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Kelly Carrington Staff Writer May has been declared as Northern Physical Activity Month, in Saskatchewan, and students from Creighton Community School are being encouraged to take part in a few activities. While NPAM runs for the month of May, the school, alongside the Town of Creighton's Recreation Department, has organized some events for students for the week of May 16-20. Keeping last year's trend of 30/30/30 Ð an incentive to keep children active for 90 minutes a day Ð NPAM will also offer the annual hula hoop and skipping contests, kite-making and flying classes, a health forum barbecue and even the Treasure Walk. Students will be encouraged to participate, with the event geared toward those in daycare up to Grade 6. 30/30/30 was introduced province-wide last year as a way to get children moving, for longer periods of time. The program has children being active for 30 minutes at school, 30 minutes at home and 30 minutes in the community. Among other ways, a student can skip at recess and at lunch, take the dog for a walk and play on a team sport to get their mark for the day. The 30/30/30 program runs for the month of May. Courtney Whitmore, the community school recreation coordinator,, says she hopes to see more enthusiasm from students in the 30/30/30 program this year. Last year, only a handful of students participated. Children are to log their activity for the month. Logs can be compared and even used as an incentive to keep it up. Physical activity log sheets are available at Creighton Community School, the Town of Creighton and Creighton Recreation, Culture and Tourism.
