey questions are organized with a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 – Completely agree to 7 – Completely disagree. The response tally grouped extreme categories 1/2 – Completely agree/Mostly agree and 6/7 – Mostly disagree/Completely disagree.
SURVEY QUESTIONS (partial list only):
Frequency of teacher ratings expressed as percent
Responses
1/2
3
4
5
6/7
Fitness Loops result in increased vigorous physical activity (PA) levels in students
139
65%
22%
6%
5%
3%
Students demonstrate greater awareness of healthy eating and beverages
132
64%
10%
2%
Students demonstrate greater awareness of mental aspects of health promotion
135
52%
31%
14%
1%
The Program helps students to learn about and practice social responsibility
121
51%
Healthy Buddies helped address a school goal related to health/social responsibility
47
53%
36%
4%
Staff are able to address, report on mandated PLO’s using Healthy Buddies™
133
68%
20%
Teachers rated the Healthy Buddies™ Program as positive across various dimensions from micro: student awareness, to macro: BC Ministry of Education, Prescribed Learning Outcomes.
(top)Student Reviews
The students at our Healthy Buddies™ Pilot school have great things to say about the Program.
“What I will remember most from Healthy Buddies is your body is the right size and shape for you as long as you move vigorously and eat healthy foods."
Emily, grade 7
“I think all of us big buddies can help children because we relate to them and we can help them with things they might not understand.”
Kelly, grade 7
“Healthy Living is a three-step equation: eating healthy, being active and feeling good about yourself.”
Doug, grade 6
“When we first started, my buddy would not raise her hand to share ideas, but now she is much more confident and is always eager to speak in class.”
Jacob, grade 6
"I could not forget to say how important relaxing, being with your friends and having fun is; it flows a lot of stress out of your body and can put you in a better mood.”
Sam, grade 4
“The one thing I will remember about Healthy Buddies is when my friend and me fell asleep when we were picturing a beautiful beach in our heads for a relaxation method.”
Tylyn, grade 4
"The Fitness Loops were easy to use."
"This program suits outcomes in Personal Planning, PE, Language Arts, Visual Art and Science."
"I liked the holistic approach to health and the opportunity to raise healthy living to the forefront in our school."
"Children teaching other children was very valuable; they learn so much that way."
"A fantastic program! It really, really exciting to see the change in students’ thinking, attitudes, and bodies."
"What a wonderful gift of 'good health' this program has given them.""The most valuable aspect of the program was media awareness and body image."
"The program was awesome; far better than I expected!"
"The most valuable aspect of this program was the positive interactions between the buddies."
"Kids loved the celebration day."
"This program offered valuable life lessons."
"The positive reinforcement approach of the program was very valuable."
"It was important that the younger buddies heard the info from children rather than adults.""This program helped build awareness with the families and in the community."
"The class loved the program!"
"The most valuable aspect of this program was the improved fitness levels of the students."
"We liked the creative buddy activities."
"You could see the change in students’ attitudes."
"This is a great package!"For more information about these comments, click here! For more information about the Healthy Buddies™ Pilot Study, click here!(top)