Suggestions for proposal

Hi audrey & kate,

This is what I've written in the chapter 2 report, but I will make any changes according to the proposal you will be submitting to the teacher-in-charge. These are my suggested solutions which you may consider when writing the proposal (in bold). Do email me the proposal asap after you've written so that I can weave the proposal points into chapter 2 and 3. Thanks a lot!

(A) Within the school
(i) Exercise machines
Through our conversations with the students, the exercise machines outside the school hall were placed there since February this year but are no longer in working condition now. Such exercise machines are highly beneficial to the students’ health but it is disappointing that students are unable to use the machines.

Suggested solutions:
Our project team will submit a proposal to the teacher-in-charge to look into the issue of repairing the treadmill machines and encourage safety usage of it.

Analysis of findings about the food sold in the school canteen

· Unhealthy food
Junk food such as potato chips, twisties, salty or sweet tibits are sold in the first stall. Fattening and unhealthy food such as laksa, luncheon meat, chicken satay are sold too.

· Vegetables
Our team found out that there is only one stall selling vegetables in the school canteen and the stall is closed for a period of time. No salad is being sold too and there does not seem to be any vegetables in other dishes sold.

· Fruits
Only one stall sells fruits such as papayas, watermelons, pineapples and honeydews. From one of our sessions, we found out that the students complained that the prices of the fruits were rather expensive even though each slice of fruit costs 30 cents. The students explained that they did not have pocket money left after buying a main course or bread during recess. The students also said that they did not like the variety of fruits offered in the school canteen. This may prove to contradict with the school’s support of the “Fruittie Veggie Bites” campaign.

Suggested solutions:
· There is a need for the project team to teach the students about making healthy choices on food and also about moderation when eating less healthy food.

· The project team will look into this issue by discussing with the teacher-in-charge on the following feasible solutions to the lack of vegetables sold in the school canteen as well as the lack of interest in purchasing the fruits.

· Suggested solutions to be raised during meeting with the teacher representing the canteen stall keepers:
1) Encouraging the stall keepers to include more vegetables in the dishes.
2) Introduce salads as a meal item
3) Incorporating small slices of fruits into main meals to encourage the purchasing of fruits
4) Implement a fruits-eating programme that encourages students to consume at least one whole fruit per day or week.

Cheers,
MeiHui (Chen)