THE INTRO

The Smart Living Programme is Sri Chaitanya School’s Prestigious Programme to inculcate the most
needed Life Skills in the Students.

Only those who develop strong moral, human and social values can survive this world of competition. The
youth today need sufficient quantities of Confidence and Leadership Qualities to win their aims and
aspirations in life and become the strong sources of National Wealth.

SMART LIVING PROGRAMME STANDS FOR:

“HEALTHY LIVES – HEALTHY MINDS” is the SMART LIVING programme for

the months of September & October 2022. This is an initiative from Sri Chaitanya
Schools aimed at creating awareness on healthy living habits.
From 05th September 2022 to 15th October 2022

1. To create health awareness among the students and parents.

2. To create awareness on preventive measures to stay healthy.
3. To create an awareness about the eradication of mosquitoes.
4. To create an awareness of the steps to be taken to prevent viral fevers like
dengue and malaria.
5. To introduce healthy food habits.
6. To create awareness on how to maintain physical fitness.
7. To create an awareness on how to prevent mosquitoes.

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How to Organize the Programme?
1. Inaugurate the Programme officially in your branch. Invite dignitaries, preferably famous doctors from
your locality.

2. Organize Medical Camps:

i) Eye Specialist: Invite an Eye Specialist to

conduct a Free Eye Checkup Camp. After the Eye
Camp, arrange for a meeting and request the Doctor
to speak to bring awareness in the children about
how to keep the Eyes healthy and about the
Importance of Eye Donation.

ii) Dentist: Invite a Dentist to conduct a Free Dental Checkup

Camp. After the Camp, arrange for a meeting and the request the
Doctor to speak to bring awareness in the children about how to
maintain Oral Health.

iii) ENT: Invite an ENT specialist to conduct Free Checkup

Camp and at the end to speak on how to keep the Ears, Nose
and Throat healthy.

iv) Dietician/Nutritionist: Conduct a meeting with a Dietician or

Nutritionist to speak about the Food Habits and what kind of food
one has to take to be healthy. Organise this meeting for both
parents and students.

v) Gynecologist: Invite one Gynecologist to conduct a special

session for the Girl Students to speak to them about personal
hygiene. Conduct the session exclusively for girl students in an
enclosed area like a big classroom or hall under the supervision of lady staff.

vi) General Physicians like children’s specialists: Conduct Health

awareness meetings with general physicians for all the children to
know how to protect their health.

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3. BMI Calculation Camps: Organize Camps for
calculating Body Mass Index. Invite the parents to the
camps and ask Selected Students to calculate the BMI of
the parents. Train the students in how to calculate the BMI
using the formula. If the BMI of the parent is high, the
students should explain the parent how to reduce the BMI
and the disadvantages of having a high BMI using the
Charts prepared with the information like the
Disadvantages of high Body Mass Index and the measures
for reducing the BMI.
The following information about BMI can be used for this purpose.
BMI Index:
• BMI below 18.5: Underweight.
• BMI 18.5-24.9: Normal weight.
• BMI 25.0-29.9: Overweight.
• BMI 30 and above: Obese.

Prescription of Diet for Underweight:

• Nuts: Almonds, walnuts, peanuts, cashew etc.
• Dried fruit: Raisins, dates, and others.
• High-fat dairy: Whole milk, full-fat yogurt, cheese, cream, Ghee.
• Fats and oils: Change the oil you use every month – groundnut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil
and rice bran oil are suggestible.
• Non-veg: Chicken, fish and Mutton
• Pulses: Green gram, Bengal gram, Red gram
• Legume: Beans, Soya, Soya Milk

Prescription of Diet for Overweight and Obesity:

• Eat a high-protein breakfast.
• Avoid soft drinks and junk food.
• Drink water a half hour before meals. ...
• Eat water and juicy fruit like watermelon, keera etc. before taking the meal.
• Eat soluble fiber.
• Drink black coffee or green tea. ...
• Eat mostly soaked foods and half boiled vegetables
• Eat your food slowly and get up from the meal when you are still hungry
• Avoid condensed milk and go for double toned milk.
• Do rigorous physical exercise – brisk walking, tread mill, jogging etc. until you sweat.
• Forget burgers, pizzas and fried chips.
• Keep away from deep fries, poori and other oily food.

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Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI):
Body Mass Index is a simple calculation using a person's height and weight. The formula is BMI =
kg/m2 where kg is a person's weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in meters squared.
Formula: Weight (kg) / [Height (m)]2
The formula for BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. If height
has been measured in centimeters, divide by 100 to convert this to meters.
5. Principal, Dean & Incharges also should speak to the students and their parents during the programme.
6. Speak for 2 minutes during the school assembly every day by the Principal / Dean or teachers based on
the theme.
7. The Class Teachers should speak to the students in the Class Teacher’s Period about Health Awareness
and how to protect health through healthy habits and physical exercise.
8. The Subject teachers also should be instructed to speak about the theme for 1 or 2 minutes.
9. Create awareness through daily pep talk in the assembly & classroom on various topics related to the
theme like:
i) Social Distancing, Sanitizer, Mask & Vaccination
ii) Healthy food habits
iii) Junk foods to be avoided
iv) Nutritional values of different foods
v) Importance of Personal hygiene
vi) Importance of physical exercise & yoga
vii) Advantages of Meditation for improving memory and
concentration.

10. Decorate the house boards with posters, charts, quotes etc., based on the theme.

11. Give Project Work about the following topics to the students. Ask
them to submit the project before the Programme ends and evaluate the
projects submitted by them. Give Certificates and Medals for the Best
Projects, class-wise.

Topics:
a) How to protect ourselves from viral fevers?
b) The Ways of improving immunity
12. Speak to children about the importance of Physical fitness in the morning assembly. Allot maximum
number of periods available to PET and see that playground is always occupied with students of one class
or other.
13. Speak to children about the Viral Fevers that are on the rise these days. Tell them about how to prevent
them and the measures to be taken when infected with viral fevers. Make use of the following matter.
• Viral fevers are becoming common occurrence today.
• Dengue, Chikungunya, Typhoid and Malaria are some of them.

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 • Dengue and Chikungunya are caused by a mosquito called Aedes Aegypti. It appears black in colour
with white spots on it. It is a little bigger than the normal mosquitoes.
• High fever of 103/104 degrees and severe joint pains are the symptoms.
• It is alive between 8 am and 11 am and 6 pm to 8 pm.
• It cannot fly more than our knee height. So, covering our legs up to the knees with stockings and
covering our elbows (while sitting) with mittens during this time is recommended.
• Another solution is to apply coconut oil or repellent creams like Odomos.
• Typhoid is caused by contaminated water. So, drinking pure boiled and cooled water is suggested.
• Malaria is once again due to mosquitoes called Anopheles.
• Preventive measures to control mosquitoes is a must. Use mosquito nets while sleeping.
• The surroundings must be kept clean and dry.
• If you have a fever, take only paracetamol tablets. Don’t take any antibiotics and pain killers without
the prescription of a doctor.
• Consulting the doctor immediately is highly necessary. Don’t buy medicines from a medical shop
over the counter and take them.
15. Spread this message in the society through wide publicity about the activities in local print and
electronic media. Take photographs of all the activities conducted and send them to
activities@srichaitanyaschool.net